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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Charts

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Share of SNAP/FSP households with children, elderly, or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2007
 
Households with
Fiscal year
Elderly
Children
Disabled
 
Percent
1989
19.3
60.4
9.1
1990
18.1
60.3
8.9
1991
16.5
60.4
9.0
1992
15.4
62.2
9.5
1993
15.5
62.1
10.7
1994
15.8
61.1
12.5
1995
16.0
59.7
18.9
1996
16.2
59.5
20.2
1997
17.6
58.3
22.3
1998
18.2
58.3
24.4
1999
20.1
55.7
26.4
2000
21.0
53.9
27.5
2001
20.4
53.6
27.7
2002
18.7
54.1
27.0
2003
18.0
54.7
23.3
2004
17.3
54.3
22.9
2005
17.1
53.8
23.1
2006
17.9
52.2
23.1
2007
17.9
51.3
23.9
 
Note: Households may belong to more than one category.

Source: Food Stamp Program Quality Control samples, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service.

Data as of September 2008.

 

 

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Updated date: April 15, 2009