SNAP Participation Rates by State, All Eligible People

National Rate: 82%

Rate
range

96%-100%
91%-95%
86%-90%
81%-85%
76%-80%
55%-75%

91%-100%
81%-90%
76%-80%
71%-75%
66%-70%
55%-65%

56%-70%
51%-55%
46%-50%
41%-45%
36%-40%
31%-35%
15%-30%

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SNAP participation rates by state and participant characteristic
State	All eligible people	Working poor people	Elderly people
Alabama	79%	78%	32%
Alaska	88%	79%	42%
Arizona	77%	69%	29%
Arkansas	66%	61%	25%
California	70%	59%	19%
Colorado	79%	65%	40%
Connecticut	93%	79%	54%
Delaware	100%	99%	37%
District of Columbia	82%	38%	46%
Florida	86%	75%	53%
Georgia	84%	71%	34%
Guam
Hawaii	88%	76%	50%
Idaho	74%	71%	32%
Illinois	100%	92%	50%
Indiana	75%	78%	34%
Iowa	89%	85%	36%
Kansas	69%	62%	33%
Kentucky	75%	72%	32%
Louisiana	83%	73%	33%
Maine	82%	77%	54%
Maryland	91%	72%	44%
Massachusetts	95%	66%	67%
Michigan	90%	86%	51%
Minnesota	77%	76%	44%
Mississippi	71%	65%	35%
Missouri	87%	77%	43%
Montana	79%	69%	33%
Nebraska	79%	74%	32%
Nevada	92%	87%	40%
New Hampshire	80%	71%	40%
New Jersey	82%	70%	48%
New Mexico	98%	88%	40%
New York	89%	75%	70%
North Carolina	69%	65%	35%
North Dakota	63%	61%	30%
Ohio	85%	85%	43%
Oklahoma	85%	78%	32%
Oregon	100%	89%	62%
Pennsylvania	100%	96%	45%
Rhode Island	95%	82%	60%
South Carolina	77%	69%	34%
South Dakota	78%	76%	39%
Tennessee	90%	78%	43%
Texas	75%	74%	36%
Utah	77%	69%	26%
Vermont	92%	76%	68%
Virgin Islands
Virginia	72%	62%	31%
Washington	99%	85%	51%
West Virginia	88%	87%	34%
Wisconsin	92%	86%	45%
Wyoming	55%	55%	20%

Definitions:

Participation rate: The percentage of eligible people who actually participate in the program.
Eligible people: People in households that pass all applicable Federal SNAP income and resource tests or in which all members receive cash public assistance.
Working poor people: People who are eligible for SNAP benefits and live in households in which someone earns income from a job.
Elderly people: People who are eligible for SNAP benefits and are age 60 or older.

Sources:

State participation rates for all eligible people and working poor people: “Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2017.” Final report submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, August 2020.

State participation rates for all elderly people: Bayesian shrinkage estimates of State SNAP participation rates for elderly adults for fiscal years 2013 to 2015 prepared by Mathematica Policy Research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.

SNAP Participation Rates by State, All Eligible People

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