From my blog, see link for additional data and analysis: https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/who-actually-receives-snap
Data source: USDA. Made with datawrapper.
I’m sure you all have heard about SNAP in the news over the last week! I did a deep dive into the data to show who uses SNAP, including the different demographics, citizenship status, and how much participants earn and receive from the program.
New Mexico has the highest participation rate at about 21% of their population on SNAP. Wyoming, Utah, and New Hampshire had some of the lowest rates.
US citizens also make up about 95% of all participants in the program.
See the blog post for the interactive version of the map as well as additional breakdowns of the data!
by Public_Finance_Guy
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Wow, they still call it New Mexico? Surprised it hasn’t been dictated to be New Central State. /s
Top five states that use snap
New Mexico: 24.3%
Louisiana: 19.5%
West Virginia: 18.2%
Oklahoma: 17.2%
Oregon: 17.0%
Red states have the highest use of snap in the country. the ethnicity that uses it the most: “Non-Hispanic White people accounted for 44.6%” nearly half!
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/19/what-the-data-says-about-food-stamps-in-the-u-s/
This probably should be cast as ‘per household’
Hitting all the states that voted for him. SAD
Puzzled: why is Oregon so high?
We better get on this quick, we all remember what happened last time a guy in New Mexico got desperate
Now show it as total percent of the program costs.
Imagine if this was adjusted for how much these states contribute to these programs too. Would pain a VERY interesting picture.
The whole point of this was to show that white people use SNAP and red states are poor…I think the front page is more your speed OP