| FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: NUMBER OF PERSONS PARTICIPATING | |||||
| ( Data as of April 24, 2008 ) | |||||
| Percent Change | |||||
| State / | February | January | February | February 2008 vs | |
| Territory | 2007 | 2008 | 2008 | Jan 2008 | Feb 2007 |
| Alabama | 539,319 | 564,325 | 563,674 | -0.1% | 4.5% |
| Alaska | 57,220 | 56,031 | 58,153 | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| Arizona | 530,707 | 602,007 | 606,563 | 0.8% | 14.3% |
| Arkansas | 378,134 | 379,031 | 373,333 | -1.5% | -1.3% |
| California | 2,041,062 | 2,160,179 | 2,176,434 | 0.8% | 6.6% |
| Colorado | 249,593 | 249,213 | 248,662 | -0.2% | -0.4% |
| Connecticut | 209,927 | 223,127 | 222,730 | -0.2% | 6.1% |
| Delaware | 65,230 | 74,322 | 72,908 | -1.9% | 11.8% |
| District of Columbia | 85,047 | 89,336 | 88,203 | -1.3% | 3.7% |
| Florida | 1,193,991 | 1,395,527 | 1,407,409 | 0.9% | 17.9% |
| Georgia | 942,215 | 986,245 | 986,643 | 0.0% | 4.7% |
| Guam | 26,389 | 27,125 | 27,486 | 1.3% | 4.2% |
| Hawaii | 88,583 | 94,338 | 94,775 | 0.5% | 7.0% |
| Idaho | 87,254 | 97,378 | 98,613 | 1.3% | 13.0% |
| Illinois | 1,230,832 | 1,288,460 | 1,286,507 | -0.2% | 4.5% |
| Indiana | 583,210 | 608,080 | 608,404 | 0.1% | 4.3% |
| Iowa | 236,336 | 249,108 | 250,999 | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Kansas | 179,518 | 184,180 | 183,902 | -0.2% | 2.4% |
| Kentucky | 592,103 | 629,513 | 624,424 | -0.8% | 5.5% |
| Louisiana | 633,110 | 660,714 | 655,828 | -0.7% | 3.6% |
| Maine | 163,193 | 170,819 | 173,932 | 1.8% | 6.6% |
| Maryland | 308,367 | 349,195 | 350,997 | 0.5% | 13.8% |
| Massachusetts | 450,838 | 491,696 | 493,498 | 0.4% | 9.5% |
| Michigan | 1,197,856 | 1,242,897 | 1,251,724 | 0.7% | 4.5% |
| Minnesota | 263,735 | 293,306 | 291,695 | -0.5% | 10.6% |
| Mississippi | 417,346 | 441,922 | 439,373 | -0.6% | 5.3% |
| Missouri | 815,237 | 875,752 | 876,031 | 0.0% | 7.5% |
| Montana | 80,133 | 80,015 | 80,525 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Nebraska | 120,333 | 120,892 | 121,167 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Nevada | 118,613 | 138,430 | 139,266 | 0.6% | 17.4% |
| New Hampshire | 58,759 | 62,522 | 63,255 | 1.2% | 7.7% |
| New Jersey | 406,638 | 429,580 | 429,344 | -0.1% | 5.6% |
| New Mexico | 233,094 | 234,331 | 234,765 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| New York | 1,803,316 | 1,860,324 | 1,857,307 | -0.2% | 3.0% |
| North Carolina | 870,023 | 927,926 | 927,714 | 0.0% | 6.6% |
| North Dakota | 44,346 | 48,130 | 48,481 | 0.7% | 9.3% |
| Ohio | 1,054,734 | 1,139,495 | 1,126,397 | -1.1% | 6.8% |
| Oklahoma | 417,349 | 417,504 | 419,260 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Oregon | 436,867 | 457,384 | 454,752 | -0.6% | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,138,216 | 1,173,679 | 1,176,463 | 0.2% | 3.4% |
| Rhode Island | 75,171 | 80,821 | 84,339 | 4.4% | 12.2% |
| South Carolina | 535,266 | 578,682 | 577,145 | -0.3% | 7.8% |
| South Dakota | 59,155 | 61,083 | 63,335 | 3.7% | 7.1% |
| Tennessee | 850,941 | 901,753 | 890,020 | -1.3% | 4.6% |
| Texas | 2,372,966 | 2,451,315 | 2,431,025 | ||