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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Census

American Community Survey Briefs (ACSBR)

ACSBR 10/08

Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Months for Households by State: 2009 and 2010 [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-08.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

This brief, based on the 2009 and 2010 American Community Survey estimates, examines changes at the state level in receipt of food stamps/SNAP between 2009 and 2010.

Highlights:

• In 2010, 13.6 million households reported receiving food stamp/SNAP benefits during the past 12 months.
• The state with the highest food stamp/SNAP participation was Oregon with 17.9 percent.  Other states among the highest food stamp/SNAP participation included Tennessee and Michigan.
• States with the lowest food stamp/SNAP participation rates included California, New Jersey and Wyoming.
• There were 16 states in which the increase in food stamp/SNAP receipt was larger than the national increase of 16.2 percent, and 15 states and the District of Columbia had increases that were smaller than the national increase.

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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 262-6041               
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
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