SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER HOUSEHOLD
(Data as of May 10, 2013)
State/Territory FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012
           
Alabama 238.74 288.33 296.32 307.35 281.33
Alaska 357.45 430.24 436.40 419.10 409.13
Arizona 249.00 299.21 301.14 295.25 293.29
Arkansas 227.80 275.19 289.44 285.67 277.68
California 273.04 325.19 340.90 334.92 332.08
Colorado 247.63 302.70 325.09 317.73 305.27
Connecticut 196.86 249.36 263.07 262.18 264.11
Delaware 220.89 267.36 282.40 276.50 271.42
District of Columbia 196.15 234.88 247.22 251.12 243.85
Florida 198.73 246.94 268.56 258.62 255.24
Georgia 254.89 302.81 313.54 305.11 295.57
Guam 604.01 685.23 694.93 678.77 662.10
Hawaii 315.10 394.20 430.04 431.82 427.08
Idaho 237.89 307.48 318.49 313.02 299.54
Illinois 240.32 285.85 299.40 290.33 285.17
Indiana 240.50 296.39 309.35 303.08 299.86
Iowa 216.53 258.11 280.10 272.70 259.30
Kansas 205.23 252.06 272.91 271.62 266.15
Kentucky 217.92 264.36 279.87 275.25 268.71
Louisiana 262.96 307.50 303.21 297.31 305.50
Maine 189.17 245.01 259.83 252.36 239.38
Maryland 215.37 262.53 275.27 262.74 255.26
Massachusetts 183.47 229.53 238.54 240.76 237.93
Michigan 212.38 252.86 270.43 271.43 268.60
Minnesota 195.58 237.96 248.19 236.99 235.94
Mississippi 219.65 268.98 284.52 281.14 275.44
Missouri 216.14 263.06 277.56 276.16 275.89
Montana 221.22 274.02 287.64 281.96 272.67
Nebraska 225.21 259.78 280.66 280.55 279.71
Nevada 209.90 256.39 267.87 264.88 258.81
New Hampshire 190.45 251.24 255.39 250.43 246.17
New Jersey 210.62 257.53 282.65 272.77 271.07
New Mexico 234.23 286.76 299.42 294.07 290.26
New York 206.82 267.54 283.92 278.56 274.94
North Carolina 219.58 267.69 282.46 269.70 257.95
North Dakota 226.30 276.40 290.76 286.57 277.11
Ohio 236.44 288.95 303.22 293.68 286.76
Oklahoma 232.02 278.22 298.40 290.04 282.26
Oregon 185.74 228.81 237.85 236.13 233.54
Pennsylvania 206.79 250.80 262.61 270.45 265.86
Rhode Island 216.06 275.54 271.85 265.08 252.97
South Carolina 230.34 275.99 291.21 285.56 278.39
South Dakota 248.20 300.09 318.48 310.00 305.71
Tennessee 226.33 272.23 285.58 279.18 271.50
Texas 257.03 309.84 322.62 310.50 300.39
Utah 234.20 297.64 309.45 299.09 297.67
Vermont 187.42 233.56 244.13 243.04 238.53
Virginia 206.99 260.05 277.19 273.48 265.90
Virgin Islands 378.22 447.73 439.79 426.30 416.58
Washington 193.95 232.26 243.41 245.70 241.96
West Virginia 204.08 246.53 261.99 257.90 254.22
Wisconsin 198.22 241.25 263.00 251.50 243.92
Wyoming 229.95 276.22 297.54 288.77 288.64
  TOTAL 226.60 275.51 289.60 283.99 278.48
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.