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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.