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| Number of SNAP/FSP households with children or with elderly or disabled members, fiscal 1989-2009 |
Fiscal
year |
Households with
|
All other
households |
Total
households |
elderly |
children |
disabled |
| |
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 |
1,667 |
5,508 |
2,108 |
1,307 |
9,452 |
1998 |
1,500 |
4,806 |
2,015 |
980 |
8,246 |
1999 |
1,543 |
4,275 |
2,031 |
861 |
7,670 |
2000 |
1,542 |
3,955 |
2,017 |
837 |
7,335 |
2001 |
1,520 |
3,993 |
2,064 |
898 |
7,450 |
2002 |
1,534 |
4,437 |
2,214 |
1,089 |
8,201 |
2003 |
1,615 |
4,907 |
2,090 |
1,290 |
8,971 |
2004 |
1,742 |
5,468 |
2,306 |
1,564 |
10,070 |
2005 |
1,856 |
5,839 |
2,507 |
1,722 |
10,854 |
2006 |
2,025 |
5,906 |
2,614 |
1,827 |
11,315 |
2007 |
2,065 |
5,927 |
2,767 |
1,918 |
11,790 |
2008 |
2,312 |
6,342 |
2,821 |
2,164 |
12,465 |
2009 |
2,480 |
7,474 |
3,172 |
3,083 |
14,981 |
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— = Not available.
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.
Data as of October 2010. |
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