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Households receiving SNAP (number): U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Households receiving SNAP (number). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in SNAP (food stamp) participation by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 15,406,342 (United States).

Washington: 357,580Idaho: 55,544Montana: 36,568North Dakota: 21,194Minnesota: 192,756Michigan: 546,547Ohio: 572,352Pennsylvania: 784,176New York: 1,252,949Vermont: 28,438New Hampshire: 35,407Maine: 79,216Arizona: 278,814California: 1,883,434New Mexico: 163,888Texas: 1,133,928Louisiana: 276,606Mississippi: 135,575Alabama: 256,990Florida: 1,011,047Georgia: 477,831South Carolina: 198,430North Carolina: 502,347Virginia: 309,610District of Columbia: 45,347Maryland: 260,118Delaware: 32,914New Jersey: 324,785Connecticut: 172,777Rhode Island: 65,906Massachusetts: 433,859Oregon: 291,925Utah: 66,813Wyoming: 10,936Nevada: 143,209Colorado: 221,392South Dakota: 30,665Nebraska: 61,850Kansas: 69,326Oklahoma: 222,633Iowa: 109,925Missouri: 240,822Wisconsin: 274,069Illinois: 671,462Kentucky: 252,088Arkansas: 108,827Tennessee: 261,458West Virginia: 122,325Indiana: 234,386Alaska: 30,110Hawaii: 55,188

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 10,936 to 55,544
  • Group 2: 55,544 to 143,209
  • Group 3: 143,209 to 256,990
  • Group 4: 256,990 to 433,859
  • Highest: 433,859 to 1,883,434
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California1,883,434
2New York1,252,949
3Texas1,133,928
4Florida1,011,047
5Pennsylvania784,176
6Illinois671,462
7Ohio572,352
8Michigan546,547
9North Carolina502,347
10Georgia477,831
11Massachusetts433,859
12Washington357,580
13New Jersey324,785
14Virginia309,610
15Oregon291,925
16Arizona278,814
17Louisiana276,606
18Wisconsin274,069
19Tennessee261,458
20Maryland260,118
21Alabama256,990
22Kentucky252,088
23Missouri240,822
24Indiana234,386
25Oklahoma222,633
26Colorado221,392
27South Carolina198,430
28Minnesota192,756
29Connecticut172,777
30New Mexico163,888
31Nevada143,209
32Mississippi135,575
33West Virginia122,325
34Iowa109,925
35Arkansas108,827
36Maine79,216
37Kansas69,326
38Utah66,813
39Rhode Island65,906
40Nebraska61,850
41Idaho55,544
42Hawaii55,188
43District of Columbia45,347
44Montana36,568
45New Hampshire35,407
46Delaware32,914
47South Dakota30,665
48Alaska30,110
49Vermont28,438
50North Dakota21,194
51Wyoming10,936

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2201: Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by households receiving SNAP (number) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2201; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-households-receiving-snap-count/

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