SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  NUMBER OF PERSONS PARTICIPATING
(Data as of June 7, 2013)
        Percent Change
State /  March February March March 2013 vs
Territory 2012 2013 2013 Feb 2013 Mar 2012
    Preliminary Initial    
Alabama 905,117 913,949 911,626 -0.3% 0.7%
Alaska 94,092 93,417 94,905 1.6% 0.9%
Arizona 1,118,247 1,101,324 1,114,638 1.2% -0.3%
Arkansas 500,233 503,375 502,491 -0.2% 0.5%
California 3,961,829 4,147,880 4,180,235 0.8% 5.5%
Colorado 496,109 507,192 513,483 1.2% 3.5%
Connecticut 401,009 422,884 422,064 -0.2% 5.3%
Delaware 148,654 152,756 152,002 -0.5% 2.3%
District of Columbia 140,549 144,545 144,193 -0.2% 2.6%
Florida 3,346,145 3,548,832 3,566,784 0.5% 6.6%
Georgia 1,898,349 1,960,035 1,956,754 -0.2% 3.1%
Guam 43,258 45,846 45,348 -1.1% 4.8%
Hawaii 176,729 188,564 188,933 0.2% 6.9%
Idaho 236,641 231,015 231,301 0.1% -2.3%
Illinois 1,856,202 2,023,635 2,048,658 1.2% 10.4%
Indiana 906,894 925,554 926,959 0.2% 2.2%
Iowa 408,614 419,296 420,704 0.3% 3.0%
Kansas 301,567 313,906 315,220 0.4% 4.5%
Kentucky 846,211 869,765 874,094 0.5% 3.3%
Louisiana 892,347 961,253 951,535 -1.0% 6.6%
Maine 254,498 250,189 251,418 0.5% -1.2%
Maryland 709,305 762,890 766,599 0.5% 8.1%
Massachusetts 858,616 885,956 887,990 0.2% 3.4%
Michigan 1,828,826 1,779,085 1,773,290 -0.3% -3.0%
Minnesota 539,710 550,644 554,688 0.7% 2.8%
Mississippi 651,812 668,255 666,700 -0.2% 2.3%
Missouri 950,350 932,446 936,963 0.5% -1.4%
Montana 127,558 129,555 128,481 -0.8% 0.7%
Nebraska 178,643 180,460 182,863 1.3% 2.4%
Nevada 353,855 356,414 355,312 -0.3% 0.4%
New Hampshire 117,269 117,641 117,420 -0.2% 0.1%
New Jersey 818,954 866,157 873,657 0.9% 6.7%
New Mexico 438,145 440,872 442,302 0.3% 0.9%
New York 3,081,831 3,153,979 3,182,976 0.9% 3.3%
North Carolina 1,653,501 1,698,745 1,704,848 0.4% 3.1%
North Dakota 59,134 57,449 56,918 -0.9% -3.7%
Ohio 1,842,315 1,837,229 1,853,963 0.9% 0.6%
Oklahoma 610,392 615,154 615,158 0.0% 0.8%
Oregon 812,900 819,465 819,534 0.0% 0.8%
Pennsylvania 1,816,406 1,767,598 1,777,618 0.6% -2.1%
1] Rhode Island 172,907 180,626 180,940 0.2% 4.6%
South Carolina 869,859 876,505 876,632 0.0% 0.8%
South Dakota 103,909 104,629 104,407 -0.2% 0.5%
Tennessee 1,319,476 1,335,790 1,339,440 0.3% 1.5%
Texas 3,913,693 4,024,348 4,026,519 0.1% 2.9%
Utah 285,742 258,560 257,781 -0.3% -9.8%
Vermont 96,080 101,793 101,712 -0.1% 5.9%
Virginia 914,709 940,712 939,561 -0.1% 2.7%
Virgin Islands 24,492 27,011 27,182 0.6% 11.0%
Washington 1,111,501 1,117,832 1,116,250 -0.1% 0.4%
West Virginia 342,678 349,853 349,481 -0.1% 2.0%
Wisconsin 832,304 857,811 858,342 0.1% 3.1%
Wyoming 35,058 37,488 38,180 1.8% 8.9%
     TOTAL 46,405,224 47,558,164 47,727,052 0.4% 2.8%
1] Data includes disaster assistance. Link to:  SNAP Disaster Response 
The following areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:  Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. 
February and March 2013 data are preliminary and are subject to significant revision.