| Average monthly food stamp benefits per person, fiscal 1980-2006 |
Year |
Average monthly FSP benefits per person |
Annual CPI food and beverage |
Adjusted benefits per person (2006 dollars) |
| |
$ Dollars |
| 1980 |
34.47 |
86.7 |
77.81 |
| 1981 |
39.49 |
93.5 |
82.65 |
| 1982 |
39.17 |
97.3 |
78.78 |
| 1983 |
42.98 |
99.5 |
84.53 |
| 1984 |
42.74 |
103.2 |
81.05 |
| 1985 |
44.99 |
105.6 |
83.38 |
| 1986 |
45.49 |
109.1 |
81.60 |
| 1987 |
45.78 |
113.5 |
78.94 |
| 1988 |
49.83 |
118.2 |
82.50 |
| 1989 |
51.85 |
124.9 |
81.24 |
| 1990 |
58.92 |
132.1 |
87.29 |
| 1991 |
63.86 |
136.8 |
91.36 |
| 1992 |
68.57 |
138.7 |
96.75 |
| 1993 |
67.96 |
141.6 |
93.92 |
| 1994 |
69.01 |
144.9 |
93.20 |
| 1995 |
71.26 |
148.9 |
93.66 |
| 1996 |
73.21 |
153.7 |
93.22 |
| 1997 |
71.27 |
157.7 |
88.44 |
| 1998 |
71.12 |
161.1 |
86.39 |
| 1999 |
72.27 |
164.6 |
85.92 |
| 2000 |
72.62 |
168.4 |
84.39 |
| 2001 |
74.81 |
173.6 |
84.33 |
| 2002 |
79.67 |
176.8 |
88.19 |
| 2003 |
83.90 |
180.5 |
90.97 |
| 2004 |
85.99 |
186.6 |
90.18 |
| 2005 |
92.57 |
191.2 |
94.75 |
| 2006 |
94.32 |
195.7 |
94.32 |
| Source: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. All data are subject to revision. |
| Base period=1982-1984, CPI for food and beverages, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. |
| FNS data as of December 28, 2007. |
