SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  BENEFITS
(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	117,274,558	119,182,564	118,974,012	-0.2%	1.4%
Alaska	15,006,630	13,232,318	15,368,206	16.1%	2.4%
Arizona	144,373,287	141,990,333	139,119,959	-2.0%	-3.6%
Arkansas	61,820,638	62,020,788	61,751,399	-0.4%	-0.1%
California	580,379,534	611,535,495	610,326,299	-0.2%	5.2%
Colorado	66,525,829	68,670,740	68,185,180	-0.7%	2.5%
1] Connecticut	65,982,670	57,722,545	63,282,664	9.6%	-4.1%
Delaware	18,647,976	19,267,493	19,785,582	2.7%	6.1%
District of Columbia	19,610,404	19,669,564	19,723,254	0.3%	0.6%
Florida	456,422,989	491,325,456	490,338,685	-0.2%	7.4%
Georgia	256,671,752	268,549,046	269,152,441	0.2%	4.9%
Guam	9,364,669	9,705,599	9,723,643	0.2%	3.8%
Hawaii	37,031,757	40,693,469	40,774,144	0.2%	10.1%
Idaho	30,618,610	29,104,199	29,036,437	-0.2%	-5.2%
Illinois	257,088,425	280,505,272	278,635,828	-0.7%	8.4%
Indiana	119,438,184	122,539,077	121,358,051	-1.0%	1.6%
Iowa	48,963,484	50,456,787	48,549,590	-3.8%	-0.8%
Kansas	37,779,942	39,792,932	39,636,149	-0.4%	4.9%
Kentucky	107,364,439	110,745,421	110,206,267	-0.5%	2.6%
1] Louisiana	119,623,823	126,041,252	128,174,792	1.7%	7.1%
Maine	31,475,016	30,948,823	30,829,762	-0.4%	-2.1%
1] Maryland	90,543,582	95,552,243	97,588,733	2.1%	7.8%
Massachusetts	119,427,979	115,660,475	117,312,859	1.4%	-1.8%
Michigan	252,045,969	246,948,258	244,760,568	-0.9%	-2.9%
Minnesota	61,450,458	64,483,781	63,860,635	-1.0%	3.9%
1] Mississippi	79,896,213	83,359,584	83,545,327	0.2%	4.6%
Missouri	123,323,032	121,282,236	118,982,558	-1.9%	-3.5%
Montana	16,305,876	15,675,705	15,276,885	-2.5%	-6.3%
Nebraska	21,283,577	21,317,067	21,681,082	1.7%	1.9%
Nevada	43,581,606	44,976,639	44,319,978	-1.5%	1.7%
New Hampshire	13,706,774	14,095,813	13,901,784	-1.4%	1.4%
1] New Jersey	109,798,725	113,513,618	137,704,994	21.3%	25.4%
New Mexico	56,147,002	56,733,068	56,652,671	-0.1%	0.9%
1] New York	454,853,898	455,147,187	542,880,694	19.3%	19.4%
North Carolina	203,643,744	212,533,367	210,504,787	-1.0%	3.4%
North Dakota	7,735,743	7,382,339	7,301,975	-1.1%	-5.6%
Ohio	250,471,517	246,699,135	250,295,575	1.5%	-0.1%
Oklahoma	80,667,337	79,979,444	80,016,892	0.0%	-0.8%
Oregon	102,886,286	104,821,274	104,723,191	-0.1%	1.8%
1] Pennsylvania	232,002,095	226,865,027	249,657,440	10.0%	7.6%
1] Rhode Island	23,716,782	24,618,457	25,505,452	3.6%	7.5%
South Carolina	115,876,321	116,329,712	116,488,008	0.1%	0.5%
South Dakota	13,661,017	13,735,008	13,703,938	-0.2%	0.3%
Tennessee	171,163,227	178,386,645	177,013,583	-0.8%	3.4%
Texas	515,135,058	511,045,263	503,977,303	-1.4%	-2.2%
Utah	34,190,431	32,800,216	32,862,197	0.2%	-3.9%
Vermont	11,680,749	12,461,224	12,448,820	-0.1%	6.6%
1] Virginia	116,114,383	119,914,788	120,163,981	0.2%	3.5%
Virgin Islands	4,269,618	4,747,321	4,692,734	-1.1%	9.9%
Washington	139,278,502	140,553,946	139,753,984	-0.6%	0.3%
1] West Virginia	41,524,943	43,138,821	48,355,009	12.1%	16.4%
Wisconsin	96,342,716	99,413,810	99,092,832	-0.3%	2.9%
Wyoming	4,227,330	4,760,669	4,893,191	2.8%	15.8%
TOTAL	6,208,417,106	6,342,631,313	6,472,852,004	2.1%	4.3%
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.