| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of August 24, 2006) |
State/Territory | June 2001 |
June 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
31,930 | 66,201 | 107.3% |
Massachusetts |
219,074 | 434,201 | 98.2% |
Iowa |
128,311 | 229,199 | 78.6% |
Texas |
1,373,196 | 2,424,937 | 76.6% |
Missouri |
453,394 | 795,963 | 75.6% |
Arizona |
306,597 | 534,186 | 74.2% |
North Carolina |
498,762 | 855,547 | 71.5% |
Washington |
314,936 | 539,086 | 71.2% |
Wisconsin |
217,436 | 370,455 | 70.4% |
Michigan |
680,630 | 1,149,212 | 68.8% |
Nevada |
69,501 | 117,221 | 68.7% |
Utah |
77,769 | 130,113 | 67.3% |
Colorado |
154,360 | 256,486 | 66.2% |
Oklahoma |
261,730 | 433,476 | 65.6% |
Ohio |
649,113 | 1,074,637 | 65.6% |
South Carolina |
322,207 | 532,491 | 65.3% |
Tennessee |
528,887 | 868,921 | 64.3% |
Indiana |
359,228 | 575,602 | 60.2% |
Georgia |
582,345 | 932,955 | 60.2% |
New Hampshire |
35,630 | 56,865 | 59.6% |
Virginia |
327,725 | 506,733 | 54.6% |
Idaho |
59,601 | 91,032 | 52.7% |
New Mexico |
161,747 | 245,484 | 51.8% |
Nebraska |
80,775 | 119,836 | 48.4% |
Arkansas |
259,075 | 382,061 | 47.5% |
Maryland |
208,732 | 305,595 | 46.4% |
Alaska |
41,128 | 60,184 | 46.3% |
Maine |
105,778 | 154,415 | 46.0% |
Illinois |
849,185 | 1,233,782 | 45.3% |
Pennsylvania |
751,783 | 1,092,193 | 45.3% |
Kansas |
126,204 | 180,105 | 42.7% |
Oregon |
306,310 | 434,567 | 41.9% |
Kentucky |
414,531 | 587,274 | 41.7% |
Florida |
901,185 | 1,232,111 | 36.7% |
Connecticut |
156,315 | 212,568 | 36.0% |
New York |
1,332,084 | 1,791,725 | 34.5% |
Mississippi |
304,385 | 404,165 | 32.8% |
Minnesota |
203,748 | 268,483 | 31.8% |
Alabama |
410,280 | 538,517 | 31.3% |
South Dakota |
45,475 | 59,457 | 30.7% |
Montana |
62,965 | 81,870 | 30.0% |
New Jersey |
315,412 | 406,670 | 28.9% |
West Virginia |
216,094 | 265,987 | 23.1% |
Vermont |
38,496 | 47,359 | 23.0% |
California |
1,638,987 | 2,005,494 | 22.4% |
Louisiana |
526,096 | 636,371 | 21.0% |
District of Columbia |
73,586 | 88,517 | 20.3% |
North Dakota |
38,649 | 41,542 | 7.5% |
Wyoming |
22,590 | 23,816 | 5.4% |
Rhode Island |
71,304 | 73,500 | 3.1% |
Hawaii |
106,427 | 86,251 | -19.0% |
| TOTAL | 17,457,195 | 26,076,409 | 49.4% |