| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of October 24, 2006) |
State/Territory | August 2001 |
August 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Delaware |
32,816 | 66,645 | 103.1% |
Massachusetts |
218,709 | 442,377 | 102.3% |
Iowa |
128,635 | 230,978 | 79.6% |
Michigan |
672,565 | 1,170,394 | 74.0% |
Texas |
1,406,517 | 2,430,742 | 72.8% |
Missouri |
473,860 | 811,239 | 71.2% |
Washington |
315,531 | 536,045 | 69.9% |
North Carolina |
524,259 | 871,393 | 66.2% |
Arizona |
324,024 | 535,482 | 65.3% |
Ohio |
664,210 | 1,073,612 | 61.6% |
Colorado |
158,881 | 254,790 | 60.4% |
Wisconsin |
231,379 | 370,307 | 60.0% |
Tennessee |
545,126 | 872,274 | 60.0% |
South Carolina |
338,050 | 540,060 | 59.8% |
Oklahoma |
273,433 | 435,696 | 59.3% |
Georgia |
597,893 | 944,787 | 58.0% |
Indiana |
369,234 | 579,762 | 57.0% |
Utah |
81,049 | 127,127 | 56.9% |
New Hampshire |
36,857 | 57,257 | 55.3% |
Nevada |
77,531 | 118,504 | 52.8% |
Virginia |
335,415 | 509,161 | 51.8% |
New Mexico |
162,325 | 245,216 | 51.1% |
Pennsylvania |
744,156 | 1,096,885 | 47.4% |
Maine |
106,260 | 155,448 | 46.3% |
Idaho |
60,231 | 87,889 | 45.9% |
Alaska |
39,554 | 57,614 | 45.7% |
Illinois |
851,337 | 1,239,391 | 45.6% |
Nebraska |
82,643 | 120,299 | 45.6% |
Maryland |
213,701 | 310,424 | 45.3% |
Kentucky |
409,590 | 592,516 | 44.7% |
Arkansas |
265,616 | 383,151 | 44.2% |
Kansas |
127,359 | 183,710 | 44.2% |
Oregon |
309,128 | 432,432 | 39.9% |
New York |
1,324,009 | 1,778,070 | 34.3% |
Mississippi |
308,434 | 412,856 | 33.9% |
Connecticut |
158,972 | 211,452 | 33.0% |
Florida |
933,448 | 1,217,679 | 30.4% |
New Jersey |
315,610 | 409,450 | 29.7% |
Minnesota |
203,685 | 262,465 | 28.9% |
Montana |
63,479 | 81,717 | 28.7% |
Alabama |
423,703 | 544,429 | 28.5% |
South Dakota |
45,103 | 57,403 | 27.3% |
Vermont |
38,688 | 47,847 | 23.7% |
District of Columbia |
74,206 | 89,814 | 21.0% |
West Virginia |
223,324 | 267,138 | 19.6% |
Louisiana |
539,685 | 639,087 | 18.4% |
California |
1,653,658 | 1,955,552 | 18.3% |
North Dakota |
38,838 | 42,578 | 9.6% |
Wyoming |
21,969 | 23,003 | 4.7% |
Rhode Island |
71,457 | 73,902 | 3.4% |
Hawaii |
106,274 | 88,303 | -16.9% |
| TOTAL | 17,758,492 | 26,127,843 | 47.1% |