| 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. | |||||