| Food Stamp Participation 5-Year Change (Data as of October 21, 2004) |
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| State / Territory |
August 1999 |
August 2004 Initial |
5-Year % Change |
| Arizona | 263,363 | 542,902 | 106.14% |
| Nevada | 59,347 | 121,275 | 104.35% |
| Oregon | 220,511 | 419,033 | 90.03% |
| Indiana | 295,522 | 538,350 | 82.17% |
| Wisconsin | 181,426 | 322,002 | 77.48% |
| Missouri | 413,572 | 732,176 | 77.04% |
| Texas | 1,346,918 | 2,370,587 | 76.00% |
| South Carolina | 300,318 | 509,348 | 69.60% |
| Tennessee | 505,273 | 834,849 | 65.23% |
| Idaho | 55,086 | 90,141 | 63.64% |
| Washington | 288,862 | 467,748 | 61.93% |
| North Carolina | 482,769 | 769,299 | 59.35% |
| Oklahoma | 265,049 | 419,935 | 58.44% |
| Ohio | 620,090 | 969,422 | 56.34% |
| Delaware | 37,636 | 57,909 | 53.87% |
| Iowa | 126,692 | 192,707 | 52.11% |
| Georgia | 588,854 | 894,452 | 51.90% |
| Michigan | 659,030 | 993,714 | 50.78% |
| Kansas | 116,438 | 174,418 | 49.79% |
| Colorado | 165,615 | 247,923 | 49.70% |
| Utah | 85,322 | 126,522 | 48.29% |
| Arkansas | 249,029 | 358,894 | 44.12% |
| Louisiana | 508,477 | 722,508 | 42.09% |
| Kentucky | 396,605 | 559,661 | 41.11% |
| Massachusetts | 249,584 | 347,343 | 39.17% |
| Illinois | 800,811 | 1,106,632 | 38.19% |
| Mississippi | 282,498 | 384,228 | 36.01% |
| Florida | 918,143 | 1,246,023 | 35.71% |
| Virginia | 349,498 | 472,106 | 35.08% |
| New Mexico | 175,195 | 235,222 | 34.26% |
| New Hampshire | 37,812 | 49,995 | 32.22% |
| Alaska | 40,670 | 53,713 | 32.07% |
| Maine | 105,126 | 138,741 | 31.98% |
| Montana | 60,148 | 79,017 | 31.37% |
| Nebraska | 88,595 | 115,026 | 29.83% |
| Alabama | 398,858 | 505,031 | 26.62% |
| South Dakota | 43,242 | 54,431 | 25.88% |
| North Dakota | 33,054 | 41,574 | 25.78% |
| Minnesota | 205,315 | 253,635 | 23.53% |
| Pennsylvania | 810,236 | 995,513 | 22.87% |
| Maryland | 237,320 | 281,438 | 18.59% |
| Connecticut | 172,316 | 200,329 | 16.26% |
| Wyoming | 21,999 | 25,019 | 13.73% |
| New York | 1,507,404 | 1,650,733 | 9.51% |
| West Virginia | 237,805 | 259,071 | 8.94% |
| District of Columbia | 82,144 | 85,195 | 3.71% |
| Vermont | 42,586 | 43,761 | 2.76% |
| New Jersey | 372,327 | 380,196 | 2.11% |
| Rhode Island | 76,123 | 77,481 | 1.78% |
| California | 1,952,585 | 1,957,204 | 0.24% |
| Hawaii | 124,407 | 98,263 | -21.01% |
| TOTAL | 17,695,611 | 24,612,845 | 39.09% |
| 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. | |||