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Children in homes receiving SNAP or SSI: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of children in households receiving SSI, cash aid or SNAP (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Children in households receiving SSI, cash aid or SNAP by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-11
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National value: 23.1 (United States).

Washington: 22.8Idaho: 15.7Montana: 16.2North Dakota: 13.9Minnesota: 17Michigan: 25.9Ohio: 23.1Pennsylvania: 26.9New York: 27.6Vermont: 17.8New Hampshire: 16.2Maine: 22.5Arizona: 21.3California: 25.2New Mexico: 34.5Texas: 22.2Louisiana: 30.5Mississippi: 27.8Alabama: 25.7Florida: 24.1Georgia: 24South Carolina: 21.3North Carolina: 23.5Virginia: 17.7District of Columbia: 31.1Maryland: 21.1Delaware: 17.7New Jersey: 18.1Connecticut: 20.6Rhode Island: 24.4Massachusetts: 25.1Oregon: 27.4Utah: 11.4Wyoming: 14.4Nevada: 25Colorado: 17.5South Dakota: 19.1Nebraska: 17.7Kansas: 13.4Oklahoma: 27.8Iowa: 15.9Missouri: 20.1Wisconsin: 22Illinois: 25.6Kentucky: 26.5Arkansas: 19.9Tennessee: 20.7West Virginia: 31Indiana: 18.8Alaska: 24.2Hawaii: 27.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 11.4 to 17.7 %
  • Group 2: 17.7 to 20.7 %
  • Group 3: 20.7 to 24 %
  • Group 4: 24 to 26.5 %
  • Highest: 26.5 to 34.5 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1New Mexico34.5
2District of Columbia31.1
3West Virginia31
4Louisiana30.5
5Hawaii27.8
5Mississippi27.8
5Oklahoma27.8
8New York27.6
9Oregon27.4
10Pennsylvania26.9
11Kentucky26.5
12Michigan25.9
13Alabama25.7
14Illinois25.6
15California25.2
16Massachusetts25.1
17Nevada25
18Rhode Island24.4
19Alaska24.2
20Florida24.1
21Georgia24
22North Carolina23.5
23Ohio23.1
24Washington22.8
25Maine22.5
26Texas22.2
27Wisconsin22
28Arizona21.3
28South Carolina21.3
30Maryland21.1
31Tennessee20.7
32Connecticut20.6
33Missouri20.1
34Arkansas19.9
35South Dakota19.1
36Indiana18.8
37New Jersey18.1
38Vermont17.8
39Delaware17.7
39Nebraska17.7
39Virginia17.7
42Colorado17.5
43Minnesota17
44Montana16.2
44New Hampshire16.2
46Iowa15.9
47Idaho15.7
48Wyoming14.4
49North Dakota13.9
50Kansas13.4
51Utah11.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09010: Receipt of SSI, cash public assistance income, or Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months by household type for children under 18 years in households. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of children in households receiving SSI, cash aid or SNAP (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B09010: Receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash public assistance income, or Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months by household type for children under 18 years in households; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-children-in-households-receiving-ssi-cash-aid-or-snap/

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