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Participation in USDA’s Food Stamp
Program varies by State
Linda
Scott Kantor
An average of 25.6
million people, or 8.7 percent of the
U.S. population, received food stamps
each month during fiscal year 2005,
an increase from 8.1 percent in 2004.
Hurricane-ravaged Louisiana had the
largest share of its residents receiving
food stamps in 2005—17.9 percent,
displacing the District of Columbia,
which had led the Nation in participation
during 2001-04. Participation shares
increased in most States from 2004,
despite small declines in Rhode Island,
Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming. Average
participation shares were lowest in
New Hampshire at 4.0 percent, followed
by New Jersey, Wyoming, and Nevada.
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