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Percentage of Participating SNAP Households with Children (FY 2019)
National: 40%
DE IN MI NJ PA AL DC IA MN NM RI VA AK FL KS MS NY SC WA AZ GA KY MO NC SD WV AR LA MT ND TN WI CA HI ME NE OH TX WY CO ID MD NV OK UT CT IL MA NH OR VT
Percent of
Households
  • 60%
  • 53%
  • 46%
  • 39%
  • 32%
  • 25%
  • 40%
  • 34%
  • 28%
  • 22%
  • 16%
  • 10%
  • 45%
  • 30%
  • 25%
  • 20%
  • 15%
  • 0%
  • 30%
  • 25%
  • 20%
  • 15%
  • 10%
  •  5%

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Percentage of SNAP households by state and demographic characteristic
State Total number of SNAP households in thousands Percentage with children Percentage with elderly people Percentage with non-elderly people with disabilities Percentage with childless adults age 18-49 without disabilities
Alabama 336 46.1% 23.4% 24.9% 10.2%
Alaska 36 40.9% 23.6% 14.7% 23.3%
Arizona 368 41.3% 24.9% 13.6% 20.3%
Arkansas 154 47.3% 19.4% 30.6% 12.3%
California 1 42.3% 20.7% 6.0% 24.9%
Colorado 223 39.6% 29.5% 19.3% 12.9%
Connecticut 208 28.2% 31.2% 22.4% 16.3%
Delaware 62 41.0% 23.5% 26.3% 12.7%
District of Columbia 65 29.3% 24.7% 16.2% 24.7%
Florida 1 35.2% 40.1% 20.3% 7.4%
Georgia 635 47.4% 25.0% 18.8% 13.1%
Guam 15 53.7% 24.4% 3.3% 17.0%
Hawaii 80 34.3% 33.7% 17.4% 13.6%
Idaho 66 47.0% 22.6% 29.6% 7.6%
Illinois 867 40.5% 25.7% 16.9% 15.8%
Indiana 250 46.4% 23.0% 25.3% 9.4%
Iowa 150 41.4% 17.7% 24.6% 16.2%
Kansas 91 42.7% 24.6% 30.4% 6.9%
Kentucky 238 44.2% 23.7% 25.7% 12.1%
Louisiana 371 45.0% 20.1% 28.1% 14.7%
Maine 82 28.6% 33.3% 37.9% 6.6%
Maryland 331 35.6% 33.9% 17.3% 11.6%
Massachusetts 445 28.6% 33.8% 28.7% 13.3%
Michigan 611 33.2% 26.9% 29.7% 11.9%
Minnesota 204 35.0% 24.8% 24.7% 16.0%
Mississippi 210 46.9% 21.3% 28.5% 9.4%
Missouri 317 43.2% 24.2% 29.8% 8.0%
Montana 52 36.6% 26.1% 23.2% 13.7%
Nebraska 71 44.5% 23.9% 22.8% 12.8%
Nevada 218 35.9% 25.9% 14.9% 21.1%
New Hampshire 39 37.0% 24.3% 40.8% 6.6%
New Jersey 354 37.8% 40.8% 22.4% 5.3%
New Mexico 214 39.8% 18.5% 16.6% 23.8%
New York 1 29.4% 40.8% 21.9% 10.5%
North Carolina 615 44.4% 26.5% 20.8% 10.4%
North Dakota 23 39.2% 26.2% 23.2% 11.9%
Ohio 676 37.9% 27.3% 28.1% 9.2%
Oklahoma 258 43.2% 21.1% 23.8% 15.5%
Oregon 347 26.2% 31.4% 21.9% 18.0%
Pennsylvania 935 34.0% 31.3% 27.6% 13.1%
Rhode Island 86 28.9% 34.4% 26.3% 14.3%
South Carolina 276 51.0% 23.8% 23.4% 6.9%
South Dakota 38 41.5% 23.2% 25.8% 12.6%
Tennessee 420 43.6% 23.5% 25.0% 10.0%
Texas 1 54.4% 24.1% 18.2% 5.9%
Utah 72 50.7% 16.2% 22.2% 14.0%
Vermont 39 28.2% 36.7% 30.8% 8.9%
Virgin Islands 11 41.0% 31.0% 4.2% 17.5%
Virginia 328 41.9% 26.4% 22.2% 9.0%
Washington 474 28.3% 28.1% 24.6% 20.1%
West Virginia 159 33.6% 28.5% 28.7% 13.9%
Wisconsin 313 38.0% 25.9% 23.5% 14.4%
Wyoming 12 45.3% 18.9% 23.9% 11.9%