Share of Population Participating in SNAP by State, August 2017
StatePopulation, July 2016Number of SNAP Participants, August 2017% of Population Receiving SNAP
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New Mexico2,081,015463,10722.3
Louisiana4,681,666891,79619.0
West Virginia1,831,102334,46418.3
District of Columbia681,170123,03618.1
Oregon4,093,465725,58817.7
Mississippi2,988,726528,50017.7
Alabama4,863,300793,14616.3
Georgia10,310,3711,606,48915.6
Tennessee6,651,1941,034,39615.6
Delaware952,065146,83115.4
Oklahoma3,923,561600,19215.3
Florida20,612,4393,132,72815.2
Nevada2,940,058442,86215.1
Kentucky4,436,974651,02814.7
Illinois12,801,5391,869,06714.6
New York19,745,2892,869,13514.5
Pennsylvania12,784,2271,842,24814.4
South Carolina4,961,119703,02314.2
Rhode Island1,056,426148,17914.0
Texas27,862,5963,786,51013.6
Michigan9,928,3001,342,72213.5
Alaska741,89499,81813.5
Maine1,331,479175,64213.2
Arizona6,931,071902,15113.0
Arkansas2,988,248386,55112.9
US323,127,51341,321,48012.8
Ohio11,614,3731,459,10612.6
Washington7,288,000907,89712.5
Missouri6,093,000757,04712.4
Vermont624,59474,51111.9
Wisconsin5,778,708676,31311.7
Hawaii1,428,557166,96111.7
Iowa3,134,693360,75411.5
Montana1,042,520119,88011.5
Massachusetts6,811,779765,35311.2
Connecticut3,576,452400,78211.2
Maryland6,016,447670,84911.2
North Carolina10,146,7881,111,52311.0
South Dakota865,45491,50310.6
California39,250,0174,040,96810.3
Indiana6,633,053654,0769.9
Idaho1,683,140164,1019.7
Nebraska1,907,116174,4609.1
Virginia8,411,808756,5179.0
New Jersey8,944,469792,6698.9
Minnesota5,519,952449,0548.1
Colorado5,540,545450,3518.1
Kansas2,907,289231,2348.0
North Dakota757,95253,4937.1
New Hampshire1,334,79590,0606.7
Utah3,051,217199,9566.6
Wyoming585,50130,9555.3
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Sources: FRAC analysis of population estimates data; and administrative SNAP participation data obtained from USDA/FNS website, last accessed 11/6/2017.