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THE STATES WITH THE MOST (AND FEWEST) PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS

By Kathy Morris writing at zippia.com

Summary Of Facts

  • Households must earn less than 130% of the poverty level to receive SNAP
  • A family of four would need to make $31,980 or less to receive SNAP benefits
  • The average household receives $256 a month to spend on food
  • Nationally, 12.4 percent of Americans receive food stamps to supplement their food
  • New Mexico has the highest percentage of food stamp recipients at 21.49%
  • California has the highest amount of food stamp recipients- 3,987,751

Here are the 10 states with the highest rate of food stamp (SNAP) recipients:

  1. New Mexico
  2. Louisiana
  3. Mississippi
  4. Oklahoma
  5. Alabama
  6. Oregon
  7. Rhode Island
  8. Illinois
  9. Nevada
  10. Pennsylvania
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