Table A-18. Average Number of Food Stamp Recipients by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998 [In thousands]
| Percent Change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1981 | 1985 | 1989 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 1989-93 | 1993-98 | |
| United States | 17,014 | 22,430 | 21,379 | 20,266 | 26,886 | 28,879 | 26,872 | 20,970 | 40 | -26 |
| Alabama | 316 | 605 | 588 | 436 | 550 | 545 | 509 | 427 | 29 | -24 |
| Alaska | 11 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 65 | -2 |
| Arizona | 140 | 210 | 206 | 264 | 457 | 512 | 427 | 296 | 85 | -39 |
| Arkansas | 213 | 305 | 253 | 227 | 277 | 283 | 274 | 256 | 25 | -10 |
| California | 1,345 | 1,605 | 1,615 | 1,776 | 2,558 | 3,155 | 3,143 | 2,259 | 61 | -21 |
| Colorado | 147 | 175 | 170 | 211 | 260 | 268 | 244 | 191 | 29 | -30 |
| Connecticut | 178 | 175 | 145 | 114 | 202 | 223 | 223 | 196 | 90 | -9 |
| Delaware | 26 | 56 | 40 | 30 | 51 | 59 | 58 | 46 | 95 | -21 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 98 | 101 | 72 | 58 | 82 | 91 | 93 | 85 | 48 | -1 |
| Florida | 728 | 957 | 630 | 668 | 1,404 | 1,474 | 1,371 | 991 | 125 | -34 |
| Georgia | 459 | 654 | 567 | 485 | 754 | 830 | 793 | 632 | 67 | -22 |
| Guam | 22 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 100 |
| Hawaii | 108 | 104 | 99 | 78 | 94 | 115 | 130 | 122 | 32 | 19 |
| Idaho | 33 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 72 | 82 | 80 | 62 | 30 | -21 |
| Illinois | 922 | 984 | 1,110 | 990 | 1,156 | 1,189 | 1,105 | 923 | 19 | -22 |
| Indiana | 196 | 405 | 406 | 285 | 448 | 518 | 390 | 313 | 74 | -37 |
| Iowa | 108 | 163 | 203 | 168 | 192 | 196 | 177 | 141 | 17 | -28 |
| Kansas | 62 | 108 | 119 | 128 | 175 | 192 | 172 | 119 | 47 | -37 |
| Kentucky | 394 | 519 | 560 | 447 | 529 | 522 | 486 | 412 | 19 | -22 |
| Louisiana | 425 | 574 | 644 | 725 | 779 | 756 | 670 | 537 | 7 | -31 |
| Maine | 101 | 140 | 114 | 84 | 133 | 136 | 131 | 115 | 64 | -17 |
| Maryland | 255 | 346 | 287 | 249 | 342 | 390 | 375 | 323 | 51 | -14 |
| Massachusetts | 579 | 437 | 337 | 314 | 429 | 442 | 374 | 293 | 41 | -34 |
| Michigan | 635 | 942 | 985 | 874 | 994 | 1,031 | 935 | 772 | 17 | -25 |
| Minnesota | 158 | 202 | 228 | 245 | 309 | 318 | 295 | 220 | 29 | -31 |
| Mississippi | 333 | 514 | 495 | 493 | 536 | 511 | 457 | 329 | 9 | -39 |
| Missouri | 221 | 378 | 362 | 404 | 549 | 593 | 554 | 411 | 46 | -30 |
| Montana | 27 | 47 | 58 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 26 | -11 |
| Nebraska | 40 | 75 | 94 | 92 | 107 | 111 | 102 | 95 | 23 | -16 |
| Nevada | 18 | 37 | 32 | 41 | 80 | 97 | 97 | 72 | 126 | -23 |
| New Hampshire | 44 | 54 | 28 | 22 | 58 | 62 | 53 | 40 | 176 | -34 |
| New Jersey | 493 | 608 | 464 | 353 | 494 | 545 | 540 | 425 | 50 | -20 |
| New Mexico | 118 | 183 | 157 | 151 | 221 | 244 | 235 | 175 | 62 | -28 |
| New York | 1,646 | 1,851 | 1,834 | 1,463 | 1,885 | 2,154 | 2,099 | 1,627 | 40 | -20 |
| North Carolina | 428 | 605 | 474 | 390 | 597 | 630 | 631 | 528 | 61 | -16 |
| North Dakota | 15 | 29 | 33 | 39 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 34 | 25 | -30 |
| Ohio | 803 | 976 | 1,133 | 1,068 | 1,251 | 1,245 | 1,045 | 734 | 19 | -42 |
| Oklahoma | 158 | 206 | 263 | 261 | 346 | 376 | 354 | 288 | 42 | -22 |
| Oregon | 153 | 232 | 228 | 213 | 265 | 286 | 288 | 238 | 33 | -16 |
| Pennsylvania | 843 | 1,071 | 1,032 | 916 | 1,137 | 1,208 | 1,124 | 907 | 29 | -24 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,472 | 1,805 | 1,480 | 1,460 | 1,480 | 1,410 | 1,330 | 1,181 | -1 | -18 |
| Rhode Island | 79 | 88 | 69 | 57 | 87 | 94 | 91 | 72 | 62 | -22 |
| South Carolina | 280 | 443 | 373 | 272 | 369 | 385 | 358 | 333 | 45 | -16 |
| South Dakota | 26 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 11 | -19 |
| Tennessee | 392 | 677 | 518 | 500 | 702 | 735 | 638 | 538 | 55 | -30 |
| Texas | 823 | 1,226 | 1,263 | 1,634 | 2,454 | 2,726 | 2,372 | 1,636 | 63 | -38 |
| Utah | 36 | 65 | 75 | 95 | 123 | 128 | 110 | 92 | 40 | -31 |
| Vermont | 46 | 48 | 44 | 34 | 54 | 65 | 56 | 46 | 70 | -21 |
| Virgin Islands | 25 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 8 | -1 |
| Virginia | 240 | 432 | 360 | 333 | 495 | 547 | 538 | 397 | 61 | -26 |
| Washington | 212 | 271 | 281 | 321 | 431 | 468 | 478 | 364 | 44 | -21 |
| West Virginia | 199 | 252 | 278 | 259 | 310 | 321 | 300 | 269 | 24 | -17 |
| Wisconsin | 175 | 269 | 363 | 291 | 334 | 330 | 283 | 193 | 16 | -43 |
| Wyoming | 9 | 15 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 25 | -26 |
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished data from the National Data Bank.
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