Report Series - Estimates of State SNAP Participation Rates (Reaching Those in Need)

Series Overview

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition assistance to eligible, low-income individuals and households. SNAP is the largest domestic nutrition assistance program we administer.

We publish SNAP participation rates for each state, which are estimated percentages of all people who are eligible for SNAP who participate in the program. For most years, we also estimate participation rates for “working poor” people, who are eligible people that live in households with income from a job.

In the list below, you can access published reports that go back to 1994. Each link includes a Reaching Those in Need research brief, and a technical report detailing the methodology used.

Series Reports

Publication date is included in parenthesis next to each fiscal year (FY).

FY 2022 (February 2025)
FY 2021 (no report)¹
FY 2020 (August 2023)
FY 2019 (February 2023)
FY 2018 (May 2021)
FY 2017 (August 2020)

FY 2016 (March 2019)
FY 2015 (June 2018)
FY 2014 (January 2017)
FY 2013 (February 2016)
FY 2012 (February 2015)
FY 2011 (March 2014)
FY 2010 (February 2013)

FY 2009 (February 2012)
FY 2008 (February 2011)
FY 2007 (June 2010)
FY 2006 (February 2009)
FY 2005 (April 2008)
FY 2004 (April 2007)
FY 2003 (July 2006)

FY 2002 (October 2005)
FY 2001 (July 2004)
FY 2000 (March 2003)
FY 1999 (October 2002)
FY 1998 (October 2011)
September 1997 (July 2000)
January 1994 (March 1998)

¹There was no report for FY 2021 because data were incomplete due to COVID-19 pandemic-related administrative waivers in place through most of the year.