| FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER HOUSEHOLD | |||||
| (Data as of April 24, 2008) | |||||
| State/Territory | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Alabama | 209.93 | 216.58 | 231.13 | 224.53 | 226.86 |
| Alaska | 307.77 | 303.30 | 331.31 | 338.42 | 336.51 |
| Arizona | 228.93 | 231.69 | 239.54 | 236.90 | 242.44 |
| Arkansas | 204.06 | 206.08 | 218.70 | 216.70 | 217.42 |
| California | 227.54 | 225.47 | 245.51 | 247.73 | 258.87 |
| Colorado | 188.05 | 203.51 | 243.02 | 249.45 | 242.12 |
| Connecticut | 145.92 | 161.11 | 173.04 | 177.96 | 186.32 |
| Delaware | 208.07 | 202.29 | 208.65 | 207.29 | 213.88 |
| District of Columbia | 192.04 | 188.39 | 194.04 | 190.89 | 191.95 |
| Florida | 163.75 | 182.28 | 202.50 | 208.47 | 185.80 |
| Georgia | 207.19 | 218.06 | 232.40 | 237.00 | 242.29 |
| Guam | 627.42 | 528.63 | 554.14 | 552.96 | 586.26 |
| Hawaii | 266.90 | 260.30 | 274.61 | 274.50 | 287.46 |
| Idaho | 196.79 | 210.10 | 230.98 | 225.85 | 222.27 |
| Illinois | 207.65 | 212.05 | 224.22 | 225.18 | 229.20 |
| Indiana | 204.94 | 204.01 | 217.53 | 216.47 | 222.29 |
| Iowa | 187.20 | 191.06 | 204.27 | 202.00 | 204.51 |
| Kansas | 165.14 | 177.49 | 191.90 | 192.26 | 193.90 |
| Kentucky | 193.38 | 196.07 | 207.39 | 208.77 | 210.70 |
| Louisiana | 228.07 | 229.18 | 256.39 | 257.86 | 233.68 |
| Maine | 157.23 | 161.16 | 172.92 | 172.98 | 173.85 |
| Maryland | 186.19 | 192.50 | 202.79 | 199.50 | 202.26 |
| Massachusetts | 156.42 | 164.15 | 171.77 | 154.57 | 163.99 |
| Michigan | 179.19 | 180.97 | 194.84 | 200.44 | 205.07 |
| Minnesota | 171.93 | 175.95 | 184.22 | 187.13 | 187.45 |
| Mississippi | 195.76 | 198.31 | 221.09 | 233.24 | 206.87 |
| Missouri | 190.31 | 196.61 | 205.49 | 204.88 | 206.11 |
| Montana | 190.21 | 200.09 | 215.08 | 212.55 | 214.61 |
| Nebraska | 175.07 | 188.40 | 199.41 | 202.00 | 203.26 |
| Nevada | 190.79 | 186.11 | 195.74 | 190.05 | 195.45 |
| New Hampshire | 150.07 | 153.61 | 167.24 | 176.17 | 180.46 |
| New Jersey | 178.85 | 182.23 | 195.28 | 195.71 | 202.72 |
| New Mexico | 204.86 | 212.02 | 225.05 | 221.09 | 225.17 |
| New York | 192.86 | 194.93 | 194.37 | 199.63 | 203.54 |
| North Carolina | 194.65 | 198.77 | 207.77 | 203.80 | 207.21 |
| North Dakota | 177.07 | 182.72 | 196.70 | 199.69 | 212.03 |
| Ohio | 193.04 | 200.60 | 214.64 | 219.56 | 218.59 |
| Oklahoma | 197.60 | 200.41 | 211.95 | 214.99 | 216.93 |
| Oregon | 159.38 | 163.13 | 174.05 | 173.18 | 175.71 |
| Pennsylvania | 175.20 | 180.17 | 195.06 | 198.32 | 197.80 |
| Rhode Island | 168.03 | 173.97 | 188.28 | 196.96 | 203.20 |
| South Carolina | 199.96 | 201.79 | 214.81 | 216.53 | 220.81 |
| South Dakota | 210.29 | 212.88 | 227.87 | 231.81 | 237.72 |
| Tennessee | 191.08 | 192.31 | 209.81 | 210.12 | 215.86 |
| Texas | 218.53 | 222.40 | 235.49 | 240.78 | 239.13 |
| Utah | 206.32 | 212.15 | 221.37 | 216.82 | 218.58 |