| FOOD STAMP PROGRAM | |||||
| ( Data as of April 24, 2008) | |||||
| Fiscal | PARTICIPATION | BENEFIT | AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT | ||
| Year | Persons | Households | COSTS | Per Person | Per Household |
| ANNUAL SUMMARY | |||||
| FY 2007 | 26,468,447 | 11,789,487 | 30,373,271,078 | 95.63 | 214.69 |
| FY 2006 | 26,672,269 | 11,734,468 | 30,187,346,987 | 94.32 | 214.38 |
| FY 2005 | 25,717,830 | 11,197,377 | 28,567,876,243 | 92.57 | 212.61 |
| MONTHLY DATA | |||||
| FY 2005 | |||||
| Oct 2004 | 26,235,147 | 11,252,591 | 2,514,556,038 | 95.85 | 223.46 |
| Nov 2004 | 25,151,902 | 10,920,983 | 2,335,910,071 | 92.87 | 213.89 |
| Dec 2004 | 25,490,951 | 11,082,895 | 2,359,138,666 | 92.55 | 212.86 |
| Jan 2005 | 25,442,458 | 11,076,764 | 2,324,572,188 | 91.37 | 209.86 |
| Feb 2005 | 25,271,669 | 11,026,940 | 2,318,942,547 | 91.76 | 210.30 |
| Mar 2005 | 25,437,821 | 11,105,377 | 2,343,007,202 | 92.11 | 210.98 |
| Apr 2005 | 25,361,770 | 11,079,855 | 2,321,318,821 | 91.53 | 209.51 |
| May 2005 | 25,408,363 | 11,098,952 | 2,329,773,718 | 91.69 | 209.91 |
| Jun 2005 | 25,534,684 | 11,151,427 | 2,342,740,416 | 91.75 | 210.08 |
| Jul 2005 | 25,565,370 | 11,172,549 | 2,362,262,640 | 92.40 | 211.43 |
| Aug 2005 | 25,765,535 | 11,260,296 | 2,362,676,374 | 91.70 | 209.82 |
| Sep 2005 | 27,948,287 | 12,139,892 | 2,652,977,562 | 94.92 | 218.53 |
| FY 2006 | |||||
| Oct 2005 | 27,902,876 | 12,153,054 | 2,776,814,627 | 99.52 | 228.49 |
| Nov 2005 | 29,847,640 | 12,786,007 | 2,966,702,552 | 99.39 | 232.03 |
| Dec 2005 | 26,830,254 | 11,776,197 | 2,526,521,341 | 94.17 | 214.54 |
| Jan 2006 | 26,512,607 | 11,662,596 | 2,447,036,625 | 92.30 | 209.82 |
| Feb 2006 | 26,205,436 | 11,553,771 | 2,424,377,836 | 92.51 | 209.83 |
| Mar 2006 | 26,322,900 | 11,637,323 | 2,456,770,429 | 93.33 | 211.11 |
| Apr 2006 | 26,015,867 | 11,482,859 | 2,419,927,052 | 93.02 | 210.74 |
| May 2006 | 26,019,397 | 11,512,471 | 2,419,723,023 | 93.00 | 210.18 |
| Jun 2006 | 26,081,754 | 11,543,399 | 2,421,575,880 | 92.85 | 209.78 |
| Jul 2006 | 25,996,486 | 11,520,668 | 2,426,490,860 | 93.34 | 210.62 |
| Aug 2006 | 26,135,313 | 11,582,121 | 2,454,777,775 | 93.93 | 211.95 |
| Sep 2006 | 26,196,700 | 11,603,149 | 2,446,628,987 | 93.39 | 210.86 |
| FY 2007 | |||||
| Oct 2006 | 26,288,496 | 11,657,457 | 2,541,158,969 | 96.66 | 217.99 |
| Nov 2006 | 26,295,718 | 11,652,038 | 2,523,772,503 | 95.98 | 216.59 |
| Dec 2006 | 26,390,210 | 11,702,148 | 2,546,342,023 | 96.49 | 217.60 |
| Jan 2007 | 26,367,174 | 11,735,889 | 2,509,281,764 | 95.17 | 213.81 |
| Feb 2007 | 26,153,067 | 11,643,369 | 2,485,125,844 | 95.02 | 213.44 |
| Mar 2007 | 26,376,386 | 11,759,208 | 2,519,248,231 | 95.51 | 214.24 |
| Apr 2007 | 26,281,421 | 11,721,106 | 2,497,368,851 | 95.02 | 213.07 |
| May 2007 | 26,409,135 | 11,800,951 | 2,518,967,072 | 95.38 | 213.45 |
| Jun 2007 | 26,609,291 | 11,875,395 | 2,537,582,439 | 95.36 | 213.68 |
| Jul 2007 | 26,617,444 | 11,887,836 | 2,540,760,407 | 95.45 | 213.73 |
| Aug 2007 | 26,903,523 | 12,009,374 | 2,574,730,478 | 95.70 | 214.39 |
| Sep 2007 | 26,929,496 | 12,029,068 | 2,578,932,497 | 95.77 | 214.39 |
| FY 2008 | |||||
| Oct 2007 | 27,177,788 | 12,148,397 | 2,763,946,525 | 101.70 | 227.52 |
| Nov 2007 | 27,327,713 | 12,208,960 | 2,766,370,199 | 101.23 | 226.59 |
| Dec 2007 | 27,561,755 | 12,313,466 | 2,789,090,515 | 101.19 | 226.51 |
| Jan 2008 | 27,689,812 | 12,393,282 | 2,778,944,724 | 100.36 | 224.23 |
| Feb 2008 | 27,660,139 | 12,399,237 | 2,778,972,020 | 100.47 | 224.12 |
| Data for Oct. 2004 and Sep. through Nov. 2005 include major hurricane disaster assistance. FY 2007-2008 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision. | |||||