| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of February 27, 2006) |
State/Territory | December 2001 |
December 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Massachusetts |
236,677 | 449,359 | 89.86% |
Delaware |
38,849 | 66,203 | 70.41% |
Iowa |
138,604 | 235,877 | 70.18% |
Michigan |
730,455 | 1,196,830 | 63.85% |
Missouri |
505,186 | 822,376 | 62.79% |
Texas |
1,519,766 | 2,437,782 | 60.41% |
Washington |
343,279 | 544,730 | 58.68% |
Georgia |
616,645 | 962,272 | 56.05% |
North Carolina |
565,048 | 880,734 | 55.87% |
Tennessee |
569,742 | 859,037 | 50.78% |
Arizona |
357,847 | 539,127 | 50.66% |
Wisconsin |
252,332 | 377,147 | 49.46% |
Ohio |
722,426 | 1,074,047 | 48.67% |
Indiana |
396,508 | 585,296 | 47.61% |
South Carolina |
370,536 | 546,081 | 47.38% |
Virginia |
350,453 | 513,883 | 46.63% |
Oklahoma |
291,928 | 427,671 | 46.50% |
New Hampshire |
39,664 | 57,901 | 45.98% |
Maine |
109,030 | 157,177 | 44.16% |
Colorado |
175,476 | 252,001 | 43.61% |
Pennsylvania |
769,745 | 1,103,300 | 43.33% |
New Mexico |
166,448 | 237,371 | 42.61% |
Nebraska |
85,054 | 121,207 | 42.51% |
Illinois |
893,276 | 1,257,981 | 40.83% |
Maryland |
222,015 | 312,282 | 40.66% |
Arkansas |
279,453 | 386,783 | 38.41% |
New York |
1,318,618 | 1,799,460 | 36.47% |
Kentucky |
439,305 | 596,484 | 35.78% |
Kansas |
136,656 | 181,472 | 32.79% |
Mississippi |
328,097 | 430,092 | 31.09% |
Alaska |
41,832 | 54,431 | 30.12% |
Connecticut |
163,684 | 211,263 | 29.07% |
New Jersey |
319,666 | 412,439 | 29.02% |
Idaho |
67,556 | 86,461 | 27.98% |
Minnesota |
210,696 | 268,099 | 27.24% |
Nevada |
93,413 | 118,787 | 27.16% |
South Dakota |
46,947 | 59,607 | 26.97% |
Montana |
63,243 | 80,037 | 26.55% |
Vermont |
39,414 | 49,330 | 25.16% |
Alabama |
441,060 | 550,777 | 24.88% |
Florida |
989,257 | 1,228,022 | 24.14% |
Oregon |
350,555 | 432,409 | 23.35% |
California |
1,702,529 | 2,026,945 | 19.05% |
District of Columbia |
75,544 | 89,105 | 17.95% |
North Dakota |
36,352 | 42,736 | 17.56% |
Utah* |
86,711 | 101,268 | 16.79% |
West Virginia |
231,674 | 269,389 | 16.28% |
Louisiana |
579,500 | 645,408 | 11.37% |
Rhode Island |
69,711 | 72,852 | 4.51% |
Wyoming |
22,724 | 22,995 | 1.19% |
Hawaii |
107,834 | 89,744 | -16.78% |
| TOTAL | 18,745,920 | 26,363,031 | 40.63% |
*November and December 2006 data are questionable and could be revised.