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

Measure: Households receiving SNAP (percent). 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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2026-10-29
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National value: 11.5 (United States).

Washington: 11.2Idaho: 7.3Montana: 7.6North Dakota: 6Minnesota: 8.1Michigan: 13.2Ohio: 11.5Pennsylvania: 14.5New York: 15.9Vermont: 10New Hampshire: 6.2Maine: 12.8Arizona: 9.2California: 13.6New Mexico: 19Texas: 9.8Louisiana: 14.9Mississippi: 11.3Alabama: 12.4Florida: 10.8Georgia: 11.2South Carolina: 8.6North Carolina: 11.1Virginia: 8.9District of Columbia: 13.6Maryland: 10.7Delaware: 7.8New Jersey: 9.1Connecticut: 11.9Rhode Island: 14.6Massachusetts: 15.3Oregon: 16.7Utah: 5.5Wyoming: 4.3Nevada: 11.5Colorado: 8.9South Dakota: 7.9Nebraska: 7.5Kansas: 5.8Oklahoma: 13.8Iowa: 8.1Missouri: 9.2Wisconsin: 10.7Illinois: 13.1Kentucky: 13.4Arkansas: 8.5Tennessee: 8.9West Virginia: 16.4Indiana: 8.3Alaska: 10.8Hawaii: 11

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4.3 to 8.1 %
  • Group 2: 8.1 to 9.2 %
  • Group 3: 9.2 to 11.2 %
  • Group 4: 11.2 to 13.6 %
  • Highest: 13.6 to 19 %
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.

1New Mexico19
2Oregon16.7
3West Virginia16.4
4New York15.9
5Massachusetts15.3
6Louisiana14.9
7Rhode Island14.6
8Pennsylvania14.5
9Oklahoma13.8
10California13.6
10District of Columbia13.6
12Kentucky13.4
13Michigan13.2
14Illinois13.1
15Maine12.8
16Alabama12.4
17Connecticut11.9
18Nevada11.5
18Ohio11.5
20Mississippi11.3
21Georgia11.2
21Washington11.2
23North Carolina11.1
24Hawaii11
25Alaska10.8
25Florida10.8
27Maryland10.7
27Wisconsin10.7
29Vermont10
30Texas9.8
31Arizona9.2
31Missouri9.2
33New Jersey9.1
34Colorado8.9
34Tennessee8.9
34Virginia8.9
37South Carolina8.6
38Arkansas8.5
39Indiana8.3
40Iowa8.1
40Minnesota8.1
42South Dakota7.9
43Delaware7.8
44Montana7.6
45Nebraska7.5
46Idaho7.3
47New Hampshire6.2
48North Dakota6
49Kansas5.8
50Utah5.5
51Wyoming4.3

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 (percent) (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-share/

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