One-Year Change in Persons Participating in SNAP by State, December 2016 - December 2017
StateNumber of SNAP ParticipantsChange, December 2016-December 2017
December 2016December 2017NumberPercent
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Alaska85,52398,51212,98915.2
Massachusetts766,876772,0025,1260.7
Nevada441,145440,988-157-0.0
Florida3,274,9383,272,989-1,949-0.1
Texas3,849,0953,845,396-3,699-0.1
New Mexico461,899457,878-4,021-0.9
Pennsylvania1,846,1171,828,230-17,887-1.0
North Dakota53,80153,269-532-1.0
Illinois1,917,1431,897,108-20,035-1.0
Missouri766,135753,015-13,120-1.7
North Carolina1,479,6551,452,303-27,352-1.8
Kentucky659,371639,618-19,753-3.0
Hawaii171,893166,262-5,631-3.3
Nebraska178,490172,592-5,898-3.3
Montana121,061116,995-4,066-3.4
Colorado466,844451,127-15,717-3.4
Oklahoma613,348592,660-20,688-3.4
Delaware149,095143,741-5,354-3.6
Arkansas397,802382,704-15,098-3.8
New York2,949,1682,833,768-115,400-3.9
California4,194,9624,025,533-169,429-4.0
Maine179,737172,285-7,452-4.1
Minnesota458,952437,636-21,316-4.6
Vermont78,60274,836-3,766-4.8
Iowa372,404354,235-18,169-4.9
Mississippi549,951522,618-27,333-5.0
Louisiana933,029886,196-46,833-5.0
Alabama822,878781,426-41,452-5.0
Tennessee1,064,4161,009,555-54,861-5.2
Connecticut418,039395,675-22,364-5.3
West Virginia343,485324,612-18,873-5.5
Wisconsin701,540662,704-38,836-5.5
South Dakota94,62489,366-5,258-5.6
Washington948,098894,194-53,904-5.7
District of Columbia127,767120,358-7,409-5.8
Ohio1,539,8861,447,154-92,732-6.0
New Hampshire94,14688,285-5,861-6.2
Virginia798,556748,382-50,174-6.3
Maryland701,358657,260-44,098-6.3
Michigan1,401,4581,307,451-94,007-6.7
Oregon695,334647,852-47,482-6.8
Idaho175,130161,966-13,164-7.5
South Carolina739,365682,959-56,406-7.6
New Jersey844,707780,144-64,563-7.6
Arizona945,941870,979-74,962-7.9
Utah211,946194,587-17,359-8.2
Kansas241,963221,892-20,071-8.3
Indiana691,962630,576-61,386-8.9
Georgia1,673,8201,508,162-165,658-9.9
Rhode Island168,673151,765-16,908-10.0
Wyoming34,09930,225-3,874-11.4
US42,969,07941,324,904-1,644,175-3.8
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Source: FRAC analysis of administrative SNAP participation data obtained from USDA/FNS website, last accessed 3/9/2018.