| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of November 24, 2006) |
State/Territory | September 2001 |
September 2006 |
5-Year % Change |
Massachusetts |
222,519 | 445,381 | 100.2% |
Delaware |
32,880 | 64,892 | 97.4% |
Iowa |
131,568 | 232,024 | 76.4% |
Michigan |
678,313 | 1,176,547 | 73.5% |
Texas |
1,423,448 | 2,452,296 | 72.3% |
Washington |
315,442 | 533,198 | 69.0% |
Missouri |
484,746 | 812,074 | 67.5% |
North Carolina |
528,658 | 872,978 | 65.1% |
Arizona |
329,895 | 537,007 | 62.8% |
Colorado |
158,223 | 253,166 | 60.0% |
Ohio |
667,234 | 1,065,764 | 59.7% |
Tennessee |
540,492 | 862,270 | 59.5% |
Oklahoma |
273,838 | 433,839 | 58.4% |
South Carolina |
342,776 | 541,323 | 57.9% |
Georgia |
601,319 | 946,852 | 57.5% |
Utah |
80,159 | 125,208 | 56.2% |
Wisconsin |
239,022 | 372,447 | 55.8% |
Indiana |
371,496 | 577,610 | 55.5% |
New Hampshire |
37,269 | 57,071 | 53.1% |
Maine |
104,868 | 159,521 | 52.1% |
New Mexico |
160,697 | 241,160 | 50.1% |
Virginia |
339,479 | 507,703 | 49.6% |
Pennsylvania |
748,027 | 1,097,949 | 46.8% |
Nebraska |
81,862 | 119,750 | 46.3% |
Maryland |
212,097 | 309,960 | 46.1% |
Nevada |
80,706 | 117,286 | 45.3% |
Arkansas |
266,264 | 385,228 | 44.7% |
Illinois |
860,150 | 1,241,259 | 44.3% |
Alaska |
38,994 | 56,164 | 44.0% |
Kansas |
129,863 | 184,110 | 41.8% |
Idaho |
60,642 | 85,379 | 40.8% |
Kentucky |
420,206 | 591,340 | 40.7% |
Oregon |
315,791 | 432,443 | 36.9% |
New York |
1,303,549 | 1,781,387 | 36.7% |
Connecticut |
158,347 | 211,537 | 33.6% |
Mississippi |
313,933 | 414,636 | 32.1% |
New Jersey |
311,258 | 408,917 | 31.4% |
Montana |
61,122 | 80,111 | 31.1% |
Minnesota |
205,387 | 267,442 | 30.2% |
South Dakota |
45,135 | 58,752 | 30.2% |
Alabama |
420,191 | 545,721 | 29.9% |
Florida |
933,099 | 1,208,053 | 29.5% |
Vermont |
38,451 | 48,197 | 25.3% |
District of Columbia |
74,112 | 90,068 | 21.5% |
California |
1,669,229 | 2,006,461 | 20.2% |
West Virginia |
224,112 | 267,536 | 19.4% |
Louisiana |
548,540 | 645,636 | 17.7% |
North Dakota |
38,340 | 41,501 | 8.2% |
Wyoming |
21,477 | 22,941 | 6.8% |
Rhode Island |
71,160 | 73,966 | 3.9% |
Hawaii |
105,911 | 89,368 | -15.6% |
| TOTAL | 17,858,172 | 26,195,449 | 46.7% |