The most recent year for which data are available (2010) shows the highest number of participants in the Food Stamp (now called SNAP) program’s history, at 40.3 million participants on average per month. The average monthly number of SNAP participants has grown by 234% since 2000. http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/SNAPsummary.htm
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Data from the Current Population Survey show that more households sought additional food resources from public and private sources during the recession. Since 2001, the number of households that reported obtaining emergency food from a food pantry has risen, with the largest increase occurring between 2007 and 2009.
About six million Americans receiving Food Stamps (SNAP) report no other income, an increase of about 50% over the past two years.
A new analysis of county-level SNAP (Food Stamps) usage across the country shows widespread change. With more than 36 million recipients, the program is expanding at a rate of about 20,000 people per day.
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.
The monthly number of people receiving SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps) has risen in almost every month since February 2007, from 26.2 million to 35.1 million in June 2009. The number of households receiving SNAP has increased from 11.6 million to 15.9 million during the same time period. In just the past year (since June…
The number of households receiving food assistance in Michigan grew steadily from 2006 to 2008
After increasing 145% from January 2000 to January 2009, the Michigan food assistance caseload continued to increase through May 2009, with a total of 718,277 cases. The table below shows the number of food assistance cases per county.
The Food Assistance Landscape, recently released by the USDA, covers recent trends from the Food and Nutrition Service. It reports that the 11% increase in expenditures for food assistance programs in fiscal year 2008 was the largest percentage increase in 16 years. While SNAP accounts for 62% of spending, WIC was the fastest growing food assistance…
The USDA’s Economic Research Service has recently released an illustrated guide to research findings on nutrition assistance programs, food insecurity, food prices, food spending, global food security, healthy eating, agriculture, and more. Some of the graphs from the report are excerpted below.