| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of September 26, 2006) |
State/Territory | July 2001 |
July 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
31,980 | 65,310 | 104.2% |
Massachusetts |
216,713 | 437,525 | 101.9% |
Iowa |
129,139 | 228,227 | 76.7% |
Michigan |
662,072 | 1,156,311 | 74.7% |
Missouri |
456,217 | 796,312 | 74.5% |
Texas |
1,384,514 | 2,384,258 | 72.2% |
Washington |
312,581 | 534,615 | 71.0% |
Arizona |
311,860 | 531,675 | 70.5% |
North Carolina |
508,337 | 859,132 | 69.0% |
Wisconsin |
223,156 | 370,314 | 65.9% |
Ohio |
664,752 | 1,089,873 | 64.0% |
Utah |
77,598 | 127,041 | 63.7% |
Colorado |
154,918 | 252,715 | 63.1% |
South Carolina |
330,142 | 533,791 | 61.7% |
Oklahoma |
266,739 | 430,357 | 61.3% |
Tennessee |
538,346 | 859,711 | 59.7% |
Georgia |
585,851 | 931,547 | 59.0% |
Indiana |
363,674 | 573,832 | 57.8% |
New Hampshire |
36,119 | 56,740 | 57.1% |
Nevada |
75,563 | 117,367 | 55.3% |
Virginia |
326,900 | 504,789 | 54.4% |
Illinois |
799,632 | 1,225,998 | 53.3% |
New Mexico |
161,075 | 244,085 | 51.5% |
Idaho |
59,494 | 88,510 | 48.8% |
Pennsylvania |
742,163 | 1,095,739 | 47.6% |
Maine |
105,459 | 154,777 | 46.8% |
Maryland |
209,732 | 306,009 | 45.9% |
Nebraska |
81,611 | 119,037 | 45.9% |
Arkansas |
262,413 | 382,348 | 45.7% |
Alaska |
40,116 | 58,354 | 45.5% |
Kansas |
126,076 | 182,022 | 44.4% |
Oregon |
300,649 | 431,049 | 43.4% |
Kentucky |
418,926 | 587,224 | 40.2% |
Florida |
904,072 | 1,222,353 | 35.2% |
New York |
1,322,653 | 1,784,595 | 34.9% |
Connecticut |
157,105 | 210,402 | 33.9% |
Mississippi |
305,796 | 406,651 | 33.0% |
South Dakota |
44,898 | 58,626 | 30.6% |
Minnesota |
204,436 | 266,493 | 30.4% |
New Jersey |
312,658 | 406,387 | 30.0% |
Alabama |
415,063 | 538,050 | 29.6% |
Montana |
63,617 | 81,554 | 28.2% |
District of Columbia |
71,123 | 88,595 | 24.6% |
Vermont |
38,591 | 47,537 | 23.2% |
California |
1,685,890 | 2,001,655 | 18.7% |
Louisiana |
526,993 | 625,697 | 18.7% |
West Virginia |
240,080 | 266,659 | 11.1% |
North Dakota |
38,616 | 42,499 | 10.1% |
Wyoming |
22,126 | 23,059 | 4.2% |
Rhode Island |
71,162 | 73,115 | 2.7% |
Hawaii |
106,594 | 85,960 | -19.4% |
| TOTAL | 17,531,585 | 25,987,481 | 48.2% |