Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of July 22, 2004) State / Territory May 1999 May 2004 5-Year % Change             Initial       Arizona 253,011 520,157 105.59% Nevada 60,324 121,220 100.95% Oregon 225,151 423,107 87.92% Wisconsin 181,236 325,399 79.54% Indiana 296,021 529,857 78.99% Missouri 405,940 702,653 73.09% South Carolina 301,439 496,593 64.74% Texas 1,371,240 2,254,673 64.43% Idaho 57,715 94,436 63.62% Delaware 35,893 57,244 59.49% Tennessee 506,840 801,926 58.22% North Carolina 479,708 750,459 56.44% Washington 298,433 463,619 55.35% Oklahoma 270,128 409,273 51.51% Ohio 636,619 958,356 50.54% Colorado 168,883 246,409 45.91% Kansas 116,606 169,103 45.02% Georgia 597,679 865,200 44.76% Iowa 130,170 186,840 43.54% Utah 87,544 125,259 43.08% Michigan 675,016 960,556 42.30% Arkansas 250,478 352,767 40.84% Louisiana 509,587 709,828 39.29% Kentucky 394,237 546,274 38.56% Maine 110,356 147,689 33.83% Mississippi 281,911 376,876 33.69% Illinois 821,045 1,082,344 31.83% Massachusetts 256,653 335,339 30.66% Virginia 355,605 463,184 30.25% Nebraska 88,884 115,615 30.07% Florida 910,722 1,184,419 30.05% New Hampshire 38,820 50,420 29.88% New Mexico 178,481 227,468 27.45% Montana 61,302 77,662 26.69% North Dakota 33,904 42,086 24.13% Alabama 399,053 494,003 23.79% South Dakota 44,244 54,064 22.20% Alaska 46,064 56,251 22.11% Minnesota 207,666 250,431 20.59% Pennsylvania 832,305 972,469 16.84% Connecticut 175,185 198,059 13.06% Maryland 253,056 274,197 8.35% Wyoming 23,644 25,532 7.99% New York 1,518,967 1,616,306 6.41% District of Columbia 82,927 87,602 5.64% Rhode Island 75,992 78,058 2.72% West Virginia 247,132 245,534 -0.65% Vermont 43,802 43,263 -1.23% New Jersey 382,634 373,335 -2.43% California 2,016,447 1,895,604 -5.99% Hawaii 125,125 97,288 -22.25% TOTAL 21,543,031 23,976,028 11.29% 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.