Where Has SNAP Use Increased the Most Amid the Pandemic?

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on millions of U.S. households, with record numbers of people out of work overnight and turning increasingly for help putting food on the table from the federal government's SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In April, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced emergency benefit increases had reached $2 billion per month, a 40% increase overall. State-by-state data shows where the number of households relying on SNAP rose the most between March and April — soaring as high as 89.6%. Here's a breakdown of increases in households turning to SNAP, from least to most.

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March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 256,568
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 246,944
Percent Change: Down 3.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 590,068
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 575,936
Percent Change: Down 2.4%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 619,829
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 615,245
Percent Change: Down 0.7%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 52,742
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 52,383
Percent Change: Down 0.7%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 96,280
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 95,764
Percent Change: Down 0.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 683,505
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 687,681
Percent Change: Up 0.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 36,529
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 37,326
Percent Change: Up 2.2%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 68,093
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 69,831
Percent Change: Up 2.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 11,540
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 11,983
Percent Change: Up 3.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 338,802
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 351,676
Percent Change: Up 3.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 39,656
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 41,354
Percent Change: Up 4.3%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 160,498
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 167,528
Percent Change: Up 4.4%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 211,990
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 222,008
Percent Change: Up 4.7%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 265,315
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 278,781
Percent Change: Up 5.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 71,475
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 75,434
Percent Change: Up 5.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 335,919
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 354,410
Percent Change: Up 5.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 413,054
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 435,894
Percent Change: Up 5.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 35,510
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 37,510
Percent Change: Up 5.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 942,908
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 995,550
Percent Change: Up 5.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 38,229
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 40,455
Percent Change: Up 5.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 269,553
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 285,941
Percent Change: Up 6.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 362,395
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 385,251
Percent Change: Up 6.3%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 70,664
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 76,281
Percent Change: Up 7.9%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 23,079
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 24,952
Percent Change: Up 8.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 223,689
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 241,755
Percent Change: Up 8.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 198,428
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 216,113
Percent Change: Up 8.9%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 86,222
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 93,984
Percent Change: Up 9%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 56,597
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 61,773
Percent Change: Up 9.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 337,891
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 368,664
Percent Change: Up 9.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 63,442
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 69,360
Percent Change: Up 9.3%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 200,956
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 221,456
Percent Change: Up 10.2%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 359,017
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 395,848
Percent Change: Up 10.3%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 2,176,481
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 2,404,044
Percent Change: Up 10.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 891,097
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 985,911
Percent Change: Up 10.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 141,217
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 158,591
Percent Change: Up 12.3%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 79,574
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 89,419
Percent Change: Up 12.4%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 471,415
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 530,262
Percent Change: Up 12.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 154,702
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 174,537
Percent Change: Up 12.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 227,106
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 258,935
Percent Change: Up 14%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,392,726
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,598,974
Percent Change: Up 14.8%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 325,328
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 374,439
Percent Change: Up 15.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 223,637
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 258,793
Percent Change:Up 15.7%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 311,401
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 360,937
Percent Change: Up 15.9%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 228,581
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 265,158
Percent Change: Up 16%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,449,861
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,748,329
Percent Change: Up 20.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 375,321
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 482,247
Percent Change: Up 28.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,476,054
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,907,699
Percent Change: Up 29.2%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 313,790
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 531,954
Percent Change: Up 69.5%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 88,195
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 152,229
Percent Change: Up 72.6%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 661,047
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 1,150,697
Percent Change: Up 74.1%

March 2020 households participating in SNAP: 484,644
April 2020 households participating in SNAP: 919,118
Percent Change: Up 89.6%