Average monthly food stamp benefits per person, fiscal 1980-2007
Year
Average monthly FSP benefits per person
Annual CPI food and beverage
Adjusted benefits per person (2007 dollars)
$ Dollars
1980
34.47
86.7
80.84
1981
39.49
93.5
85.87
1982
39.17
97.3
81.85
1983
42.98
99.5
87.83
1984
42.74
103.2
84.21
1985
44.99
105.6
86.63
1986
45.49
109.1
84.78
1987
45.78
113.5
82.02
1988
49.83
118.2
85.72
1989
51.85
124.9
84.41
1990
58.92
132.1
90.69
1991
63.86
136.8
94.92
1992
68.57
138.7
100.52
1993
67.96
141.6
97.58
1994
69.01
144.9
96.83
1995
71.26
148.9
97.31
1996
73.21
153.7
96.86
1997
71.27
157.7
91.89
1998
71.12
161.1
89.76
1999
72.27
164.6
89.27
2000
72.62
168.4
87.68
2001
74.81
173.6
87.62
2002
79.67
176.8
91.63
2003
83.90
180.5
94.52
2004
85.99
186.6
93.70
2005
92.57
191.2
98.45
2006
94.32
195.7
98.00
2007
95.63
203.3
95.63
Note: Fiscal 2007 food stamp data are preliminary and subject to revision.
Sources: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
Base period = 1982-1984, CPI for food and beverages, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted.
FNS data as of July 2008.
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