Five-Year Change in Persons Participating in SNAP by State, January 2013 - January 2018
StateNumber of SNAP ParticipantsChange, January 2013-January 2018
January 2013January 2018NumberPercent
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Nevada358,457441,92483,46723.3
New Mexico442,753459,14316,3903.7
Pennsylvania1,767,3671,832,44065,0733.7
Alaska92,45195,0572,6062.8
California4,155,0834,003,826-151,257-3.6
Nebraska180,193172,567-7,626-4.2
Oklahoma618,863589,087-29,776-4.8
Texas4,072,5293,823,986-248,543-6.1
North Dakota57,65853,547-4,111-7.1
Delaware155,334143,853-11,481-7.4
West Virginia352,352326,123-26,229-7.4
Connecticut426,519391,850-34,669-8.1
Montana129,150117,280-11,870-9.2
Illinois2,027,2811,823,731-203,550-10.0
Florida3,573,4103,205,617-367,793-10.3
Louisiana967,731868,105-99,626-10.3
New York3,158,5412,831,503-327,038-10.4
Colorado511,802454,873-56,929-11.1
New Jersey867,660770,664-96,996-11.2
Hawaii188,763165,140-23,623-12.5
Massachusetts888,527775,079-113,448-12.8
Rhode Island180,392155,065-25,327-14.0
Maryland760,830652,437-108,393-14.2
South Dakota104,80689,804-15,002-14.3
Iowa418,533353,019-65,514-15.7
Alabama917,452771,467-145,985-15.9
Wyoming38,25430,647-7,607-19.9
Washington1,117,999893,650-224,349-20.1
Missouri941,247749,877-191,370-20.3
Virginia938,389743,984-194,405-20.7
Minnesota551,209436,161-115,048-20.9
Oregon820,014647,921-172,093-21.0
Ohio1,845,3251,438,832-406,493-22.0
Wisconsin854,697664,215-190,482-22.3
Arizona1,108,674855,050-253,624-22.9
Mississippi668,862513,848-155,014-23.2
South Carolina878,022674,007-204,015-23.2
Georgia1,969,6961,492,312-477,384-24.2
District of Columbia145,327108,384-36,943-25.4
Arkansas508,572378,791-129,781-25.5
Tennessee1,342,605999,147-343,458-25.6
Utah261,426193,618-67,808-25.9
Vermont101,76875,190-26,578-26.1
New Hampshire120,16088,206-31,954-26.6
Michigan1,784,7551,306,298-478,457-26.8
Kentucky876,465636,423-240,042-27.4
Idaho230,569162,945-67,624-29.3
Kansas315,953219,365-96,588-30.6
North Carolina1,725,5041,193,539-531,965-30.8
Maine252,482171,025-81,457-32.3
Indiana927,030625,188-301,842-32.6
US47,772,06340,739,084-7,032,979-14.7
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Source: FRAC analysis of administrative SNAP participation data obtained from USDA/FNS website, last accessed 4/13/2018.