Distribution of SNAP participants by age, fiscal year 2022
- by Jordan W. Jones
- 7/22/2024
In fiscal year 2022, children accounted for about 40 percent of all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants, down from about 43 percent in fiscal year 2019. Children younger than 5 made up nearly 12 percent of participants, while school-age children made up 28 percent. Adults ages 18–59 represented 42 percent of SNAP participants in fiscal year 2022, similar to fiscal year 2019. The share of the SNAP caseload age 60 and older grew from about 16 percent in fiscal year 2019 to 18 percent in fiscal year 2022.