| FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: AVERAGE MONTHLY PARTICIPATION (PERSONS) | |||||
| (Data as of April 24, 2008) | |||||
| State/Territory | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Alabama | 472,066 | 497,591 | 558,596 | 546,684 | 545,955 |
| Alaska | 50,687 | 49,323 | 55,567 | 57,153 | 56,181 |
| Arizona | 466,151 | 529,556 | 550,291 | 540,782 | 544,688 |
| Arkansas | 310,359 | 346,441 | 373,752 | 384,889 | 379,768 |
| California | 1,708,522 | 1,859,486 | 1,992,024 | 1,999,656 | 2,048,185 |
| Colorado | 208,053 | 241,780 | 245,926 | 251,385 | 250,704 |
| Connecticut | 180,512 | 195,980 | 204,146 | 210,288 | 212,562 |
| Delaware | 46,027 | 55,642 | 61,586 | 65,698 | 67,185 |
| District of Columbia | 81,777 | 88,655 | 88,799 | 89,168 | 86,519 |
| Florida | 1,041,315 | 1,202,227 | 1,381,804 | 1,417,749 | 1,232,803 |
| Georgia | 750,208 | 867,148 | 921,427 | 946,812 | 950,038 |
| Guam | 23,934 | 25,725 | 27,277 | 27,724 | 26,614 |
| Hawaii | 100,382 | 98,589 | 93,548 | 87,942 | 89,629 |
| Idaho | 81,524 | 91,395 | 93,441 | 91,106 | 87,068 |
| Illinois | 953,929 | 1,069,596 | 1,158,271 | 1,225,093 | 1,246,400 |
| Indiana | 470,183 | 526,324 | 556,285 | 574,696 | 587,156 |
| Iowa | 153,816 | 179,179 | 206,696 | 225,717 | 238,349 |
| Kansas | 160,705 | 169,528 | 177,782 | 183,071 | 182,407 |
| Kentucky | 502,677 | 544,744 | 570,277 | 589,102 | 602,022 |
| Louisiana | 655,300 | 705,700 | 807,896 | 829,882 | 650,357 |
| Maine | 132,582 | 141,929 | 152,910 | 160,294 | 162,602 |
| Maryland | 252,383 | 273,872 | 288,943 | 305,395 | 317,825 |
| Massachusetts | 292,200 | 334,939 | 368,122 | 431,518 | 456,192 |
| Michigan | 837,629 | 943,713 | 1,047,594 | 1,133,793 | 1,204,409 |
| Minnesota | 234,631 | 247,465 | 259,937 | 263,986 | 276,414 |
| Mississippi | 355,783 | 376,864 | 434,958 | 447,710 | 426,116 |
| Missouri | 591,532 | 699,616 | 766,425 | 796,350 | 823,915 |
| Montana | 71,320 | 77,478 | 80,870 | 81,567 | 79,969 |
| Nebraska | 99,243 | 113,900 | 117,415 | 119,683 | 120,634 |
| Nevada | 111,352 | 120,275 | 121,707 | 117,920 | 122,224 |
| New Hampshire | 44,783 | 48,449 | 52,310 | 56,338 | 59,101 |
| New Jersey | 339,047 | 368,695 | 392,416 | 405,667 | 414,503 |
| New Mexico | 194,795 | 222,716 | 240,637 | 244,672 | 233,918 |
| New York | 1,435,986 | 1,598,143 | 1,754,861 | 1,785,914 | 1,801,984 |
| North Carolina | 649,426 | 747,274 | 799,747 | 854,407 | 882,946 |
| North Dakota | 39,663 | 41,421 | 42,204 | 42,576 | 45,122 |
| Ohio | 855,401 | 945,435 | 1,007,172 | 1,063,920 | 1,076,764 |
| Oklahoma | 380,299 | 411,840 | 424,402 | 435,519 | 421,316 |
| Oregon | 398,377 | 419,736 | 429,358 | 434,239 | 438,498 |
| Pennsylvania | 822,696 | 960,941 | 1,042,809 | 1,092,298 | 1,135,146 |
| Rhode Island | 74,068 | 77,528 | 76,085 | 73,195 | 76,315 |
| South Carolina | 450,556 | 497,218 | 521,125 | 534,294 | 545,293 |
| South Dakota | 51,176 | 53,459 | 56,095 | 58,466 | 60,246 |
| Tennessee | 728,305 | 806,490 | 849,703 | 870,416 | 864,870 |
| Texas | 1,872,473 | 2,258,951 | 2,441,975 | 2,622,548 | 2,422,198 |
| Utah | 105,630 | 123,411 | 133,263 | 131,753 | 123,475 |
| Vermont | |||||