SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY PARTICIPATION (PERSONS)
(Data as of February 8, 2013)
State/Territory	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012
Alabama	571,591	679,138	805,095	920,365	910,244
Alaska	56,977	64,385	76,445	86,044	91,298
Arizona	627,660	813,987	1,018,171	1,067,617	1,123,974
Arkansas	377,883	411,153	466,598	486,451	502,125
California	2,220,127	2,670,341	3,238,548	3,672,980	3,964,221
Colorado	252,933	319,121	404,679	453,103	491,630
Connecticut	225,383	258,165	336,064	378,677	403,466
Delaware	74,429	90,933	112,513	134,927	148,257
District of Columbia	89,442	103,311	118,493	134,845	141,147
Florida	1,454,928	1,952,362	2,603,185	3,074,671	3,353,064
Georgia	1,021,155	1,286,078	1,591,078	1,780,039	1,912,839
Guam	27,874	31,511	36,926	40,631	43,727
Hawaii	96,551	114,599	138,166	159,644	176,823
Idaho	100,198	136,243	194,033	228,629	233,034
Illinois	1,299,443	1,462,421	1,645,722	1,793,886	1,869,713
Indiana	623,415	706,695	813,403	877,560	908,705
Iowa	258,173	295,106	340,304	373,856	408,050
Kansas	187,569	219,265	269,710	298,642	304,719
Kentucky	633,194	701,757	778,114	823,472	849,248
Louisiana	790,733	723,738	825,918	884,519	948,758
Maine	173,039	201,248	229,731	247,943	252,860
Maryland	359,985	454,196	560,848	667,738	716,379
Massachusetts	505,782	627,611	749,121	813,631	861,568
Michigan	1,256,373	1,450,272	1,776,368	1,928,478	1,828,384
Minnesota	293,928	344,993	430,346	505,919	538,869
Mississippi	447,181	505,920	575,674	622,596	659,872
Missouri	701,304	800,909	901,349	943,088	947,889
Montana	80,407	92,453	113,570	124,243	125,874
Nebraska	120,809	133,623	162,817	174,204	176,073
Nevada	144,494	200,056	278,105	332,959	354,900
New Hampshire	63,583	78,942	104,375	113,407	116,895
New Jersey	437,860	499,853	622,022	759,136	826,134
New Mexico	239,959	291,073	356,822	414,275	438,252
New York	1,952,991	2,322,742	2,757,836	2,999,991	3,076,911
North Carolina	946,978	1,137,294	1,346,495	1,590,069	1,668,588
North Dakota	48,412	53,070	59,888	60,902	58,796
Ohio	1,150,928	1,357,412	1,607,422	1,779,237	1,807,913
Oklahoma	419,038	472,908	582,492	614,704	614,947
Oregon	469,315	581,025	705,035	772,756	815,221
Pennsylvania	1,187,822	1,337,803	1,574,783	1,718,211	1,799,209
Rhode Island	84,868	102,303	138,966	160,201	172,846
South Carolina	589,763	687,508	797,110	844,405	869,801
South Dakota	62,945	73,981	95,336	101,817	103,846
Tennessee	911,253	1,072,055	1,224,023	1,275,790	1,316,810
Texas	2,532,047	3,003,156	3,551,581	3,977,273	4,038,440
Utah	134,180	185,282	247,405	283,971	276,890
Vermont	55,847	72,125	85,538	92,038	96,579
Virginia	545,079	651,725	786,157	858,782	913,878
Virgin Islands	13,613	16,307	20,328	22,655	24,827
Washington	581,001	761,220	956,004	1,054,693	1,108,090
West Virginia	276,800	305,960	341,156	345,955	346,833
Wisconsin	422,781	547,878	715,213	801,073	835,312
Wyoming	22,608	26,762	34,799	36,031	34,347
TOTAL	28,222,630	33,489,975	40,301,878	44,708,726	46,609,072
The following outlying areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 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.
All data are subject to revision.