High Performance Measures Performance Year 2005
Table 2
Food Stamp Performance Measure for Performance Year 2005*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2005 and CY 2004 Performance and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2005 over CY 2004 Performance (in percent)
State |
Performance |
Percentage Point
Change CY 2005
over CY 2004 |
CY 2005 |
CY 2004 |
Rate |
Rank |
Rate |
Rank |
Change |
Rank |
U.S. Average** |
41.08 |
. |
37.40 |
. |
3.68 |
. |
Alabama |
45.93 |
20 |
40.07 |
24 |
5.86 |
14 |
Alaska |
40.77 |
34 |
38.60 |
32 |
2.17 |
31 |
Arizona |
39.36 |
37 |
39.19 |
27 |
0.17 |
37 |
Arkansas |
51.14 |
10 |
49.95 |
6 |
1.19 |
33 |
California |
26.43 |
50 |
23.73 |
49 |
2.70 |
28 |
Colorado |
33.85 |
45 |
30.50 |
45 |
3.35 |
26 |
Connecticut |
33.63 |
46 |
34.10 |
40 |
(0.47) |
38 |
Delaware |
41.27 |
32 |
51.56 |
3 |
(10.29) |
51 |
Dist. of Col. |
45.56 |
22 |
34.19 |
39 |
11.37 |
5 |
Florida |
34.12 |
43 |
29.64 |
46 |
4.48 |
19 |
Georgia |
41.08 |
33 |
40.73 |
22 |
0.35 |
36 |
Guam |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
Hawaii |
36.06 |
40 |
41.77 |
20 |
(5.71) |
48 |
Idaho |
36.21 |
39 |
38.97 |
29 |
(2.76) |
42 |
Illinois |
41.53 |
31 |
37.45 |
34 |
4.08 |
22 |
Indiana |
48.69 |
13 |
33.48 |
42 |
15.21 |
1 |
Iowa |
50.71 |
11 |
38.66 |
31 |
12.05 |
3 |
Kansas |
33.36 |
48 |
36.22 |
35 |
(2.86) |
43 |
Kentucky |
55.81 |
4 |
51.48 |
4 |
4.33 |
21 |
Louisiana |
61.33 |
1 |
49.36 |
8 |
11.97 |
4 |
Maine |
57.75 |
2 |
61.70 |
1 |
(3.95) |
46 |
Maryland |
33.90 |
44 |
38.06 |
33 |
(4.16) |
47 |
Massachusetts |
33.44 |
47 |
27.26 |
48 |
6.18 |
12 |
Michigan |
51.22 |
9 |
46.02 |
14 |
5.20 |
16 |
Minnesota |
35.27 |
41 |
43.23 |
19 |
(7.96) |
50 |
Mississippi |
48.64 |
14 |
47.97 |
10 |
0.67 |
34 |
Missouri |
53.65 |
6 |
49.83 |
7 |
3.82 |
23 |
Montana |
47.02 |
17 |
50.14 |
5 |
(3.12) |
44 |
Nebraska |
43.06 |
25 |
40.26 |
23 |
2.80 |
27 |
Nevada |
20.34 |
52 |
23.47 |
50 |
(3.13) |
45 |
New Hampshire |
40.07 |
36 |
31.48 |
44 |
8.59 |
8 |
New Jersey |
26.43 |
50 |
22.69 |
51 |
3.74 |
24 |
New Mexico |
40.52 |
35 |
40.99 |
21 |
(0.47) |
38 |
New York |
38.62 |
38 |
33.63 |
41 |
4.99 |
17 |
North Carolina |
42.88 |
26 |
35.49 |
37 |
7.39 |
10 |
North Dakota |
46.20 |
18 |
47.68 |
11 |
(1.48) |
41 |
Ohio |
46.20 |
18 |
45.81 |
15 |
0.39 |
35 |
Oklahoma |
51.69 |
8 |
47.32 |
12 |
4.37 |
20 |
Oregon |
53.51 |
7 |
46.74 |
13 |
6.77 |
11 |
Pennsylvania |
43.54 |
23 |
44.66 |
17 |
(1.12) |
40 |
Puerto Rico |
34.99 |
42 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
Rhode Island |
43.54 |
23 |
38.95 |
30 |
4.59 |
18 |
South Carolina |
47.55 |
15 |
36.22 |
35 |
11.33 |
6 |
South Dakota |
47.09 |
16 |
33.10 |
43 |
13.99 |
2 |
Tennessee |
55.82 |
3 |
54.59 |
2 |
1.23 |
32 |
Texas |
42.64 |
27 |
39.03 |
28 |
3.61 |
25 |
Utah |
29.93 |
49 |
27.69 |
47 |
2.24 |
30 |
Vermont |
42.38 |
29 |
49.15 |
9 |
(6.77) |
49 |
Virgin Islands |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
Virginia |
42.62 |
28 |
34.21 |
38 |
8.41 |
9 |
Washington |
45.77 |
21 |
39.69 |
25 |
6.08 |
13 |
West Virginia |
55.63 |
5 |
45.70 |
16 |
9.93 |
7 |
Wisconsin |
42.03 |
30 |
39.51 |
26 |
2.52 |
29 |
Wyoming |
49.19 |
12 |
43.91 |
18 |
5.28 |
15 |
* 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. |
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