| 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. | |||||