SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER PERSON
(Data as of February 8, 2013)
State/Territory FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012
           
Alabama 96.79 119.14 126.90 135.18 127.26
Alaska 137.87 167.77 173.78 170.83 170.07
Arizona 102.56 125.29 129.95 128.70 126.53
Arkansas 95.17 115.53 122.59 123.72 121.72
California 112.43 136.75 146.46 147.06 149.05
Colorado 107.11 131.26 141.62 140.29 137.05
Connecticut 105.31 134.65 141.26 142.47 143.89
Delaware 96.49 118.31 126.77 126.80 127.36
District of Columbia 104.65 128.66 137.77 141.68 137.74
Florida 101.87 126.70 141.40 139.55 138.98
Georgia 104.19 125.95 134.35 135.37 135.90
Guam 179.76 208.47 218.22 216.25 216.14
Hawaii 159.34 199.02 216.01 215.38 213.65
Idaho 96.95 122.90 128.65 131.95 129.18
Illinois 110.19 132.36 141.00 139.15 139.45
Indiana 103.31 126.32 132.29 131.66 132.46
Iowa 98.66 118.56 128.84 126.33 121.20
Kansas 93.86 114.61 124.40 126.34 125.11
Kentucky 97.66 119.00 127.05 127.60 127.43
Louisiana 108.04 128.86 129.77 130.59 136.10
Maine 94.52 121.20 129.17 128.43 124.16
Maryland 100.01 122.69 130.45 129.19 128.46
Massachusetts 96.65 122.90 129.70 132.29 132.51
Michigan 99.89 121.06 131.77 136.18 135.84
Minnesota 93.44 114.18 121.00 115.04 115.91
Mississippi 92.59 113.83 122.54 123.29 123.76
Missouri 96.31 118.16 125.86 127.05 128.54
Montana 97.65 121.29 129.54 129.66 127.78
Nebraska 97.09 111.67 121.60 122.69 122.43
Nevada 97.88 119.04 124.23 124.36 123.35
New Hampshire 93.58 122.40 121.21 119.54 118.68
New Jersey 101.43 125.06 138.03 133.26 133.26
New Mexico 93.48 117.62 126.54 127.07 128.17
New York 109.78 141.90 150.63 148.63 147.45
North Carolina 97.19 119.11 128.24 124.58 121.37
North Dakota 102.02 124.94 132.21 131.25 128.52
Ohio 108.22 133.04 141.72 139.87 138.60
Oklahoma 97.72 117.44 128.71 128.43 128.36
Oregon 96.27 119.21 126.11 128.24 128.15
Pennsylvania 97.30 118.40 123.43 128.40 128.43
Rhode Island 105.77 138.85 142.49 142.91 139.45
South Carolina 99.87 121.42 131.34 132.21 131.38
South Dakota 103.27 125.34 133.80 132.70 132.80
Tennessee 101.95 124.66 133.86 133.82 132.20
Texas 100.98 122.07 127.82 125.57 123.95
Utah 93.75 118.40 123.58 117.75 121.75
Vermont 92.77 114.66 121.11 122.10 121.88
Virginia 93.26 118.00 128.63 129.55 128.00
Virgin Islands 139.91 172.21 176.22 176.11 177.18
Washington 97.65 114.59 120.87 126.62 126.69
West Virginia 91.56 111.25 118.94 119.81 120.23
Wisconsin 84.76 103.42 116.57 116.28 116.54
Wyoming 97.27 115.45 123.75 122.96 125.60
  TOTAL 102.19 125.31 133.79 133.85 133.41
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. Annual averages are total benefits divided by total annual  participation.   
All data are subject to revision.