SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  BENEFITS
(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	110,202,388	115,123,001	114,857,918	-0.2%	4.2%
Alaska	14,965,290	15,535,514	15,853,126	2.0%	5.9%
Arizona	133,493,312	143,520,018	140,576,783	-2.1%	5.3%
Arkansas	58,863,190	61,116,462	60,890,844	-0.4%	3.4%
California	529,125,488	583,508,529	584,948,843	0.2%	10.6%
Colorado	62,244,628	67,858,070	67,656,284	-0.3%	8.7%
Connecticut	51,588,948	55,077,315	55,032,661	-0.1%	6.7%
Delaware	16,931,221	18,779,415	18,895,972	0.6%	11.6%
District of Columbia	18,332,221	19,209,652	19,198,517	-0.1%	4.7%
Florida	423,486,579	458,322,655	458,066,681	-0.1%	8.2%
Georgia	235,877,468	255,414,902	256,566,395	0.5%	8.8%
Guam	8,665,257	9,310,247	9,351,088	0.4%	7.9%
Hawaii	33,854,118	36,902,168	37,260,443	1.0%	10.1%
Idaho	30,205,932	30,643,256	30,630,138	0.0%	1.4%
Illinois	248,287,378	252,476,210	255,822,128	1.3%	3.0%
Indiana	114,440,348	119,438,744	118,588,009	-0.7%	3.6%
Iowa	46,676,109	48,466,611	49,166,837	1.4%	5.3%
Kansas	37,433,794	37,095,443	37,427,657	0.9%	0.0%
Kentucky	103,538,720	107,009,323	106,657,178	-0.3%	3.0%
Louisiana	113,519,826	115,543,210	115,232,127	-0.3%	1.5%
Maine	31,538,517	31,171,033	31,191,197	0.1%	-1.1%
Maryland	84,144,656	88,961,841	89,566,434	0.7%	6.4%
Massachusetts	106,524,706	111,847,097	111,471,384	-0.3%	4.6%
Michigan	266,318,669	248,282,687	249,602,254	0.5%	-6.3%
Minnesota	57,440,750	62,181,069	62,297,090	0.2%	8.5%
Mississippi	75,363,120	78,913,202	79,553,681	0.8%	5.6%
Missouri	119,711,554	121,225,170	123,262,228	1.7%	3.0%
Montana	16,146,053	16,267,917	16,261,671	0.0%	0.7%
Nebraska	21,550,116	21,309,557	21,834,043	2.5%	1.3%
Nevada	40,151,244	43,363,330	43,444,425	0.2%	8.2%
New Hampshire	13,652,879	13,823,538	13,696,712	-0.9%	0.3%
New Jersey	98,502,469	105,798,351	106,754,022	0.9%	8.4%
New Mexico	52,173,849	55,863,456	56,027,506	0.3%	7.4%
New York	444,170,561	446,664,073	449,842,979	0.7%	1.3%
North Carolina	189,730,180	201,644,219	200,134,696	-0.7%	5.5%
North Dakota	8,006,066	7,646,123	7,670,412	0.3%	-4.2%
Ohio	250,381,364	251,406,663	251,111,934	-0.1%	0.3%
Oklahoma	77,622,319	78,404,545	78,618,670	0.3%	1.3%
Oregon	98,969,176	104,505,982	104,810,112	0.3%	5.9%
Pennsylvania	216,308,806	231,481,292	231,453,021	0.0%	7.0%
Rhode Island	22,396,869	23,950,782	24,207,268	1.1%	8.1%
South Carolina	109,981,692	112,856,406	113,055,342	0.2%	2.8%
South Dakota	13,449,424	13,921,316	13,740,321	-1.3%	2.2%
Tennessee	168,125,813	172,399,893	171,847,756	-0.3%	2.2%
Texas	486,721,329	508,612,529	507,866,533	-0.1%	4.3%
Utah	33,204,529	34,081,945	34,393,077	0.9%	3.6%
Vermont	11,323,449	11,613,617	11,791,154	1.5%	4.1%
Virginia	109,023,947	115,820,925	116,338,344	0.4%	6.7%
Virgin Islands	3,921,546	4,286,583	4,294,811	0.2%	9.5%
Washington	133,327,879	140,507,314	140,188,543	-0.2%	5.1%
West Virginia	41,479,829	41,552,641	40,679,291	-2.1%	-1.9%
Wisconsin	91,605,538	96,999,439	96,530,397	-0.5%	5.4%
Wyoming	4,567,790	4,385,082	4,326,721	-1.3%	-5.3%
TOTAL	5,889,268,903	6,152,100,362	6,160,543,658	0.1%	4.6%
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.