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SNAP benefits per person: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: SNAP benefits per person ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Safety-net and veterans' benefits per person by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Table SAINC35) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 283 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 455 $
RI 312 $
DE 251 $
CT 233 $
NJ 208 $
MD 241 $
MA 371 $
VT 238 $
NH 112 $

Lowest: 104 to 172 $
Group 2: 172 to 241 $
Group 3: 241 to 275 $
Group 4: 275 to 338 $
Highest: 338 to 489 $

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.

Note: BEA's state estimates for 2025 are preliminary and are revised each year.


1	Hawaii	489
2	New Mexico	477
3	District of Columbia	455
4	Oregon	407
5	Louisiana	397
6	New York	394
7	Oklahoma	384
8	Massachusetts	371
9	Alaska	359
10	Illinois	357
11	Alabama	338
12	Pennsylvania	334
13	California	327
14	West Virginia	324
15	Michigan	319
16	Nevada	313
17	Rhode Island	312
18	Georgia	303
19	Kentucky	281
20	Florida	278
21	Ohio	275
22	Mississippi	269
23	North Carolina	267
24	Washington	258
25	Missouri	256
26	Delaware	251
27	Maine	250
28	Arizona	248
29	Colorado	246
30	Texas	243
31	Maryland	241
32	Tennessee	239
33	Vermont	238
34	South Carolina	234
35	Connecticut	233
35	Wisconsin	233
37	New Jersey	208
38	Virginia	202
39	Indiana	201
40	South Dakota	196
41	Iowa	172
42	Arkansas	167
43	Nebraska	165
44	North Dakota	154
45	Minnesota	153
46	Montana	146
47	Idaho	144
48	Kansas	138
49	Utah	117
50	New Hampshire	112
51	Wyoming	104

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC35: Personal current transfer receipts
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Economic Accounts, Table SAINC1: Personal income summary: personal income, population, per capita personal income. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by SNAP benefits per person ($, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Data, SAINC35 Personal current transfer receipts and SAINC1 Personal income, population, per capita personal income (annual, by state); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-snap-benefits-per-person/

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