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Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: Charts

 
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Number of SNAP/FSP households with children, elderly, or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2009
 
Households with
Fiscal year
Elderly
Children
Disabled
Total households
 
Thousands
1989
1,393
4,359
657
7,217
1990
1,414
4,710
695
7,811
1991
1,462
5,353
798
8,863
1992
1,549
6,257
956
10,059
1993
1,673
6,701
1,155
10,791
1994
1,752
6,777
1,386
11,091
1995
1,741
6,497
2,057
10,883
1996
1,709
6,278
2,132
10,552
1997
1,664
5,511
2,108
9,452
1998
1,501
4,807
2,012
8,246
1999
1,542
4,272
2,025
7,670
2000
1,540
3,954
2,017
7,335
2001
1,520
3,993
2,064
7,450
2002
1,534
4,437
2,214
8,201
2003
1,615
4,907
2,090
8,971
2004
1,742
5,468
2,306
10,070
2005
1,856
5,839
2,507
10,854
2006
2,025
5,906
2,614
11,315
2007
2,065
5,927
2,767
11,790
2008
2,312
6,342
2,821
12,465
2009
2,480
7,474
3,172
14,981
 

Note: Households may belong to more than one category.

Source: Prepared by ERS using annually tabulated results from program quality control samples. See the series "Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households" at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/menu/Published/SNAP/SNAPPartHH.htm.

Data as of October 2010.



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Updated date: March 18, 2011