| SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: NUMBER OF PERSONS PARTICIPATING | |||||
| (Data as of February 8, 2013) | |||||
| Percent Change | |||||
| State / | November | October | November | November 2012 vs | |
| Territory | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | Oct 2012 | Nov 2011 |
| Preliminary | Initial | ||||
| Alabama | 916,257 | 919,211 | 920,764 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Alaska | 88,790 | 78,080 | 89,782 | 15.0% | 1.1% |
| Arizona | 1,136,565 | 1,137,786 | 1,128,883 | -0.8% | -0.7% |
| Arkansas | 504,060 | 508,583 | 509,224 | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| California | 3,875,258 | 4,107,543 | 4,108,565 | 0.0% | 6.0% |
| Colorado | 481,440 | 505,366 | 504,741 | -0.1% | 4.8% |
| 1] Connecticut | 400,072 | 414,875 | 420,819 | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Delaware | 147,475 | 151,387 | 153,651 | 1.5% | 4.2% |
| District of Columbia | 140,384 | 144,495 | 145,398 | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Florida | 3,260,561 | 3,521,938 | 3,541,637 | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Georgia | 1,880,277 | 1,963,601 | 1,972,221 | 0.4% | 4.9% |
| Guam | 43,521 | 44,799 | 45,130 | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Hawaii | 171,436 | 186,330 | 187,034 | 0.4% | 9.1% |
| Idaho | 234,331 | 226,538 | 226,759 | 0.1% | -3.2% |
| Illinois | 1,850,593 | 2,004,436 | 2,012,520 | 0.4% | 8.8% |
| Indiana | 900,760 | 925,574 | 922,564 | -0.3% | 2.4% |
| Iowa | 399,430 | 419,315 | 418,440 | -0.2% | 4.8% |
| Kansas | 298,842 | 316,506 | 314,932 | -0.5% | 5.4% |
| Kentucky | 841,996 | 867,676 | 865,540 | -0.2% | 2.8% |
| 1] Louisiana | 914,423 | 948,475 | 969,609 | 2.2% | 6.0% |
| Maine | 250,864 | 250,912 | 249,099 | -0.7% | -0.7% |
| 1] Maryland | 709,254 | 747,316 | 750,784 | 0.5% | 5.9% |
| Massachusetts | 843,231 | 884,453 | 886,055 | 0.2% | 5.1% |
| Michigan | 1,851,697 | 1,807,567 | 1,796,122 | -0.6% | -3.0% |
| Minnesota | 533,562 | 547,774 | 545,692 | -0.4% | 2.3% |
| 1] Mississippi | 647,215 | 669,930 | 672,441 | 0.4% | 3.9% |
| Missouri | 955,724 | 942,918 | 938,507 | -0.5% | -1.8% |
| Montana | 126,259 | 123,967 | 138,946 | 12.1% | 10.0% |
| Nebraska | 173,170 | 174,264 | 175,402 | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Nevada | 353,737 | 360,559 | 360,777 | 0.1% | 2.0% |
| New Hampshire | 114,478 | 119,115 | 119,014 | -0.1% | 4.0% |
| 1] New Jersey | 808,040 | 857,605 | 882,345 | 2.9% | 9.2% |
| New Mexico | 435,482 | 442,237 | 442,217 | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| 1] New York | 3,046,972 | 3,110,070 | 3,152,122 | 1.4% | 3.5% |
| North Carolina | 1,660,154 | 1,756,474 | 1,738,799 | -1.0% | 4.7% |
| North Dakota | 59,334 | 57,911 | 57,565 | -0.6% | -3.0% |
| Ohio | 1,793,380 | 1,804,887 | 1,816,409 | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Oklahoma | 622,996 | 621,760 | 621,286 | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| Oregon | 803,891 | 818,772 | 817,748 | -0.1% | 1.7% |
| 1] Pennsylvania | 1,793,433 | 1,772,081 | 1,797,976 | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| 1] Rhode Island | 169,376 | 176,998 | 178,630 | 0.9% | 5.5% |
| South Carolina | 870,438 | 875,328 | 878,636 | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| South Dakota | 103,336 | 103,511 | 103,821 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Tennessee | 1,288,645 | 1,342,144 | 1,332,860 | -0.7% | 3.4% |
| Texas | 4,172,512 | 4,123,827 | 4,111,672 | -0.3% | -1.5% |
| Utah | 283,184 | 257,744 | 258,722 | 0.4% | -8.6% |
| Vermont | 95,316 | 99,416 | 100,111 | 0.7% | 5.0% |
| 1] Virginia | 902,803 | 933,462 | 937,224 | 0.4% | 3.8% |
| Virgin Islands | 24,024 | 26,804 | 26,724 | -0.3% | 11.2% |
| Washington | 1,097,281 | 1,112,770 | 1,109,014 | -0.3% | 1.1% |
| 1] West Virginia | 346,387 | 349,450 | 350,217 | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Wisconsin | 829,732 | 849,574 | 848,832 | -0.1% | 2.3% |
| Wyoming | 33,936 | 37,715 | 38,914 | 3.2% | 14.7% |
| TOTAL | 46,286,314 | 47,551,829 | 47,692,896 | 0.3% | 3.0% |
| 1] Data includes disaster assistance. | Link to: | SNAP Disaster Response | |||
| The following areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. | |||||
| October and November 2012 data are preliminary and are subject to significant revision. | |||||