COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM:  TOTAL PARTICIPATION
(Data as of May 10, 2013)
State	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012
Alaska	2,133	2,079	2,046	2,162	2,166
Arizona	14,728	12,965	13,182	12,482	12,760
Arkansas	--	--	1,468	2,873	2,985
California	54,446	53,250	63,381	73,939	76,188
Colorado	17,324	17,287	17,123	17,674	18,177
Delaware	--	--	433	2,242	2,404
District of Columbia	6,635	6,447	6,411	6,633	6,480
Georgia	--	--	1,515	2,879	2,975
Illinois	14,154	13,525	14,640	16,641	17,500
Indiana	4,270	4,303	4,264	4,317	3,637
Iowa	3,249	3,238	2,997	2,958	3,017
Kansas	4,822	4,704	4,672	5,025	4,981
Kentucky	15,671	15,735	19,858	23,012	23,242
Louisiana	64,442	62,900	67,982	68,085	67,825
Maine	--	--	1,215	2,928	2,949
Michigan	77,618	77,620	77,732	77,936	76,366
Minnesota	14,455	14,045	14,652	15,725	15,997
Mississippi	6,988	7,006	7,774	9,106	9,553
Missouri	9,326	9,336	11,590	15,210	15,838
Montana	6,759	6,801	7,666	8,182	8,145
Nebraska	12,907	12,796	12,342	12,167	11,896
Nevada	6,050	5,730	6,578	7,164	7,259
New Hampshire	7,155	7,164	7,207	6,468	6,236
New Jersey	--	--	1,245	2,889	2,931
New Mexico	16,420	15,589	16,294	16,815	16,459
New York	31,661	30,669	32,056	33,720	34,407
North Carolina	1,160	1,137	1,146	1,135	1,156
North Dakota	2,820	2,737	2,668	2,388	2,121
Ohio	15,581	15,513	17,858	19,719	20,696
Oklahoma	--	--	1,336	2,897	2,982
Oregon	1,309	1,318	1,483	1,657	1,659
Pennsylvania	14,527	14,566	20,532	33,794	34,497
South Carolina	3,654	3,705	4,581	5,470	5,537
South Dakota	3,409	3,410	3,959	5,087	4,874
Tennessee	13,204	13,198	13,334	13,591	13,088
Texas	16,071	15,552	20,725	32,282	33,639
Utah	--	--	194	1,841	2,414
Vermont	3,640	3,572	3,342	3,217	3,219
Washington	3,676	3,645	4,377	5,220	5,196
Wisconsin	5,043	5,073	6,988	10,549	10,746
TOTAL	475,307	466,615	518,846	588,076	594,196
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 2012 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision.