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Interactive Map of SNAP Usage by County (New York Times, November 29, 2009)

The SNAP program (Food Stamps) now helps feed 1 in 8 Americans and 1 in 4 children across the United States. Nonetheless, there are wide disparities across states in the percentage of eligible people receiving aid.

Food security

The SNAP program (Food Stamps) now helps feed 1 in 8 Americans and 1 in 4 children across the United States.  Nonetheless, there are wide disparities across states in the percentage of eligible people receiving aid.  To see SNAP usage by county and race and change in usage rates since 2007, see this map at the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/28/us/20091128-foodstamps.html