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SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:  AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER PERSON
(Data as of December 30, 2008)
State/Territory FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
          Preliminary
Alabama 85.85 91.91 90.50 91.80 96.79
Alaska 108.81 120.58 125.37 127.69 137.87
Arizona 90.94 95.98 96.51 98.95 102.56
Arkansas 83.44 89.47 89.72 90.50 95.17
California 88.79 96.83 99.05 104.56 112.54
Colorado 87.18 106.14 106.42 103.24 107.13
Connecticut 83.99 91.11 94.74 99.21 105.31
Delaware 84.68 88.26 89.01 92.69 96.49
District of Columbia 91.66 96.94 97.34 100.12 104.65
Florida 87.93 96.37 99.00 94.65 101.87
Georgia 88.78 94.77 96.67 98.76 104.19
Guam 155.87 163.85 163.94 174.38 179.85
Hawaii 128.32 138.88 140.10 145.55 159.34
Idaho 82.95 91.83 91.62 91.88 96.95
Illinois 94.38 100.73 102.25 104.65 110.19
Indiana 87.00 93.87 93.98 96.10 103.31
Iowa 82.01 88.60 90.17 92.81 99.38
Kansas 77.68 84.37 85.72 88.10 93.86
Kentucky 83.03 89.36 91.29 93.33 97.66
Louisiana 89.03 100.96 103.59 95.60 108.04
Maine 81.98 88.40 88.01 87.42 94.52
Maryland 87.24 92.33 91.71 93.67 100.01
Massachusetts 75.74 82.18 81.41 86.20 96.65
Michigan 79.13 87.41 91.05 94.63 99.89
Minnesota 83.10 88.16 89.15 89.36 93.45
Mississippi 79.81 88.70 94.39 86.79 92.59
Missouri 79.02 80.00 77.44 75.38 76.01
Montana 85.18 91.95 91.90 93.47 97.65
Nebraska 79.52 84.83 86.56 87.36 97.09
Nevada 82.81 88.26 87.86 91.18 97.88
New Hampshire 74.90 80.56 85.61 88.10 93.58
New Jersey 85.33 92.89 93.64 97.19 101.43
New Mexico 81.35 87.07 86.29 88.65 93.48
New York 97.83 101.43 104.52 107.49 109.78
North Carolina 83.99 89.21 89.83 91.77 97.19
North Dakota 81.05 88.21 90.47 95.83 102.02
Ohio 88.96 95.59 99.18 100.04 108.22
Oklahoma 80.49 86.32 89.42 90.77 97.72
Oregon 82.45 88.49 88.91 90.73 96.27
Pennsylvania 80.93 88.28 90.20 92.40 97.30
Rhode Island 79.06 86.00 92.14 97.57 105.77
South Carolina 84.00 90.48 91.93 94.47 99.87
South Dakota 84.07 91.33 94.29 97.67 103.27
Tennessee 83.88 92.35 93.44 96.70 101.95
Texas 85.10 90.75 93.40 93.52 100.98
Utah 83.14 88.31 88.81 89.90 93.75
Vermont 77.92 82.93 87.55 88.16 92.77
Virginia 81.67 85.25 86.47 89.23 93.26
Virgin Islands 119.74 128.03 128.30 131.93 139.91
Washington 83.66 88.34 92.48 93.33 97.65
West Virginia 75.45 81.94 82.95 85.05 91.56
Wisconsin 69.29 76.39 78.52 79.12 84.69
Wyoming 81.17 88.22 90.46 93.20 97.27
  TOTAL 85.99 92.57 94.32 95.63 101.53
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. Annual averages are total benefits divided by total annual  participation.   All data are subject to revision.