| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of June 22, 2006) |
State/Territory | April 2001 |
April 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
31,921 | 64,883 | 103.3% |
Massachusetts |
213,894 | 430,752 | 101.4% |
Arizona |
284,753 | 533,780 | 87.5% |
Texas |
1,336,391 | 2,438,879 | 82.5% |
Michigan |
638,216 | 1,131,879 | 77.4% |
Iowa |
128,745 | 227,390 | 76.6% |
Missouri |
448,814 | 789,312 | 75.9% |
North Carolina |
485,728 | 843,914 | 73.7% |
Washington |
312,471 | 542,631 | 73.7% |
Wisconsin |
215,907 | 371,321 | 72.0% |
Colorado |
153,368 | 262,966 | 71.5% |
South Carolina |
308,847 | 526,426 | 70.4% |
Nevada |
68,687 | 116,861 | 70.1% |
Utah |
79,071 | 132,534 | 67.6% |
Oklahoma |
256,674 | 428,602 | 67.0% |
Indiana |
349,600 | 574,006 | 64.2% |
Tennessee |
522,908 | 856,481 | 63.8% |
Georgia |
563,146 | 917,938 | 63.0% |
Ohio |
644,531 | 1,046,448 | 62.4% |
New Hampshire |
35,465 | 56,694 | 59.9% |
Illinois |
790,185 | 1,218,901 | 54.3% |
Idaho |
60,758 | 93,521 | 53.9% |
Virginia |
328,861 | 502,594 | 52.8% |
Oregon |
286,351 | 435,655 | 52.1% |
New Mexico |
162,309 | 244,092 | 50.4% |
Maine |
105,901 | 156,597 | 47.9% |
Arkansas |
256,408 | 378,384 | 47.6% |
Nebraska |
81,170 | 119,668 | 47.4% |
Maryland |
205,180 | 302,340 | 47.4% |
Pennsylvania |
751,281 | 1,092,805 | 45.5% |
Kansas |
125,908 | 182,323 | 44.8% |
Alaska |
42,519 | 60,784 | 43.0% |
Kentucky |
413,781 | 583,959 | 41.1% |
Florida |
868,857 | 1,205,865 | 38.8% |
Connecticut |
156,474 | 210,559 | 34.6% |
New York |
1,334,260 | 1,792,187 | 34.3% |
Minnesota |
198,365 | 265,897 | 34.0% |
Mississippi |
296,758 | 388,050 | 30.8% |
Alabama |
406,322 | 530,806 | 30.6% |
South Dakota |
46,305 | 60,262 | 30.1% |
Montana |
63,140 | 81,756 | 29.5% |
New Jersey |
313,016 | 403,620 | 28.9% |
Louisiana |
509,325 | 653,662 | 28.3% |
District of Columbia |
70,247 | 87,785 | 25.0% |
West Virginia |
216,354 | 266,087 | 23.0% |
Vermont |
39,285 | 47,291 | 20.4% |
California |
1,655,836 | 1,989,586 | 20.2% |
North Dakota |
38,768 | 43,841 | 13.1% |
Wyoming |
22,961 | 24,313 | 5.9% |
Rhode Island |
71,325 | 72,679 | 1.9% |
Hawaii |
107,290 | 86,458 | -19.4% |
| TOTAL | 17,139,964 | 25,917,002 | 51.2% |