Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-15 Trends in Food Stamp Expenditures, Selected Years 1962 – 1999

03/01/2000

Table A-15 Trends in Food Stamp Expenditures, Selected Years 1962 – 1999

	Total Federal Cost			Administration ¹			Average Monthly Benefit per Person
Fiscal Year	Current Dollars [In millions]	1999 Dollars ³[In millions]	Benefits ²(Federal) In millions]	Federal [In millions]	State & Local [In millions]	Total Cost [In millions]	Current Dollars	1999 Dollars ³
1962.......................	241 ⁴	1,220	240 ⁴	1	NA	241	7.70	39.00
1965.......................	261 ⁴	1,274	259 ⁴	2	NA	261	6.40	31.20
1970.......................	866 ⁴	3,549	839 ⁴	27	20	886	10.60	43.40
1971.......................	1,897 ⁴	7,440	1,844 ⁴	53	40	1,937	13.50	52.90
1972 ⁵.....................	2,182 ⁴	8,264	2,109 ⁴	73	55	2,237	13.50	51.10
1973.......................	2,466 ⁴	8,970	2,386 ⁴	80	60	2,526	14.60	53.10
1974.......................	3,378 ⁴	11,317	3,254 ⁴	124	95	3,473	17.00	57.00
1975 ⁶.....................	5,074 ⁴	15,494	4,836 ⁴	238	180	5,254	19.60	59.80
1976.......................	5,659 ⁴	16,176	5,294 ⁴	365	275	5,934	23.90	68.30
1977.......................	5,475 ⁴	14,566	5,073 ⁴	402	300	5,775	24.00	63.90
1978.......................	5,558 ⁴	13,875	5,124 ⁴	434	325	5,883	25.70	64.20
1979 ⁷.....................	7,000 ⁴	16,067	6,485 ⁴	515	388	7,388	30.10	69.10
1980.......................	9,258 ⁴	19,105	8,755 ⁴	503	375	9,633	34.30	70.80
1981.......................	11,402 ⁴	21,394	10,724 ⁴	678	504	11,906	39.50	74.10
1982 ⁹.....................	11,140 ⁴	19,530	10,431 ⁴	709	557	11,697	39.00	68.40
1983 ⁹.....................	12,731 ⁴	21,348	11,953 ⁴	778	612	13,343	43.10	72.30
1984 ⁹.....................	12,446	20,018	11,475	971 ⁸	805	13,251	42.90	69.00
1985 ⁹.....................	12,573	19,520	11,530	1,043	871	13,444	45.10	70.00
1986 ⁹.....................	12,510	18,943	11,397	1,113	935	13,445	45.60	69.00
1987 ⁹.....................	12,512	18,423	11,317	1,195	996	13,508	45.90	67.60
1988 ⁹.....................	13,281	18,787	11,991	1,290	1,080	14,361	49.90	70.60
1989 ⁹.....................	13,904	18,769	12,572	1,332	1,101	15,005	51.90	70.10
1990 ⁹.....................	16,503	21,221	15,081	1,422	1,174	17,677	59.00	75.90
1991 ⁹.....................	19,790	24,225	18,274	1,516	1,247	21,037	63.90	78.20
1992 ⁹.....................	23,535	27,961	21,879	1,656	1,375	24,910	68.70	81.60
1993 ⁹.....................	24,733	28,525	23,017	1,716	1,572	26,305	68.00	78.40
1994 ⁹.....................	25,587	28,748	23,798	1,789	1,643	27,230	69.00	77.50
1995 ⁹.....................	25,776	28,177	23,859	1,917	1,748	27,524	71.40	78.00
1996 ⁹.....................	25,527	27,152	23,543	1,984	1,842	27,369	73.50	78.20
1997 ⁹.....................	22,661	23,469	20,692	1,969	1,904	24,565	71.30	73.80
1998 ⁹.....................	20,097	20,481	18,055	2,042	1,989	22,086	71.30	72.50
1999 ⁹.....................	NA	NA	16,959	1,923	NA	NA	72.20	72.20

¹Amounts include the Federal share of state administrative and employment and training costs (including administrative costs of Puerto Rico's block grant) and certain direct Federal administrative costs. They do not generally include approximately $60 million in food-stamp related federal administrative costs budgeted under a separate appropriation account (although estimates prior to 1989 do include estimates of food stamp related Federal administrative expenses paid out of other Agriculture Department accounts). State and local costs are estimated based on the known Federal shares and represent an estimate of all administrative expenses of participating states (including Puerto Rico).
²Benefit costs include the Food Stamp Program and Puerto Rico's nutritional assistance program and are based on unpublished data from the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, National Data Bank (see Table A-17).
³Constant dollar adjustments to 1999 level were made using a CPI-U-X1 fiscal year average price index.
⁴From 1962 to 1983 total Federal cost includes the cost of the family food assistance program (FFAP) which was largely replaced by the Food Stamp program in 1975. The FFAP amounts for the seven years shown from 1962 to 1974 were: $227, $227, $289, $321, $312, $255, and $205 (in millions). The average amount for the period for 1975 to 1983 was $32 million with the highest year being 1981 at $94 million.
⁵The first fiscal year in which benefit and eligibility rules were, by law, nationally uniform and indexed for inflation.
⁶The first fiscal year in which food stamps were available nationwide.
⁷The fiscal year in which the food stamp purchase requirement was eliminated, on a phased in basis.
⁸Beginning 1984 USDA took over from DHHS the administrative cost of certifying public assistance households for food stamps.
⁹Includes funding for Puerto Rico's nutrition assistance grant; earlier years beginning in 1975 include funding for Puerto Rico under the regular food stamp program. Average benefit figures do not reflect the lower benefits in Puerto Rico under its nutrition assistance program.
Source: USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished data from the National Data Bank; and the 1998 Green Book.

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-15 Trends in Food Stamp Expenditures, Selected Years 1962 – 1999

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