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Food Stamp Program Total Benefits, FY2002 - FY2008

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 FY2002FY2003FY2004FY2005FY2006FY2007FY2008
United States$18,256,204,249$21,404,276,216$24,618,889,556$28,565,722,701$30,173,742,891$30,373,271,078$34,611,397,238
Alabama$417,376,930$466,123,805$512,604,194$616,090,009$593,698,537$601,413,135$663,901,057
Alaska$59,454,787$65,728,367$64,404,884$80,405,244$85,981,777$86,084,132$94,262,437
Arizona$385,908,414$497,638,214$577,867,879$633,808,912$626,260,397$646,750,299$772,440,411
Arkansas$264,534,345$304,339,830$346,881,013$401,286,262$414,384,306$412,445,881$431,547,807
California$1,706,341,758$1,805,546,523$1,981,136,316$2,312,527,278$2,363,068,386$2,569,814,590$2,998,179,522
Colorado$165,442,169$203,312,158$252,941,644$313,224,564$321,030,244$310,583,982$325,104,191
Connecticut$145,797,723$164,854,160$197,530,353$223,198,180$239,082,045$253,062,794$284,829,257
Delaware$39,293,407$47,791,321$56,542,045$65,229,058$70,175,479$74,729,045$86,180,751
District of Columbia$75,667,818$90,113,910$97,507,742$103,295,526$104,153,208$103,950,879$112,324,800
Florida$878,454,831$987,756,897$1,268,549,090$1,597,912,047$1,684,348,395$1,400,153,858$1,778,641,937
Georgia$621,290,583$782,410,897$923,814,897$1,047,842,395$1,098,314,441$1,125,954,322$1,276,750,098
Hawaii$151,768,769$156,191,451$151,809,426$155,898,096$147,845,128$156,542,027$184,612,461
Idaho$62,014,314$76,579,605$90,971,822$102,970,484$100,166,643$95,992,768$116,567,714
Illinois$923,305,728$1,052,739,082$1,211,361,942$1,400,091,866$1,503,197,008$1,565,198,255$1,718,280,001
Indiana$408,077,163$483,700,392$549,500,594$626,608,340$648,113,405$677,097,583$772,883,186
Iowa$128,762,369$149,243,938$176,334,334$219,761,007$244,224,816$265,450,404$305,655,259
Kansas$113,271,938$140,386,993$158,017,032$179,999,844$188,316,820$192,850,959$211,265,341
Kentucky$410,097,309$486,231,294$542,743,611$611,490,522$645,357,318$674,261,809$742,037,605
Louisiana$587,074,354$685,267,266$753,905,377$978,765,504$1,031,646,570$746,127,346$1,025,182,241
Maine$97,446,679$124,070,012$139,618,857$162,202,784$169,291,080$170,581,745$196,264,502
Maryland$215,189,301$256,924,246$286,695,375$320,133,493$336,097,166$357,244,132$432,043,737
Massachusetts$209,235,751$253,770,540$304,420,939$363,033,709$421,536,216$471,901,175$586,587,498
Michigan$644,577,181$783,076,440$896,139,758$1,098,817,352$1,238,787,643$1,367,629,622$1,506,032,208
Minnesota$200,648,921$227,125,549$246,770,329$274,996,874$282,402,693$296,387,269$329,569,307
Mississippi$297,924,799$335,073,821$360,952,477$462,961,820$507,102,161$443,797,523$496,847,694
Missouri$476,894,198$567,586,196$663,426,425$735,757,569$740,064,276$745,311,957$810,471,619
Montana$57,920,256$68,950,097$79,197,439$89,231,197$89,953,948$89,698,694$94,225,210
Nebraska$74,384,109$89,301,593$108,691,184$119,523,412$124,315,497$126,459,764$140,752,738
Nevada$95,508,198$112,673,472$119,520,455$128,901,489$124,331,511$133,739,897$169,714,444
New Hampshire$34,656,997$39,886,906$43,549,015$50,569,118$57,878,223$62,477,686$71,404,026
New Jersey$314,258,247$338,821,016$377,525,993$437,423,008$455,855,915$483,425,319$532,944,902
New Mexico$154,364,768$183,505,381$217,424,159$251,414,424$253,364,982$248,844,870$269,188,961
New York$1,478,662,757$1,676,508,940$1,876,077,920$2,135,869,438$2,239,980,092$2,324,294,916$2,572,842,848
North Carolina$536,423,418$645,418,451$753,200,353$856,161,978$920,976,885$972,290,890$1,104,399,962
North Dakota$31,374,657$36,702,541$40,286,413$44,674,426$46,220,226$51,891,080$59,266,579
Ohio$726,310,158$878,758,371$1,009,262,441$1,155,257,476$1,266,219,839$1,292,695,103$1,494,661,229
Oklahoma$288,441,518$362,454,708$397,776,777$439,598,807$467,306,464$458,907,034$491,362,648
Oregon$319,462,072$380,986,642$415,267,009$455,943,437$463,280,260$477,442,080$542,197,277
Pennsylvania$700,337,384$785,458,544$933,273,618$1,104,711,263$1,182,249,827$1,258,604,269$1,386,964,117
Rhode Island$64,256,422$68,800,619$73,550,567$78,517,688$80,928,576$89,354,659$107,719,391
South Carolina$351,661,564$443,355,574$501,204,515$565,811,046$589,430,436$618,164,263$706,792,219
South Dakota$45,323,818$50,515,052$53,934,332$61,477,144$66,153,217$70,614,077$78,001,007
Tennessee$551,508,090$721,795,073$811,798,438$941,638,149$976,012,959$1,003,609,007$1,114,791,337
Texas$1,522,294,908$1,880,851,630$2,306,786,060$2,659,288,088$2,939,331,493$2,718,158,343$3,068,232,722
Utah$79,708,928$102,205,565$123,127,454$141,217,600$140,415,915$133,204,438$150,960,595
Vermont$34,252,771$37,629,392$40,076,383$44,999,412$50,092,041$55,659,902$62,169,303
Virginia$305,463,503$366,217,567$476,165,722$499,708,150$525,712,148$551,446,240$610,021,737
Washington$317,651,773$394,382,981$455,273,391$539,048,283$594,593,287$600,647,715$680,799,184
West Virginia$198,011,265$216,064,512$231,721,076$258,050,316$266,402,597$274,884,537$304,122,744
Wisconsin$197,330,085$233,462,771$269,438,872$316,951,818$346,649,508$363,438,137$430,028,455
Wyoming$21,538,153$24,054,276$24,981,367$26,976,298$26,308,511$25,284,892$26,389,959
Guam$51,815,528$53,437,307$48,115,089$53,633,228$54,540,592$55,690,316$60,125,091
Puerto RicoNA NA NA NA NA NANA
Virgin Islands$17,431,363$18,494,328$19,215,159$20,817,269$20,591,784$21,025,459$22,855,912
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Notes: 

The following outlying areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Food Stamp Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. The number of persons participating is reported monthly. Annual averages are the sums divided by twelve.
2008 data is preliminary. All data are subject to revision.

Sources: 

Based on figures from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, FY2002-2008, United States Department of Agriculture, May 29, 2009. Available online at http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/snapmain.htm.

Definitions: 

Federal Fiscal Year: Unless otherwise noted, years proceeded by "FY" on statehealthfacts.org refer to the Federal Fiscal Year, which runs from October 1 through September 30. For example, FY 2009 refers to the period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.




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