SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  BENEFITS
(Data as of May 10, 2013)
				Percent Change
State /	February	January	February	February 2013 vs
Territory	2012	2013	2013	Jan 2013	Feb 2012
		Preliminary	Initial
Alabama	114,857,918	117,220,799	116,944,693	-0.2%	1.8%
Alaska	15,853,126	16,093,918	16,297,968	1.3%	2.8%
Arizona	140,576,783	136,756,224	134,326,183	-1.8%	-4.4%
Arkansas	60,788,625	61,187,172	60,677,004	-0.8%	-0.2%
California	584,949,255	632,960,816	632,258,090	-0.1%	8.1%
Colorado	67,109,497	68,858,527	67,950,596	-1.3%	1.3%
Connecticut	55,032,660	57,912,595	57,611,979	-0.5%	4.7%
Delaware	18,895,972	19,881,262	19,779,468	-0.5%	4.7%
District of Columbia	19,198,517	19,603,943	19,416,008	-1.0%	1.1%
Florida	458,068,281	492,241,319	488,693,482	-0.7%	6.7%
Georgia	256,566,395	266,723,704	266,243,347	-0.2%	3.8%
Guam	9,351,088	9,872,347	9,854,778	-0.2%	5.4%
Hawaii	37,260,443	40,856,473	40,861,788	0.0%	9.7%
Idaho	30,630,138	29,209,426	29,523,468	1.1%	-3.6%
Illinois	255,822,128	282,127,996	281,367,273	-0.3%	10.0%
Indiana	118,588,009	121,407,379	121,287,127	-0.1%	2.3%
Iowa	49,166,837	48,186,714	48,609,789	0.9%	-1.1%
Kansas	37,427,657	39,130,060	39,281,708	0.4%	5.0%
Kentucky	106,657,178	110,915,928	110,449,955	-0.4%	3.6%
Louisiana	115,803,518	126,255,787	125,918,684	-0.3%	8.7%
Maine	31,191,197	30,842,135	30,602,855	-0.8%	-1.9%
Maryland	89,566,433	96,468,653	96,926,774	0.5%	8.2%
Massachusetts	111,471,384	116,753,094	117,462,900	0.6%	5.4%
Michigan	249,602,254	242,786,829	242,798,699	0.0%	-2.7%
Minnesota	62,285,345	63,942,467	64,023,808	0.1%	2.8%
Mississippi	79,553,681	82,061,342	82,637,318	0.7%	3.9%
Missouri	123,262,228	120,746,038	118,954,914	-1.5%	-3.5%
Montana	16,261,671	16,084,685	16,138,525	0.3%	-0.8%
Nebraska	21,817,812	22,101,632	22,170,114	0.3%	1.6%
Nevada	43,444,425	44,079,330	44,811,652	1.7%	3.1%
New Hampshire	13,696,712	14,006,637	13,611,060	-2.8%	-0.6%
New Jersey	106,754,022	112,617,260	112,691,034	0.1%	5.6%
New Mexico	56,027,506	56,456,541	56,372,327	-0.1%	0.6%
New York	449,842,979	458,026,953	456,633,218	-0.3%	1.5%
North Carolina	200,134,696	207,577,785	205,548,543	-1.0%	2.7%
North Dakota	7,670,412	7,218,525	7,222,187	0.1%	-5.8%
Ohio	251,111,934	243,145,548	241,982,211	-0.5%	-3.6%
Oklahoma	78,618,670	78,750,533	78,896,311	0.2%	0.4%
Oregon	104,810,112	104,711,438	105,368,823	0.6%	0.5%
Pennsylvania	231,453,021	226,913,929	224,517,012	-1.1%	-3.0%
Rhode Island	24,207,268	24,908,995	25,417,445	2.0%	5.0%
South Carolina	113,056,767	114,715,487	114,692,929	0.0%	1.4%
South Dakota	13,740,321	13,897,273	13,784,309	-0.8%	0.3%
Tennessee	171,847,756	176,375,964	176,038,567	-0.2%	2.4%
Texas	507,866,533	495,248,810	490,847,431	-0.9%	-3.4%
Utah	34,393,077	32,723,167	32,417,098	-0.9%	-5.7%
Vermont	11,791,155	12,679,939	12,693,463	0.1%	7.7%
Virginia	116,338,344	119,272,322	119,841,577	0.5%	3.0%
Virgin Islands	4,294,811	4,681,652	4,652,527	-0.6%	8.3%
Washington	140,188,543	140,685,232	140,406,187	-0.2%	0.2%
West Virginia	40,679,291	41,268,831	41,459,237	0.5%	1.9%
Wisconsin	96,516,640	102,745,075	99,999,462	-2.7%	3.6%
Wyoming	4,326,721	4,754,847	4,646,330	-2.3%	7.4%
TOTAL	6,160,427,746	6,326,651,337	6,303,620,235	-0.4%	2.3%
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 2013 data are preliminary and are subject to significant revision.