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Resource | Research | Participation Characteristics Characteristics of SNAP Households: FY 2012

This annual report provides details on the demographic characteristics and economic circumstances of SNAP households at both the national and the state level.  In 2012, one-person households comprised more than half the caseload (50.3 percent) and the average SNAP household benefit declined by $7 to $274. 

02/20/2014
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