High Performance Bonus

State	Performance				Percentage Point Change CY 2005 over CY 2004
Table 5

Food Stamp Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2006 and CY 2005 Performance and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2006 over CY 2005 Performance (in percent)

	CY 2006		CY 2005		Percentage Point Change CY 2005 over CY 2004
	Rate	Rank	Rate	Rank	Change	Rank
U.S. Average**	41.25		41.08		0.17

Alabama	43.98	24	45.93	20	(1.95)	34
Alaska	44.92	22	40.77	34	4.15	8
Arizona	38.03	39	39.36	37	(1.33)	29
Arkansas	49.14	11	51.14	10	(2.00)	35
California	26.79	50	26.43	50	0.36	23
Colorado	28.05	49	33.85	45	(5.80)	48
Connecticut	32.82	46	33.63	46	(0.81)	27
Delaware	43.01	27	41.27	32	1.74	13
Dist. of Col.	39.99	34	45.56	22	(5.57)	47
Florida	35.33	42	34.12	43	1.21	16
Georgia	39.65	37	41.08	33	(1.43)	31
Guam
Hawaii	33.64	45	36.06	40	(2.42)	39
Idaho	34.57	44	36.21	39	(1.64)	32
Illinois	44.25	23	41.53	31	2.72	10
Indiana	45.75	19	48.69	13	(2.94)	41
Iowa	47.08	16	50.71	11	(3.63)	46
Kansas	38.29	38	33.36	48	4.93	6
Kentucky	57.15	2	55.81	4	1.34	15
Louisiana	58.06	1	61.33	1	(3.27)	44
Maine	55.19	3	57.75	2	(2.56)	40
Maryland	40.16	32	33.90	44	6.26	3
Massachusetts	40.14	33	33.44	47	6.70	1
Michigan	52.15	7	51.22	9	0.93	21
Minnesota	36.76	40	35.27	41	1.49	14
Mississippi	46.52	17	48.64	14	(2.12)	38
Missouri	51.58	9	53.65	6	(2.07)	36
Montana	40.93	31	47.02	17	(6.09)	49
Nebraska	44.98	21	43.06	25	1.92	12
Nevada	21.48	52	20.34	52	1.14	18
New Hampshire	32.57	48	40.07	36	(7.50)	50
New Jersey	23.23	51	26.43	50	(3.20)	43
New Mexico	41.51	30	40.52	35	0.99	20
New York	39.79	35	38.62	38	1.17	17
North Carolina	43.53	26	42.88	26	0.65	22
North Dakota	47.31	15	46.20	18	1.11	19
Ohio	52.88	6	46.20	18	6.68	2
Oklahoma	48.60	12	51.69	8	(3.09)	42
Oregon	51.43	10	53.51	7	(2.08)	37
Pennsylvania	45.92	18	43.54	23	2.38	11
Puerto Rico	35.19	43	34.99	42	0.20	24
Rhode Island	35.97	41	43.54	23	(7.57)	51
South Carolina	43.97	25	47.55	15	(3.58)	45
South Dakota	51.59	8	47.09	16	4.50	7
Tennessee	54.42	4	55.82	3	(1.40)	30
Texas	42.40	28	42.64	27	(0.24)	25
Utah	32.81	47	29.93	49	2.88	9
Vermont	47.90	13	42.38	29	5.52	5
Virgin Islands
Virginia	41.55	29	42.62	28	(1.07)	28
Washington	45.24	20	45.77	21	(0.53)	26
West Virginia	53.79	5	55.63	5	(1.84)	33
Wisconsin	47.68	14	42.03	30	5.65	4
Wyoming	39.71	36	49.19	12	(9.48)	52
* Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only calendar year data are available. Rate is the number of low-income working households with children under 18 (i.e., in households with income less than 130% of poverty and earnings equal to at least half-time full-year Federal minimum wage) receiving food stamps as a percentage of the number of households (as defined here) in the State.
** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.