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.