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Food Stamp Participation
1-Month Change
(Data as of December 22, 2006)
State/Territory
September
2006
October
2006
1-Month
% Change
Maine
159,521 167,979 5.30%
Maryland
309,960 320,512 3.40%
North Dakota
41,501 42,474 2.30%
Nevada
117,286 118,957 1.40%
Rhode Island
73,966 75,023 1.40%
Georgia
946,852 959,286 1.30%
Mississippi
414,636 419,365 1.10%
Indiana
577,610 582,652 0.90%
Massachusetts
445,381 449,184 0.90%
South Carolina
541,323 546,309 0.90%
Michigan
1,176,547 1,185,400 0.80%
Tennessee
862,270 868,913 0.80%
Texas
2,452,296 2,472,981 0.80%
Virginia
507,703 511,818 0.80%
Wisconsin
372,447 375,323 0.80%
Louisiana
645,636 650,381 0.70%
Alabama
545,721 548,945 0.60%
Missouri
812,074 816,583 0.60%
North Carolina
872,978 878,421 0.60%
Florida
1,208,053 1,214,308 0.50%
Iowa
232,024 233,000 0.40%
Kentucky
591,340 593,875 0.40%
New Hampshire
57,071 57,314 0.40%
Utah
125,208 125,734 0.40%
West Virginia
267,536 268,708 0.40%
Hawaii
89,368 89,638 0.30%
Minnesota
267,419 268,318 0.30%
Ohio
1,065,764 1,068,748 0.30%
Connecticut
211,537 211,991 0.20%
Delaware
64,892 65,023 0.20%
Arkansas
385,228 385,655 0.10%
California
2,006,461 2,008,954 0.10%
Pennsylvania
1,097,949 1,098,842 0.10%
New Jersey
408,917 408,969 0.00%
Oregon
432,443 432,519 0.00%
Vermont
48,197 48,207 0.00%
Idaho
85,379 85,333 -0.10%
Montana
80,111 79,998 -0.10%
Nebraska
119,750 119,659 -0.10%
Washington
533,198 532,854 -0.10%
Wyoming
22,941 22,909 -0.10%
Arizona
537,007 535,149 -0.30%
Colorado
253,166 252,477 -0.30%
New York
1,781,387 1,776,176 -0.30%
Oklahoma
433,839 432,493 -0.30%
New Mexico
241,160 240,290 -0.40%
Kansas
184,110 182,896 -0.70%
Illinois
1,241,259 1,229,061 -1.00%
South Dakota
58,752 58,180 -1.00%
District of Columbia
90,068 85,968 -4.60%
Alaska
56,164 49,848 -11.20%
     TOTAL 26,194,065 26,294,464 0.40%