| SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT PER HOUSEHOLD | |||||
| (Data as of December 30, 2008) | |||||
| State/Territory | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 | FY 2008 |
| Preliminary | |||||
| Alabama | 216.58 | 231.13 | 224.53 | 226.86 | 238.74 |
| Alaska | 303.30 | 331.31 | 338.42 | 336.51 | 357.45 |
| Arizona | 231.69 | 239.54 | 236.90 | 242.44 | 249.00 |
| Arkansas | 206.08 | 218.70 | 216.70 | 217.42 | 227.80 |
| California | 225.47 | 245.51 | 247.73 | 258.87 | 273.31 |
| Colorado | 203.51 | 243.02 | 249.45 | 242.12 | 247.66 |
| Connecticut | 161.11 | 173.04 | 177.96 | 186.32 | 196.86 |
| Delaware | 202.29 | 208.65 | 207.29 | 213.88 | 220.89 |
| District of Columbia | 188.39 | 194.04 | 190.89 | 191.95 | 196.15 |
| Florida | 182.28 | 202.50 | 208.47 | 185.80 | 198.73 |
| Georgia | 218.06 | 232.40 | 237.00 | 242.29 | 254.89 |
| Guam | 528.63 | 554.14 | 552.96 | 586.26 | 604.31 |
| Hawaii | 260.30 | 274.61 | 274.50 | 287.46 | 315.10 |
| Idaho | 210.10 | 230.98 | 225.85 | 222.27 | 237.89 |
| Illinois | 212.05 | 224.22 | 225.18 | 229.20 | 240.32 |
| Indiana | 204.01 | 217.53 | 216.47 | 222.29 | 240.50 |
| Iowa | 191.06 | 204.27 | 202.00 | 204.51 | 217.89 |
| Kansas | 177.49 | 191.90 | 192.26 | 193.90 | 205.23 |
| Kentucky | 196.07 | 207.39 | 208.77 | 210.70 | 217.92 |
| Louisiana | 229.18 | 256.39 | 257.86 | 233.68 | 262.96 |
| Maine | 161.16 | 172.92 | 172.98 | 173.85 | 189.17 |
| Maryland | 192.50 | 202.79 | 199.50 | 202.26 | 215.37 |
| Massachusetts | 164.15 | 171.77 | 154.57 | 163.99 | 183.47 |
| Michigan | 180.97 | 194.84 | 200.44 | 205.07 | 212.38 |
| Minnesota | 175.95 | 184.22 | 187.13 | 187.45 | 195.61 |
| Mississippi | 198.31 | 221.09 | 233.24 | 206.87 | 219.65 |
| Missouri | 196.61 | 205.49 | 204.88 | 206.11 | 215.09 |
| Montana | 200.09 | 215.08 | 212.55 | 214.61 | 221.22 |
| Nebraska | 188.40 | 199.41 | 202.00 | 203.26 | 225.21 |
| Nevada | 186.11 | 195.74 | 190.05 | 195.45 | 209.90 |
| New Hampshire | 153.61 | 167.24 | 176.17 | 180.46 | 190.45 |
| New Jersey | 182.23 | 195.28 | 195.71 | 202.72 | 210.62 |
| New Mexico | 212.02 | 225.05 | 221.09 | 225.17 | 234.23 |
| New York | 194.93 | 194.37 | 199.63 | 203.54 | 206.82 |
| North Carolina | 198.77 | 207.77 | 203.80 | 207.21 | 219.58 |
| North Dakota | 182.72 | 196.70 | 199.69 | 212.03 | 226.30 |
| Ohio | 200.60 | 214.64 | 219.56 | 218.59 | 236.44 |
| Oklahoma | 200.41 | 211.95 | 214.99 | 216.93 | 232.02 |
| Oregon | 163.13 | 174.05 | 173.18 | 175.71 | 185.74 |
| Pennsylvania | 180.17 | 195.06 | 198.32 | 197.80 | 206.79 |
| Rhode Island | 173.97 | 188.28 | 196.96 | 203.20 | 216.06 |
| South Carolina | 201.79 | 214.81 | 216.53 | 220.81 | 230.34 |
| South Dakota | 212.88 | 227.87 | 231.81 | 237.72 | 248.20 |
| Tennessee | 192.31 | 209.81 | 210.12 | 215.86 | 226.33 |
| Texas | 222.40 | 235.49 | 240.78 | 239.13 | 257.03 |
| Utah | 212.15 | 221.37 | 216.82 | 218.58 | 234.20 |
| Vermont | 156.11 | 167.74 | 176.16 | 178.08 | 187.42 |
| Virginia | 189.08 | 193.70 | 194.84 | 199.56 | 206.99 |
| Virgin Islands | 353.29 | 374.42 | 367.39 | 368.01 | 378.22 |
| Washington | 172.91 | 179.12 | 183.38 | 183.61 | 193.95 |
| West Virginia | 175.40 | 188.57 | 187.69 | 190.68 | 204.08 |
| Wisconsin | 170.44 | 184.11 | 186.90 | 186.85 | 198.05 |
| Wyoming | 200.52 | 215.70 | 216.34 | 221.83 | 229.95 |
| TOTAL | 199.60 | 212.61 | 214.38 | 214.69 | 226.60 |
| 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 household participation. All data are subject to revision. | |||||