| FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: AVERAGE MONTHLY PARTICIPATION (HOUSEHOLDS) | |||||
| (Data as of April 24, 2008) | |||||
| State/Territory | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Alabama | 185,028 | 197,237 | 222,132 | 220,345 | 220,917 |
| Alaska | 17,797 | 17,696 | 20,224 | 21,172 | 21,318 |
| Arizona | 181,145 | 207,849 | 220,498 | 220,293 | 222,304 |
| Arkansas | 124,288 | 140,269 | 152,909 | 159,354 | 158,087 |
| California | 661,262 | 732,239 | 785,682 | 799,469 | 827,258 |
| Colorado | 90,096 | 103,574 | 107,405 | 107,246 | 106,899 |
| Connecticut | 94,147 | 102,175 | 107,492 | 111,958 | 113,187 |
| Delaware | 19,141 | 23,292 | 26,052 | 28,211 | 29,116 |
| District of Columbia | 39,104 | 43,132 | 44,362 | 45,469 | 45,129 |
| Florida | 502,669 | 579,945 | 657,576 | 673,299 | 627,987 |
| Georgia | 314,687 | 353,040 | 375,739 | 386,192 | 387,254 |
| Guam | 7,098 | 7,585 | 8,066 | 8,220 | 7,916 |
| Hawaii | 48,766 | 48,600 | 47,309 | 44,883 | 45,380 |
| Idaho | 32,428 | 36,083 | 37,151 | 36,959 | 35,990 |
| Illinois | 422,487 | 476,050 | 520,350 | 556,293 | 569,073 |
| Indiana | 196,689 | 224,454 | 240,045 | 249,498 | 253,840 |
| Iowa | 66,436 | 76,909 | 89,655 | 100,753 | 108,166 |
| Kansas | 70,845 | 74,193 | 78,165 | 81,625 | 82,881 |
| Kentucky | 209,532 | 230,679 | 245,707 | 257,605 | 266,673 |
| Louisiana | 250,388 | 274,130 | 318,126 | 333,400 | 266,075 |
| Maine | 65,760 | 72,197 | 78,170 | 81,557 | 81,767 |
| Maryland | 114,991 | 124,108 | 131,556 | 140,394 | 147,191 |
| Massachusetts | 135,195 | 154,543 | 176,121 | 227,263 | 239,802 |
| Michigan | 364,166 | 412,666 | 469,976 | 515,030 | 555,744 |
| Minnesota | 110,088 | 116,873 | 124,398 | 125,764 | 131,764 |
| Mississippi | 142,641 | 151,678 | 174,500 | 181,184 | 178,775 |
| Missouri | 248,540 | 281,193 | 298,380 | 301,019 | 301,338 |
| Montana | 30,208 | 32,984 | 34,573 | 35,268 | 34,830 |
| Nebraska | 42,507 | 48,078 | 49,948 | 51,285 | 51,845 |
| Nevada | 49,214 | 53,516 | 54,877 | 54,517 | 57,023 |
| New Hampshire | 22,150 | 23,625 | 25,198 | 27,377 | 28,852 |
| New Jersey | 157,874 | 172,641 | 186,661 | 194,108 | 198,725 |
| New Mexico | 74,645 | 85,459 | 93,094 | 95,499 | 92,093 |
| New York | 724,420 | 802,051 | 915,703 | 935,068 | 951,633 |
| North Carolina | 276,321 | 315,782 | 343,397 | 376,577 | 391,019 |
| North Dakota | 17,273 | 18,373 | 18,927 | 19,288 | 20,395 |
| Ohio | 379,354 | 419,271 | 448,524 | 480,582 | 492,811 |
| Oklahoma | 152,860 | 165,402 | 172,837 | 181,135 | 176,290 |
| Oregon | 199,205 | 212,132 | 218,297 | 222,930 | 226,435 |
| Pennsylvania | 373,597 | 431,664 | 471,960 | 496,774 | 530,243 |
| Rhode Island | 34,121 | 35,232 | 34,751 | 34,241 | 36,645 |
| South Carolina | 184,771 | 206,987 | 219,503 | 226,850 | 233,295 |
| South Dakota | 20,018 | 21,113 | 22,483 | 23,781 | 24,754 |
| Tennessee | 314,792 | 351,781 | 374,011 | 387,090 | 387,441 |
| Texas | 717,238 | 864,342 | 941,050 | 1,017,313 | 947,235 |
| Utah | 41,282 | 48,366 | 53,162 | 53,967 | 50,784 |
| Vermont | |||||