Ranking of US States By Number of Households and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of US households who received Food Stamps or SNAP was 11.37% (i.e. 14,105,231 households). Percentagewise, among all US states, New Mexico had the highest percentage of its households that received Food Stamps (17.54%), followed by West Virginia (16.41%), and Louisiana (15.71%).
In numerical terms, California had the highest number of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP (1,259,489), followed by Texas (1,178,059), and Florida (1,079,253).
For the District of Columbia, there were 38,881 households that received Food Stamps (i.e. 12.54% of DC households).
The charts below shows the top 10 states by the number of households and percentage of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP. The tables below show the ranking for all states.
| Rank | State | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 17.54 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 16.41 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 15.71 |
| 4 | Oregon | 14.74 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 14.72 |
| 6 | New York | 14.28 |
| 7 | Mississippi | 14.02 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 13.40 |
| 9 | Alabama | 13.26 |
| 10 | Florida | 13.23 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 12.70 |
| 12 | Illinois | 12.59 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 12.58 |
| 14 | Michigan | 12.55 |
| 15 | Ohio | 12.36 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 12.20 |
| 17 | Maine | 12.14 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 12.14 |
| 18 | North Carolina | 12.06 |
| 19 | Georgia | 11.92 |
| 20 | Nevada | 11.79 |
| 21 | Texas | 11.51 |
| 22 | Connecticut | 11.48 |
| 23 | Arkansas | 11.32 |
| 24 | Washington | 11.21 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 10.69 |
| 26 | Hawaii | 10.68 |
| 27 | Delaware | 10.48 |
| 28 | Maryland | 10.39 |
| 29 | Alaska | 10.37 |
| 30 | Vermont | 10.30 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 10.23 |
| 32 | Arizona | 10.22 |
| 33 | Missouri | 10.15 |
| 34 | Iowa | 9.58 |
| 35 | California | 9.53 |
| 36 | Indiana | 9.04 |
| 37 | Montana | 9.01 |
| 38 | Idaho | 8.70 |
| 39 | South Dakota | 8.41 |
| 40 | New Jersey | 8.36 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 8.02 |
| 42 | Virginia | 8.01 |
| 43 | Minnesota | 7.51 |
| 44 | Colorado | 7.37 |
| 45 | Kansas | 7.10 |
| 46 | North Dakota | 6.44 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 6.14 |
| 48 | Utah | 5.93 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 5.16 |
| Rank | State | Number of Households |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 1259489 |
| 2 | Texas | 1178059 |
| 3 | Florida | 1079253 |
| 4 | New York | 1075247 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 689731 |
| 6 | Illinois | 620895 |
| 7 | Ohio | 587542 |
| 8 | Michigan | 499148 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 486376 |
| 10 | Georgia | 463135 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 331259 |
| 12 | Washington | 328707 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 323488 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 283817 |
| 15 | Louisiana | 274650 |
| 16 | Arizona | 274294 |
| 17 | Virginia | 260305 |
| 18 | Alabama | 252371 |
| 19 | Missouri | 246960 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 245721 |
| 21 | Oregon | 244344 |
| 22 | Maryland | 238288 |
| 23 | Indiana | 236989 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 222089 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 211210 |
| 26 | Oklahoma | 189183 |
| 27 | Minnesota | 167348 |
| 28 | Colorado | 164109 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 160416 |
| 30 | Mississippi | 155434 |
| 31 | New Mexico | 139875 |
| 32 | Nevada | 134616 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 131179 |
| 34 | Iowa | 122182 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 116700 |
| 36 | Kansas | 80910 |
| 37 | Maine | 69349 |
| 38 | Rhode Island | 62811 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 61513 |
| 40 | Utah | 61243 |
| 41 | Idaho | 57134 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 51080 |
| 43 | Delaware | 39952 |
| 44 | Montana | 39319 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 33190 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 29089 |
| 47 | Vermont | 27047 |
| 48 | Alaska | 27017 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 20390 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 11897 |