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. |