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Download an excel file with these data
Number of food stamp households with children or with elderly or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2006
 
Households with
Year
elderly
children
disabled
 
Thousands
1989
1,393
4,359
657
1990
1,414
4,710
695
1991
1,462
5,353
798
1992
1,549
6,257
956
1993
1,673
6,701
1,155
1994
1,752
6,777
1,386
1995
1,741
6,497
2,057
1996
1,709
6,278
2,132
1997
1,664
5,511
2,108
1998
1,501
4,807
2,012
1999
1,542
4,272
2,025
2000
1,540
3,954
2,017
2001
1,520
3,993
2,064
2002
1,534
4,437
2,214
2003
1,615
4,907
2,090
2004
1,742
5,468
2,306
2005
1,856
5,839
2,507
2006
2,025
5,906
2,614
Source: Food Stamp Program Quality Control sample.
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
These are the latest data available, as of December 28, 2007.

 

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Updated date: January 11, 2008