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Food Stamp Participation
1-Month Change
(Data as of June 22, 2006)
State/Territory
March
2006
April
2006
1-Month
% Change
Colorado
255,046 262,966 3.1%
North Dakota
42,699 43,841 2.7%
South Dakota
59,050 60,262 2.1%
Alaska
60,261 60,784 0.9%
Wisconsin
369,468 371,321 0.5%
Michigan
1,127,623 1,131,879 0.4%
Iowa
226,976 227,390 0.2%
Kansas
181,935 182,323 0.2%
Nevada
116,634 116,861 0.2%
Connecticut
210,392 210,559 0.1%
Minnesota
265,655 265,897 0.1%
Rhode Island
72,684 72,679 0.0%
Pennsylvania
1,094,161 1,092,805 -0.1%
Massachusetts
431,600 430,752 -0.2%
New York
1,795,518 1,792,187 -0.2%
Maine
157,002 156,597 -0.3%
New Hampshire
56,869 56,694 -0.3%
New Mexico
244,910 244,092 -0.3%
Oregon
436,922 435,655 -0.3%
Alabama
533,667 530,806 -0.5%
Maryland
303,950 302,340 -0.5%
Montana
82,133 81,756 -0.5%
North Carolina
848,214 843,914 -0.5%
Missouri
793,951 789,312 -0.6%
West Virginia
267,562 266,087 -0.6%
California
2,002,687 1,989,586 -0.7%
Nebraska
120,539 119,668 -0.7%
Oklahoma
431,561 428,602 -0.7%
Arizona
538,269 533,780 -0.8%
Vermont
47,669 47,291 -0.8%
Virginia
506,512 502,594 -0.8%
District of Columbia
88,574 87,785 -0.9%
New Jersey
407,153 403,620 -0.9%
Washington
547,347 542,631 -0.9%
Indiana
579,553 574,006 -1.0%
Florida
1,219,161 1,205,865 -1.1%
Hawaii
87,401 86,458 -1.1%
South Carolina
532,121 526,426 -1.1%
Arkansas
382,811 378,384 -1.2%
Georgia
928,810 917,938 -1.2%
Idaho
94,663 93,521 -1.2%
Kentucky
591,410 583,959 -1.3%
Illinois
1,235,583 1,218,901 -1.4%
Mississippi
393,750 388,050 -1.4%
Louisiana
665,065 653,662 -1.7%
Tennessee
871,037 856,481 -1.7%
Delaware
66,344 64,883 -2.2%
Utah
135,487 132,534 -2.2%
Wyoming
25,109 24,313 -3.2%
Texas
2,522,463 2,438,879 -3.3%
Ohio
1,115,159 1,046,448 -6.2%
     TOTAL 26,212,166 25,917,002 -1.1%