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Food Stamp Participation
1-Month Change
(Data as of August 24, 2006)
State/Territory
May
2006
June
2006
1-Month
% Change
District of Columbia
84,438 88,517 4.8%
South Dakota
57,909 59,457 2.7%
Minnesota
262,142 268,483 2.4%
Hawaii
84,709 86,251 1.8%
Mississippi
397,452 404,165 1.7%
Illinois
1,219,795 1,233,782 1.1%
Rhode Island
72,709 73,500 1.1%
Connecticut
210,548 212,568 1.0%
Florida
1,220,014 1,232,111 1.0%
Georgia
923,945 932,955 1.0%
Maryland
302,665 305,595 1.0%
Alabama
533,854 538,517 0.9%
North Carolina
848,005 855,547 0.9%
Arkansas
379,187 382,061 0.8%
Missouri
789,661 795,963 0.8%
South Carolina
528,270 532,491 0.8%
Delaware
65,764 66,201 0.7%
Oklahoma
430,257 433,476 0.7%
Michigan
1,142,648 1,149,212 0.6%
Arizona
531,550 534,186 0.5%
Massachusetts
432,063 434,201 0.5%
New Jersey
404,791 406,670 0.5%
Ohio
1,069,641 1,074,637 0.5%
Virginia
504,421 506,733 0.5%
California
1,999,244 2,005,494 0.3%
New Mexico
244,741 245,484 0.3%
Tennessee
866,020 868,921 0.3%
Vermont
47,197 47,359 0.3%
West Virginia
265,254 265,987 0.3%
Iowa
228,705 229,199 0.2%
Montana
81,678 81,870 0.2%
Kentucky
586,429 587,274 0.1%
Nevada
117,058 117,221 0.1%
New Hampshire
56,791 56,865 0.1%
Oregon
434,689 434,567 0.0%
Washington
539,008 539,086 0.0%
Indiana
576,211 575,602 -0.1%
New York
1,793,518 1,791,725 -0.1%
Pennsylvania
1,093,057 1,092,193 -0.1%
Maine
154,787 154,415 -0.2%
Nebraska
120,105 119,836 -0.2%
Wisconsin
371,183 370,455 -0.2%
Colorado
257,270 256,486 -0.3%
Kansas
181,315 180,105 -0.7%
Wyoming
23,989 23,816 -0.7%
Alaska
60,733 60,184 -0.9%
Idaho
92,375 91,032 -1.5%
Texas
2,462,330 2,424,937 -1.5%
Louisiana
646,994 636,371 -1.6%
Utah
132,206 130,113 -1.6%
North Dakota
42,984 41,542 -3.4%
     TOTAL 26,013,346 26,076,409 0.2%