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Percent of population receiving SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2022

U.S. map showing percent of population receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in each state in fiscal year 2022.

In fiscal year 2022, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) served an average of 41.1 million people per month in the 50 States and Washington DC, or 12.3 percent of U.S. residents (not including Guam and the Virgin Islands). The share of residents receiving SNAP benefits in each State ranged from as high as 24.5 percent in New Mexico to as low as 4.6 percent in Utah. In 35 States, the share was somewhere between 8 and 16 percent.

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