SNAP Data

Courtesy of today's Wall Street Journal, a few statistics about SNAP or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Formerly known as Food Stamps.

Throughout the U.S., 47,791,996 people are on SNAP, which is 15% of the population.

In New York State, 16% of the population are on SNAP.

In New Jersey, 10% of the population are on SNAP.

In Mississippi, 23% of the population are on SNAP.

In North Dakota, 8% of the population are on SNAP.

In California, 11% of the population are on SNAP.

In Louisiana, 21% of the population are on SNAP.

In 2012, about 75 billion dollars was spent on SNAP.

In 2007, about 30 billion dollars was spent on SNAP.

The average monthly benefit for SNAP nationally in 2012 was $133 a month or about $4.43 a day.

Roughly 45% of all SNAP recipients are children.

Without SNAP, tens of millions of Americans would be significantly undernourished, reducing their ability to concentrate, work well, or learn.

With SNAP, many Americans are still more undernourished than they should be, but most have enough to eat in order to concentrate, work well, and learn.

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