Distribution of SNAP participants by age, fiscal year 2023
- by Jordan W. Jones
- 7/24/2025
In fiscal year 2023, children accounted for about 39 percent of all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. Children younger than 5 made up about 11 percent of participants, while school-age children made up 28 percent. Adults ages 18–59 represented 42 percent of SNAP participants in fiscal year 2023. The share of the SNAP caseload age 60 and older was about 19 percent in fiscal year 2023.