SNAP average monthly participation and inflation-adjusted annual program spending, FY 2000–22
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation averaged 41.2 million people per month in FY 2022, 0.8 percent lower than the previous fiscal year. This was the first decrease in participation since FY 2019. Federal spending on SNAP totaled $119.5 billion. Although spending on SNAP was nominally higher in FY 2022 than in FY 2021, inflation-adjusted spending was 1.1 percent lower than the record high of $120.8 billion set in FY 2021.
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