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Share of 60+ households receiving SNAP: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of 60+ households receiving SNAP (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People 60 and over: living situation, work and income by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 11 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 21.7 %
RI 16.3 %
DE 7.3 %
CT 11.8 %
NJ 9.4 %
MD 10.9 %
MA 16.8 %
VT 9.8 %
NH 5.5 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 6.8 %
Group 2: 6.8 to 9.2 %
Group 3: 9.2 to 10.8 %
Group 4: 10.8 to 11.9 %
Highest: 11.9 to 21.7 %

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.


1	District of Columbia	21.7
2	New York	17.3
3	New Mexico	16.9
4	Massachusetts	16.8
5	Rhode Island	16.3
6	West Virginia	14.7
7	Oregon	14.5
8	California	13.9
9	Louisiana	13.7
9	Pennsylvania	13.7
11	Kentucky	11.9
12	Connecticut	11.8
12	Maine	11.8
14	Illinois	11.5
15	Georgia	11.3
16	Alabama	11.2
17	Oklahoma	11
17	Washington	11
19	Maryland	10.9
19	Michigan	10.9
21	Hawaii	10.8
21	Ohio	10.8
23	Alaska	10.4
24	Nevada	10.3
25	Florida	10.2
25	North Carolina	10.2
27	Texas	9.9
28	Vermont	9.8
29	Mississippi	9.6
30	New Jersey	9.4
31	Wisconsin	9.2
32	Colorado	8.7
33	Virginia	8.6
34	Arizona	8.3
35	Tennessee	8.1
36	South Carolina	8
37	Missouri	7.8
38	Arkansas	7.4
39	Delaware	7.3
40	Montana	7.1
41	Iowa	6.8
42	Minnesota	6.5
43	Indiana	6.4
44	South Dakota	6.1
45	Nebraska	5.6
46	Idaho	5.5
46	New Hampshire	5.5
48	Utah	5.2
49	Kansas	4.8
50	North Dakota	4.6
51	Wyoming	2.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0102: Population 60 Years and Over in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of 60+ households receiving SNAP (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0102; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-60-plus-households-receiving-snap/

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