| SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING | |||||
| (Data as of April 30, 2012) | |||||
| Percent Change | |||||
| State / | February | January | February | February 2012 vs | |
| Territory | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | Jan 2012 | Feb 2011 |
| Preliminary | Initial | ||||
| Alabama | 380,876 | 411,949 | 410,562 | -0.3% | 7.8% |
| Alaska | 35,175 | 38,170 | 38,565 | 1.0% | 9.6% |
| Arizona | 451,547 | 488,528 | 482,617 | -1.2% | 6.9% |
| Arkansas | 208,019 | 220,964 | 219,608 | -0.6% | 5.6% |
| California | 1,578,837 | 1,751,440 | 1,750,085 | -0.1% | 10.8% |
| Colorado | 195,866 | 220,219 | 219,187 | -0.5% | 11.9% |
| Connecticut | 202,791 | 220,259 | 219,069 | -0.5% | 8.0% |
| Delaware | 60,851 | 69,730 | 69,983 | 0.4% | 15.0% |
| District of Columbia | 74,711 | 79,382 | 79,298 | -0.1% | 6.1% |
| Florida | 1,640,232 | 1,793,619 | 1,799,179 | 0.3% | 9.7% |
| Georgia | 771,191 | 866,679 | 867,139 | 0.1% | 12.4% |
| Guam | 12,709 | 14,201 | 14,208 | 0.0% | 11.8% |
| Hawaii | 78,748 | 85,905 | 87,863 | 2.3% | 11.6% |
| Idaho | 95,310 | 102,769 | 102,081 | -0.7% | 7.1% |
| Illinois | 860,797 | 887,715 | 892,188 | 0.5% | 3.6% |
| Indiana | 377,104 | 400,104 | 399,169 | -0.2% | 5.9% |
| Iowa | 169,427 | 187,849 | 189,240 | 0.7% | 11.7% |
| Kansas | 137,944 | 141,649 | 141,043 | -0.4% | 2.2% |
| Kentucky | 376,651 | 401,866 | 397,633 | -1.1% | 5.6% |
| Louisiana | 381,927 | 397,685 | 395,505 | -0.5% | 3.6% |
| Maine | 124,550 | 131,285 | 131,043 | -0.2% | 5.2% |
| Maryland | 322,160 | 356,557 | 356,682 | 0.0% | 10.7% |
| Massachusetts | 442,656 | 472,313 | 474,807 | 0.5% | 7.3% |
| Michigan | 981,931 | 927,375 | 926,802 | -0.1% | -5.6% |
| Minnesota | 242,499 | 262,077 | 262,496 | 0.2% | 8.2% |
| Mississippi | 268,822 | 291,881 | 292,747 | 0.3% | 8.9% |
| Missouri | 431,728 | 444,230 | 441,023 | -0.7% | 2.2% |
| Montana | 57,052 | 59,165 | 59,430 | 0.4% | 4.2% |
| Nebraska | 76,600 | 76,641 | 77,572 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Nevada | 152,993 | 168,023 | 168,368 | 0.2% | 10.0% |
| New Hampshire | 53,863 | 56,269 | 56,455 | 0.3% | 4.8% |
| New Jersey | 359,507 | 393,792 | 397,667 | 1.0% | 10.6% |
| New Mexico | 175,821 | 193,122 | 192,741 | -0.2% | 9.6% |
| New York | 1,587,097 | 1,638,345 | 1,639,443 | 0.1% | 3.3% |
| North Carolina | 716,471 | 780,722 | 780,713 | 0.0% | 9.0% |
| North Dakota | 28,060 | 27,446 | 27,375 | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| Ohio | 856,883 | 879,758 | 881,517 | 0.2% | 2.9% |
| Oklahoma | 267,313 | 279,767 | 278,869 | -0.3% | 4.3% |
| Oregon | 415,269 | 446,732 | 445,852 | -0.2% | 7.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 805,534 | 872,319 | 873,717 | 0.2% | 8.5% |
| Rhode Island | 85,507 | 94,579 | 94,672 | 0.1% | 10.7% |
| South Carolina | 386,873 | 408,109 | 407,992 | 0.0% | 5.5% |
| South Dakota | 43,535 | 45,594 | 45,420 | -0.4% | 4.3% |
| Tennessee | 605,557 | 634,420 | 635,445 | 0.2% | 4.9% |
| Texas | 1,568,987 | 1,703,288 | 1,664,358 | -2.3% | 6.1% |
| Utah | 109,287 | 116,914 | 117,110 | 0.2% | 7.2% |
| Vermont | 46,356 | 48,907 | 49,148 | 0.5% | 6.0% |
| Virginia | 399,824 | 438,208 | 439,966 | 0.4% | 10.0% |
| Virgin Islands | 9,170 | 10,247 | 10,287 | 0.4% | 12.2% |
| Washington | 537,964 | 574,620 | 576,774 | 0.4% | 7.2% |
| West Virginia | 160,473 | 164,612 | 162,805 | -1.1% | 1.5% |
| Wisconsin | 364,544 | 395,520 | 396,960 | 0.4% | 8.9% |
| Wyoming | 15,809 | 15,213 | 15,019 | -1.3% | -5.0% |
| TOTAL | 20,791,408 | 22,188,732 | 22,155,497 | -0.1% | 6.6% |
| 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. | |||||
| January and February 2012 data are preliminary and are subject to significant revision. | |||||