Government Data on Food Security and FSP

Food Stamp Program Participation Data:  state data on number of participants and households by month and fiscal year, average benefits, and total amount of benefits (from records kept by the states of actual issuances, not estimates)

Household Food Security in the United States, 2005, by Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson, Economic Research Report No. (ERR29) 65 pp, November 2006.  Annual report estimating food security, by state, based on Census Bureau data.

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: yearly report issued by FNS  including state data on demographics, sources of income, poverty status of food stamp participants (estimates based on data collected as part of the quality control process).

Federal and State Food Stamp Program Participation Rates:  FNS estimates of percentage of eligible people that participate in the Food Stamp Program.

• Nationwide data (includes subgroups, such as elderly, working poor, immigrants, etc):  Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2004
  Summary       Complete Report

• State data: Reaching Those In Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2004, FNS State-level estimates of percentage of eligible people and percentage of eligible working people that participate in the Food Stamp Program.
  Summary       Complete Report