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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program)

Share of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households by type of income, FY 2016

SNAP/FSP participants, people in poverty, and unemployed people, 1980-2016

Average monthly SNAP/FSP benefits per person, fiscal 1980-2017

Distribution of SNAP/FSP participants by age and year

Number of SNAP/FSP households with earnings and welfare benefits, fiscal 1989-2016

SNAP/FSP participants and eligible people, fiscal 1994-2015

SNAP/FSP participation rates by group, fiscal 2002-2014

Number of SNAP/FSP households by household composition, fiscal 1989-2016

Share of SNAP/FSP households by household composition, fiscal 1989-2016

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