Food Stamp Usage Hits Record 39 Million

By Mish

Food stamp usage is up again except the program is now called SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Inquiring minds are looking at a SNAP Participation Table that shows a record 39,430,724 receive SNAP benefits, a 22.4% increase from a year ago.

Biggest State Increases

Arizona – 32.9%
Colorado – 32.9%
Florida – 38.6%
Idaho – 45.7%
Nevada – 46.9%
Rhode Island – 42.4%
South Dakota – 32.6%
Utah – 37.3%
Wisconsin – 38.9%
Wyoming – 40.0%

Those numbers are as of January 2010

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