Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-19.Food Stamp Recipiency Rates by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998

03/01/2000

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/).

Indicators of Welfare Dependence: Annual Report to Congress, 2000. Table A-19.Food Stamp Recipiency Rates by State, Selected Fiscal Years 1977 – 1998

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