| Percent Change | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1989 | 1994 | 1997 | 2000 | 2001 | 1989-94 | 1994-01 | |
| 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 FSP 5. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished data from the National Data Bank and U.S. Bureau of the Census, (Resident population by state available online at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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| Alabama | 9.9 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 19 | -29 |
| Alaska | 4.0 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 60 | -22 |
| Arizona | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 69 | -56 |
| Arkansas | 12.4 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 19 | -17 |
| California | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 66 | -52 |
| Colorado | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 14 | -53 |
| Connecticut | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 97 | -33 |
| Delaware | 4.5 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 85 | -52 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 17.2 | 16.1 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 71 | -20 |
| Florida | 7.6 | 9.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 100 | -49 |
| Georgia | 9.8 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 56 | -42 |
| Hawaii | 8.4 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 37 | -10 |
| Idaho | 4.6 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 17 | -37 |
| Illinois | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 16 | -35 |
| Indiana | 7.3 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 75 | -37 |
| Iowa | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 14 | -38 |
| Kansas | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 44 | -38 |
| Kentucky | 13.6 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 13 | -26 |
| Louisiana | 13.1 | 13.5 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 3 | -34 |
| Maine | 11.8 | 12.3 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 59 | -26 |
| Maryland | 6.3 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 49 | -51 |
| Massachusetts | 6.3 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 40 | -53 |
| Michigan | 6.8 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 14 | -40 |
| Minnesota | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 23 | -43 |
| Mississippi | 15.7 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 14.6 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 0 | -46 |
| Missouri | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 42 | -28 |
| Montana | 5.1 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 20 | -18 |
| Nebraska | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 17 | -31 |
| Nevada | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 83 | -50 |
| New Hampshire | 5.3 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 174 | -48 |
| New Jersey | 6.7 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 51 | -46 |
| New Mexico | 13.5 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 47 | -40 |
| New York | 7.2 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 46 | -40 |
| North Carolina | 8.4 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 50 | -33 |
| North Dakota | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 19 | -16 |
| Ohio | 7.9 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 14 | -50 |
| Oklahoma | 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 40 | -33 |
| Oregon | 8.6 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 21 | -12 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.1 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 30 | -39 |
| Rhode Island | 9.2 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 66 | -29 |
| South Carolina | 14.1 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 34 | -26 |
| South Dakota | 4.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 2 | -20 |
| Tennessee | 9.3 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 38 | -36 |
| Texas | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 53 | -57 |
| Utah | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 19 | -47 |
| Vermont | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 83 | -43 |
| Virginia | 5.1 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 54 | -45 |
| Washington | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 30 | -41 |
| West Virginia | 13.1 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 23 | -30 |
| Wisconsin | 3.2 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 8 | -38 |
| Wyoming | 2.7 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 20 | -36 |
| United States | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 39 | -43 |
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