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| State | Number of people on food stamps Nov. 2010 | Percent of population on food stamps | Year-over-year increase in percent of population on food stamps | Year-over-year rise in umber of people on food stamps |
| U.S. | 43,595,794 | 14.1% | 1.8 | 5,411,796 |
| Alabama | 863,606 | 18.1% | 1.8 | 85,934 |
| Alaska | 79,242 | 11.2% | 1.4 | 10,194 |
| Arizona | 1,050,181 | 16.4% | 1.0 | 63,905 |
| Arkansas | 487,786 | 16.7% | 1.1 | 32,393 |
| California | 3,521,881 | 9.5% | 1.3 | 480,231 |
| Colorado | 435,306 | 8.7% | 1.1 | 55,350 |
| Connecticut | 370,665 | 10.4% | 1.6 | 56,826 |
| Delaware | 129,049 | 14.4% | 2.9 | 26,179 |
| District of Columbia | 131,611 | 21.9% | 3.0 | 17,939 |
| Florida | 2,994,413 | 15.9% | 3.0 | 563,646 |
| Georgia | 1,732,865 | 17.9% | 2.3 | 226,054 |
| Hawaii | 153,018 | 11.2% | 1.6 | 21,657 |
| Idaho | 219,271 | 14.0% | 3.1 | 48,309 |
| Illinois | 1,732,169 | 13.5% | 1.3 | 162,844 |
| Indiana | 863,489 | 13.3% | 1.3 | 82,069 |
| Iowa | 351,898 | 11.6% | 0.8 | 24,412 |
| Kansas | 295,787 | 10.4% | 1.4 | 41,118 |
| Kentucky | 813,041 | 18.7% | 1.3 | 55,390 |
| Louisiana | 866,905 | 19.1% | 1.4 | 64,496 |
| Maine | 241,117 | 18.2% | 1.6 | 21,255 |
| Maryland | 643,651 | 11.1% | 2.0 | 116,540 |
| Massachusetts | 799,770 | 12.2% | 1.2 | 79,259 |
| Michigan | 1,920,330 | 19.4% | 2.4 | 240,584 |
| Minnesota | 473,776 | 8.9% | 1.3 | 67,463 |
| Mississippi | 612,889 | 20.7% | 1.5 | 43,537 |
| Missouri | 931,933 | 15.6% | 0.9 | 54,087 |
| Montana | 120,013 | 12.1% | 1.4 | 13,670 |
| Nebraska | 170,731 | 9.3% | 0.9 | 16,057 |
| Nevada | 322,950 | 12.0% | 2.5 | 68,574 |
| New Hampshire | 111,518 | 8.5% | 1.1 | 14,789 |
| New Jersey | 706,702 | 8.0% | 1.5 | 127,748 |
| New Mexico | 399,454 | 19.4% | 3.2 | 64,917 |
| New York | 2,934,493 | 15.1% | 1.6 | 311,229 |
| North Carolina | 1,531,255 | 16.1% | 2.6 | 246,098 |
| North Dakota | 60,681 | 9.0% | 0.4 | 2,507 |
| Ohio | 1,772,608 | 15.4% | 2.0 | 230,378 |
| Oklahoma | 615,191 | 16.4% | 1.4 | 51,831 |
| Oregon | 749,498 | 19.6% | 2.0 | 77,462 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,673,714 | 13.2% | 1.3 | 165,619 |
| Rhode Island | 154,031 | 14.6% | 2.6 | 27,161 |
| South Carolina | 839,109 | 18.1% | 1.5 | 67,569 |
| South Dakota | 99,826 | 12.3% | 1.1 | 9,316 |
| Tennessee | 1,264,407 | 19.9% | 1.2 | 78,616 |
| Texas | 3,925,119 | 15.6% | 2.8 | 697,058 |
| Utah | 268,216 | 9.7% | 1.9 | 53,455 |
| Vermont | 89,316 | 14.3% | 1.0 | 5,974 |
| Virginia | 837,005 | 10.5% | 1.0 | 83,970 |
| Washington | 1,019,791 | 15.2% | 1.8 | 122,678 |
| West Virginia | 345,683 | 18.7% | 0.7 | 13,318 |
| Wisconsin | 771,413 | 13.6% | 1.9 | 109,383 |
| Wyoming | 35,924 | 6.4% | 0.6 | 3,592 |
Sources: USDA, WSJ Research
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