| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of July 25, 2006) |
State/Territory | May 2001 |
May 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
31,909 | 65,764 | 106.1% |
Massachusetts |
216,651 | 432,063 | 99.4% |
Texas |
1,352,054 | 2,462,330 | 82.1% |
Iowa |
126,176 | 228,705 | 81.3% |
Arizona |
295,712 | 531,550 | 79.8% |
Michigan |
643,522 | 1,142,648 | 77.6% |
North Carolina |
485,728 | 848,005 | 74.6% |
Missouri |
453,535 | 789,661 | 74.1% |
Washington |
313,159 | 539,008 | 72.1% |
Wisconsin |
216,344 | 371,183 | 71.6% |
Utah |
77,270 | 132,206 | 71.1% |
Nevada |
69,406 | 117,058 | 68.7% |
South Carolina |
314,517 | 528,270 | 68.0% |
Colorado |
154,601 | 257,270 | 66.4% |
Oklahoma |
258,954 | 430,257 | 66.2% |
Ohio |
648,599 | 1,069,641 | 64.9% |
Tennessee |
526,389 | 866,020 | 64.5% |
Indiana |
354,658 | 576,211 | 62.5% |
Georgia |
572,537 | 923,945 | 61.4% |
New Hampshire |
35,654 | 56,791 | 59.3% |
Virginia |
328,458 | 504,421 | 53.6% |
Idaho |
60,758 | 92,375 | 52.0% |
New Mexico |
162,519 | 244,741 | 50.6% |
Oregon |
290,512 | 434,689 | 49.6% |
Pennsylvania |
733,292 | 1,093,057 | 49.1% |
Arkansas |
255,348 | 379,187 | 48.5% |
Nebraska |
81,129 | 120,105 | 48.0% |
Kansas |
122,630 | 181,315 | 47.9% |
Maryland |
206,458 | 302,665 | 46.6% |
Illinois |
832,483 | 1,219,795 | 46.5% |
Alaska |
41,806 | 60,733 | 45.3% |
Maine |
106,977 | 154,787 | 44.7% |
Kentucky |
413,079 | 586,429 | 42.0% |
Florida |
889,732 | 1,220,014 | 37.1% |
Mississippi |
294,000 | 397,452 | 35.2% |
New York |
1,334,679 | 1,793,518 | 34.4% |
Connecticut |
157,006 | 210,548 | 34.1% |
Minnesota |
196,694 | 262,142 | 33.3% |
Alabama |
409,193 | 533,854 | 30.5% |
South Dakota |
44,405 | 57,909 | 30.4% |
Montana |
62,995 | 81,678 | 29.7% |
New Jersey |
313,895 | 404,791 | 29.0% |
Louisiana |
517,202 | 646,994 | 25.1% |
California |
1,635,684 | 1,999,244 | 22.2% |
Vermont |
38,843 | 47,197 | 21.5% |
West Virginia |
218,379 | 265,254 | 21.5% |
District of Columbia |
73,024 | 84,438 | 15.6% |
North Dakota |
38,841 | 42,984 | 10.7% |
Wyoming |
22,733 | 23,989 | 5.5% |
Rhode Island |
71,552 | 72,709 | 1.6% |
Hawaii |
106,447 | 84,709 | -20.4% |
| TOTAL | 17,243,514 | 26,013,901 | 50.9% |