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States are ranked by the percentage of eligible residents participating from lowest to highest.

Rank	State	Rate (FY 2020*)	Count (April 2024)	States Abbreviations
25	Alabama	81%	748,584	al
25	Alaska	81%	84,550	ak
36	Arizona	74%	921,343	az
49	Arkansas	62%	247,203	ar
46	California	66%	5,405,423	ca
34	Colorado	76%	584,416	co
13	Connecticut	89%	391,861	ct
14	Delaware	87%	109,831	de
10	District of Columbia	93%	135,977	dc
39	Florida	73%	2,897,553	fl
41	Georgia	72%	1,381,904	ga
22	Hawaii	83%	147,789	hi
29	Idaho	79%	133,661	id
1	Illinois	100%	1,943,480	il
39	Indiana	73%	601,132	in
15	Iowa	85%	257,442	ia
43	Kansas	70%	186,601	ks
48	Kentucky	65%	605,342	ky
22	Louisiana	83%	830,334	la
12	Maine	90%	172,809	me
15	Maryland	85%	695,859	md
1	Massachusetts	100%	1,095,795	ma
15	Michigan	85%	1,469,577	mi
34	Minnesota	76%	453,821	mn
49	Mississippi	62%	376,425	ms
18	Missouri	84%	650,613	mo
29	Montana	79%	81,632	mt
32	Nebraska	78%	154,841	ne
18	Nevada	84%	500,816	nv
29	New Hampshire	79%	76,760	nh
41	New Jersey	72%	838,368	nj
1	New Mexico	100%	461,003	nm
24	New York	82%	2,958,608	ny
36	North Carolina	74%	1,397,364	nc
46	North Dakota	66%	49,416	nd
25	Ohio	81%	1,396,225	oh
18	Oklahoma	84%	684,213	ok
1	Oregon	100%	766,874	or
1	Pennsylvania	100%	2,013,612	pa
1	Rhode Island	100%	145,162	ri
44	South Carolina	69%	576,442	sc
28	South Dakota	80%	75,440	sd
18	Tennessee	84%	706,855	tn
44	Texas	69%	3,158,658	tx
36	Utah	74%	171,151	ut
7	Vermont	96%	66,606	vt
33	Virginia	77%	829,227	va
8	Washington	94%	887,954	wa
8	West Virgina	94%	278,265	wv
11	Wisconsin	92%	705,173	wi
51	Wyoming	49%	29,574	wy

Fast Facts

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

42 million

Roughly 42 million people participate in SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

There are 6 states where 100% of eligible residents are able to participate in SNAP

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

42%

Nearly half of all people participating in SNAP are children