| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of December 22, 2006) |
State/Territory | October 2001 |
October 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Massachusetts |
231,535 | 449,184 | 94.00% |
Delaware |
35,191 | 65,023 | 84.77% |
Iowa |
132,115 | 233,000 | 76.36% |
Michigan |
695,272 | 1,185,400 | 70.49% |
Texas |
1,470,020 | 2,472,981 | 68.23% |
Washington |
323,317 | 532,854 | 64.81% |
Missouri |
498,120 | 816,583 | 63.93% |
North Carolina |
541,681 | 878,421 | 62.17% |
Arizona |
337,626 | 535,149 | 58.50% |
Maine |
107,234 | 167,979 | 56.65% |
Tennessee |
557,813 | 868,913 | 55.77% |
Georgia |
618,568 | 959,286 | 55.08% |
South Carolina |
353,501 | 546,309 | 54.54% |
Ohio |
692,533 | 1,068,748 | 54.32% |
Colorado |
164,254 | 252,477 | 53.71% |
Oklahoma |
283,048 | 432,493 | 52.80% |
Indiana |
382,063 | 582,652 | 52.50% |
Utah |
83,038 | 125,734 | 51.42% |
Wisconsin |
247,916 | 375,323 | 51.39% |
Virginia |
343,546 | 511,818 | 48.98% |
New Hampshire |
38,471 | 57,314 | 48.98% |
Illinois |
827,969 | 1,229,061 | 48.44% |
New Mexico |
162,136 | 240,290 | 48.20% |
Maryland |
216,826 | 320,512 | 47.82% |
Pennsylvania |
747,976 | 1,098,842 | 46.91% |
Nebraska |
82,922 | 119,659 | 44.30% |
Kansas |
128,185 | 182,896 | 42.68% |
Arkansas |
272,692 | 385,655 | 41.43% |
Kentucky |
431,036 | 593,875 | 37.78% |
Idaho |
62,622 | 85,333 | 36.27% |
New York |
1,315,515 | 1,776,176 | 35.02% |
Nevada |
88,291 | 118,957 | 34.73% |
Mississippi |
315,749 | 419,365 | 32.82% |
Connecticut |
159,800 | 211,991 | 32.66% |
Oregon |
327,182 | 432,519 | 32.20% |
South Dakota |
44,288 | 58,180 | 31.37% |
Montana |
61,345 | 79,998 | 30.41% |
New Jersey |
314,449 | 408,969 | 30.06% |
Minnesota |
206,706 | 268,318 | 29.81% |
Alabama |
429,334 | 548,945 | 27.86% |
Alaska |
39,278 | 49,848 | 26.91% |
Florida |
968,063 | 1,214,308 | 25.44% |
Vermont |
38,882 | 48,207 | 23.98% |
California |
1,665,746 | 2,008,954 | 20.60% |
North Dakota |
35,543 | 42,474 | 19.50% |
District of Columbia |
72,230 | 85,968 | 19.02% |
Louisiana |
558,527 | 650,381 | 16.45% |
West Virginia |
231,590 | 268,708 | 16.03% |
Rhode Island |
71,168 | 75,023 | 5.42% |
Wyoming |
21,929 | 22,909 | 4.47% |
Hawaii |
105,705 | 89,638 | -15.20% |
| TOTAL | 18,176,710 | 26,294,464 | 44.66% |