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SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY PARTICIPATION (PERSONS)
(Data as of December 30, 2008)
State/Territory FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
          Preliminary
Alabama 497,591 558,596 546,684 545,955 571,591
Alaska 49,323 55,567 57,153 56,181 56,977
Arizona 529,556 550,291 540,782 544,688 627,660
Arkansas 346,441 373,752 384,889 379,768 377,883
California 1,859,486 1,992,024 1,999,656 2,048,185 2,220,127
Colorado 241,780 245,926 251,385 250,704 252,933
Connecticut 195,980 204,146 210,288 212,562 225,383
Delaware 55,642 61,586 65,698 67,185 74,429
District of Columbia 88,655 88,799 89,168 86,519 89,442
Florida 1,202,227 1,381,804 1,417,749 1,232,803 1,454,928
Georgia 867,148 921,427 946,812 950,038 1,021,155
Guam 25,725 27,277 27,724 26,614 27,874
Hawaii 98,589 93,548 87,942 89,629 96,551
Idaho 91,395 93,441 91,106 87,068 100,198
Illinois 1,069,596 1,158,271 1,225,093 1,246,400 1,299,443
Indiana 526,324 556,285 574,696 587,156 623,415
Iowa 179,179 206,696 225,717 238,349 256,303
Kansas 169,528 177,782 183,071 182,407 187,569
Kentucky 544,744 570,277 589,102 602,022 633,194
Louisiana 705,700 807,896 829,882 650,357 790,733
Maine 141,929 152,910 160,294 162,602 173,039
Maryland 273,872 288,943 305,395 317,825 359,985
Massachusetts 334,939 368,122 431,518 456,192 505,782
Michigan 943,713 1,047,594 1,133,793 1,204,409 1,256,373
Minnesota 247,465 259,937 263,986 276,414 293,918
Mississippi 376,864 434,958 447,710 426,116 447,181
Missouri 699,616 766,425 796,350 823,915 888,564
Montana 77,478 80,870 81,567 79,969 80,407
Nebraska 113,900 117,415 119,683 120,634 120,809
Nevada 120,275 121,707 117,920 122,224 144,494
New Hampshire 48,449 52,310 56,338 59,101 63,583
New Jersey 368,695 392,416 405,667 414,503 437,860
New Mexico 222,716 240,637 244,672 233,918 239,959
New York 1,598,143 1,754,861 1,785,914 1,801,984 1,952,991
North Carolina 747,274 799,747 854,407 882,946 946,978
North Dakota 41,421 42,204 42,576 45,122 48,412
Ohio 945,435 1,007,172 1,063,920 1,076,764 1,150,928
Oklahoma 411,840 424,402 435,519 421,316 419,038
Oregon 419,736 429,358 434,239 438,498 469,315
Pennsylvania 960,941 1,042,809 1,092,298 1,135,146 1,187,822
Rhode Island 77,528 76,085 73,195 76,315 84,868
South Carolina 497,218 521,125 534,294 545,293 589,763
South Dakota 53,459 56,095 58,466 60,246 62,945
Tennessee 806,490 849,703 870,416 864,870 911,253
Texas 2,258,951 2,441,975 2,622,548 2,422,198 2,532,047
Utah 123,411 133,263 131,753 123,475 134,180
Vermont 42,862 45,218 47,677 52,612 55,847
Virginia 485,877 488,481 506,656 515,032 545,079
Virgin Islands 13,372 13,550 13,375 13,281 13,613
Washington 453,497 508,472 535,768 536,333 581,001
West Virginia 255,936 262,442 267,630 269,343 276,800
Wisconsin 324,047 345,748 367,918 382,770 422,781
Wyoming 25,648 25,481 24,236 22,608 22,608
  TOTAL 23,857,607 25,717,830 26,672,294 26,468,563 28,408,010
The following outlying areas receive Nutrition Assistance Grants which provide benefits analogous to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas. The number of persons participating is reported monthly.  Annual averages are the sums divided by twelve.  All data are subject to revision.