SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER HOUSEHOLD
(Data as of April 30, 2012)
State/Territory FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011
           
Alabama 226.86 238.74 288.33 296.32 307.35
Alaska 336.51 357.45 430.24 436.40 419.10
Arizona 242.44 249.00 299.21 301.14 295.25
Arkansas 217.42 227.80 275.19 289.44 285.67
California 258.87 273.04 325.19 341.04 335.04
Colorado 242.12 247.63 302.70 325.09 317.73
Connecticut 186.32 196.86 249.36 263.07 262.18
Delaware 213.88 220.89 267.36 282.40 276.50
District of Columbia 191.95 196.15 234.88 247.22 251.12
Florida 185.80 198.73 246.94 268.56 258.62
Georgia 242.29 254.89 302.81 313.54 305.11
Guam 586.26 604.01 685.23 694.93 678.77
Hawaii 287.46 315.10 394.20 430.04 431.82
Idaho 222.27 237.89 307.48 318.49 313.02
Illinois 229.20 240.32 285.85 299.40 290.33
Indiana 222.29 240.50 296.39 309.35 303.08
Iowa 204.51 216.53 258.11 280.10 272.70
Kansas 193.90 205.23 252.06 272.91 271.62
Kentucky 210.70 217.92 264.36 279.87 275.25
Louisiana 233.68 262.96 307.50 303.21 297.31
Maine 173.85 189.17 245.01 259.83 252.36
Maryland 202.26 215.37 262.53 275.27 262.74
Massachusetts 163.99 183.47 229.53 238.54 240.76
Michigan 205.07 212.38 252.86 270.43 271.43
Minnesota 187.45 195.58 237.96 248.19 236.99
Mississippi 206.87 219.65 268.98 284.52 281.14
Missouri 207.37 216.14 263.06 277.56 276.16
Montana 214.61 221.22 274.02 287.64 281.96
Nebraska 203.26 225.21 259.78 280.66 280.55
Nevada 195.45 209.90 256.39 267.87 264.88
New Hampshire 180.46 190.45 251.24 255.39 250.43
New Jersey 202.72 210.62 257.53 282.65 272.77
New Mexico 225.17 234.23 286.76 299.42 294.07
New York 203.54 206.82 267.54 283.92 278.56
North Carolina 207.21 219.58 267.69 282.46 269.70
North Dakota 212.03 226.30 276.40 290.76 286.57
Ohio 218.59 236.44 288.95 303.22 293.68
Oklahoma 216.93 232.02 278.22 298.40 290.04
Oregon 175.71 185.74 228.81 237.85 236.14
Pennsylvania 197.80 206.79 250.80 262.61 270.45
Rhode Island 203.20 216.06 275.54 271.85 265.08
South Carolina 220.81 230.34 275.99 291.21 285.56
South Dakota 237.72 248.20 300.09 318.48 310.00
Tennessee 215.86 226.33 272.23 285.58 279.18
Texas 239.13 257.03 309.84 322.62 310.50
Utah 218.58 234.20 297.64 309.45 299.09
Vermont 178.08 187.42 233.56 244.13 243.04
Virginia 199.56 206.99 260.05 277.19 273.48
Virgin Islands 368.01 378.22 447.73 439.79 426.30
Washington 183.61 193.95 232.26 243.41 245.70
West Virginia 190.68 204.08 246.53 261.99 257.90
Wisconsin 186.85 198.22 241.25 263.00 251.50
Wyoming 221.83 229.95 276.22 297.54 288.77
  TOTAL 214.72 226.60 275.51 289.61 284.00
The following outlying areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. Annual averages are total benefits divided by total annual  household participation.   
All data are subject to revision.