Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change State/ Territory April 1999 April 2004 5-Year % Change Arizona 250,800 516,487 105.94% Nevada 61,236 121,941 99.13% Oregon 229,762 422,877 84.05% Wisconsin 181,236 327,151 80.51% Indiana 298,966 529,903 77.25% Missouri 408,647 700,970 71.53% South Carolina 304,167 495,563 62.92% Texas 1,377,347 2,240,467 62.67% Idaho 58,956 95,374 61.77% Tennessee 508,117 802,476 57.93% Delaware 36,397 57,194 57.14% North Carolina 483,608 743,875 53.82% Oklahoma 267,696 408,616 52.64% Washington 304,089 459,094 50.97% Ohio 640,650 950,493 48.36% Kansas 115,113 169,557 47.30% Colorado 170,447 248,306 45.68% Georgia 604,025 860,817 42.51% Michigan 675,016 952,173 41.06% Utah 89,689 126,361 40.89% Iowa 132,627 185,115 39.58% Arkansas 252,949 348,328 37.71% Kentucky 396,503 544,364 37.29% Louisiana 510,399 700,606 37.27% New Hampshire 36,359 49,098 35.04% Maine 111,047 146,819 32.21% Mississippi 284,826 375,123 31.70% Illinois 821,045 1,078,347 31.34% Massachusetts 258,301 334,183 29.38% Virginia 361,495 459,439 27.09% Florida 920,029 1,166,685 26.81% Nebraska 91,600 115,466 26.05% Montana 62,283 78,115 25.42% New Mexico 181,229 227,169 25.35% North Dakota 33,649 41,753 24.08% Alabama 402,471 492,963 22.48% South Dakota 45,272 55,122 21.76% Minnesota 210,799 250,275 18.73% Alaska 47,467 56,142 18.28% Pennsylvania 841,156 972,469 15.61% Connecticut 177,758 197,780 11.26% Wyoming 24,444 26,110 6.82% New York 1,524,145 1,613,217 5.84% Maryland 259,899 273,827 5.36% West Virginia 247,495 256,988 3.84% District of Columbia 83,668 86,694 3.62% Rhode Island 76,943 78,664 2.24% Vermont 44,526 43,579 -2.13% New Jersey 385,320 369,626 -4.07% California 2,043,566 1,892,315 -7.40% Hawaii 126,457 98,510 -22.10% TOTAL 18,098,275 23,884,312 31.97% The following areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Food Stamp Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas.  Data are subject to revision.