Table A-19.Food Stamp Recipiency Rates by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998 [In percent]
Percent Change | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | 1981 | 1985 | 1989 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 1989-93 | 1993-98 | |
United States | 7.1 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 37 | -30 |
Alabama | 8.4 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 24 | -27 |
Alaska | 2.7 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 51 | -4 |
Arizona | 5.8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 68 | -48 |
Arkansas | 9.7 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 21 | -14 |
California | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 51 | -25 |
Colorado | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 19 | -37 |
Connecticut | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 90 | -9 |
Delaware | 4.5 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 83 | -26 |
Dist. of Columbia | 14.5 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 60 | 9 |
Florida | 8.2 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 107 | -39 |
Georgia | 8.8 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 55 | -29 |
Hawaii | 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 24 | 16 |
Idaho | 3.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 18 | -30 |
Illinois | 8.1 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 16 | -24 |
Indiana | 3.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 69 | -39 |
Iowa | 3.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 15 | -29 |
Kansas | 2.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 43 | -39 |
Kentucky | 11.0 | 14.2 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 15 | -25 |
Louisiana | 10.6 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 7 | -32 |
Maine | 9.2 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 62 | -17 |
Maryland | 6.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 44 | -17 |
Massachusetts | 10.1 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 41 | -35 |
Michigan | 6.9 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 14 | -27 |
Minnesota | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 24 | -34 |
Mississippi | 13.5 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 12.0 | 6 | -41 |
Missouri | 4.5 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 42 | -33 |
Montana | 3.6 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 20 | -15 |
Nebraska | 2.6 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 20 | -19 |
Nevada | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 86 | -39 |
New Hampshire | 5.1 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 172 | -38 |
New Jersey | 6.7 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 47 | -22 |
New Mexico | 9.7 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 10.1 | 51 | -33 |
New York | 9.2 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 39 | -21 |
North Carolina | 7.5 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 52 | -22 |
North Dakota | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 27 | -30 |
Ohio | 7.5 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 16 | -43 |
Oklahoma | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 39 | -25 |
Oregon | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 22 | -22 |
Pennsylvania | 7.1 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 28 | -23 |
Rhode Island | 8.3 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 63 | -21 |
South Carolina | 9.4 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 38 | -20 |
South Dakota | 3.8 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7 | -21 |
Tennessee | 8.9 | 14.6 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 48 | -35 |
Texas | 6.2 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 52 | -44 |
Utah | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 27 | -38 |
Vermont | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 65 | -23 |
Virginia | 4.6 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 52 | -29 |
Washington | 5.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 30 | -27 |
West Virginia | 10.4 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 24 | -16 |
Wisconsin | 3.8 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 11 | -45 |
Wyoming | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 23 | -27 |
Note: Recipiency rate refers to the average monthly number of food stamp recipients in each State during the particular fiscal year expressed as a percent of the total resident population as of July 1 of that year. The numerator is from Table A-18.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished data from the National Data Bank and U.S. Bureau of the Census, (Resident population by state available online at http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/).
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