COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM:  TOTAL PARTICIPATION
(Data as of February 1, 2012)
State	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
					Preliminary
Alaska	2,077	2,133	2,079	2,046	2,162
Arizona	14,355	14,728	12,965	13,182	12,482
Arkansas	--	--	--	1,468	2,873
California	53,098	54,446	53,250	63,381	73,939
Colorado	17,029	17,324	17,287	17,123	17,674
Delaware	--	--	--	433	2,242
District of Columbia	6,765	6,635	6,447	6,411	6,633
Georgia	--	--	--	1,515	2,879
Illinois	13,676	14,154	13,525	14,640	16,641
Indiana	4,223	4,270	4,303	4,264	4,324
Iowa	3,337	3,249	3,238	2,997	2,958
Kansas	5,069	4,822	4,704	4,672	5,025
Kentucky	15,611	15,671	15,735	19,858	23,012
Louisiana	64,327	64,442	62,900	67,982	68,085
Maine	--	--	--	1,215	2,928
Michigan	77,258	77,618	77,620	77,732	77,936
Minnesota	14,254	14,455	14,045	14,652	15,725
Mississippi	6,963	6,988	7,006	7,774	9,106
Missouri	9,222	9,326	9,336	11,590	15,210
Montana	6,722	6,759	6,801	7,666	8,182
Nebraska	12,520	12,907	12,796	12,342	12,167
Nevada	5,909	6,050	5,730	6,578	7,164
New Hampshire	6,967	7,155	7,164	7,207	6,468
New Jersey	--	--	--	1,245	2,889
New Mexico	16,230	16,420	15,589	16,294	16,815
New York	30,314	31,661	30,669	32,056	33,720
North Carolina	1,182	1,160	1,137	1,146	1,135
North Dakota	2,774	2,820	2,737	2,668	2,388
Ohio	13,639	15,581	15,513	17,858	19,719
Oklahoma	--	--	--	1,336	2,897
Oregon	1,291	1,309	1,318	1,483	1,657
Pennsylvania	14,489	14,527	14,566	20,532	33,794
South Carolina	3,721	3,654	3,705	4,581	5,470
South Dakota	3,422	3,409	3,410	3,959	5,087
Tennessee	13,315	13,204	13,198	13,334	13,591
Texas	14,721	16,071	15,552	20,725	32,282
Utah	--	--	--	194	1,841
Vermont	3,625	3,640	3,572	3,342	3,217
Washington	2,824	3,676	3,645	4,377	5,220
Wisconsin	5,147	5,043	5,073	6,988	10,549
TOTAL	466,075	475,307	466,615	518,846	588,083
If a State operated for less than a full year, its annual average does not include non-operating months (e.g., if it operated for two month, the annual participation sum is divided by two rather than twelve). Consequently, the sum of the States exceeds the Total for most years.  In FY 2005, Louisiana participation is an 8 month average; there was no activity in September due to Hurricane Katrina.  In FY 2006, its participation gradually rose from under 6,000 in the initial month to 62,000 during the last two months. CSFP was originally a food distribution alternative to the WIC Program which provided supplemental food packages to women, infants and children.  It began serving elderly persons on a pilot basis in FY 1982. By FY 1999, most participants were elderly.  FY 2011 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision.