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High Performance Bonus Awards Year 2004

 

Table 5

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2004
Food Stamp Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2004 and CY 2003 Performance and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2004 over CY 2003 Performance (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2004 over CY 2003
CY 2004 CY 2003
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average** 37.40 . 35.14 . 2.26 .
Alabama 40.07 24 48.78 8 (8.71) 49
Alaska 38.60 32 31.25 39 7.35 7
Arizona 39.19 27 35.86 32 3.33 25
Arkansas 49.95 6 47.19 9 2.76 28
California 23.73 49 23.24 49 0.49 37
Colorado 30.50 45 25.02 47 5.48 17
Connecticut 34.10 40 27.63 44 6.47 9
Delaware 51.56 3 38.92 21 12.64 1
Dist. of Col. 34.19 39 49.85 6 (15.66) 51
Florida 29.64 46 26.53 45 3.11 27
Georgia 40.73 22 36.40 30 4.33 20
Guam *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hawaii 41.77 20 38.41 25 3.36 24
Idaho 38.97 29 35.10 34 3.87 22
Illinois 37.45 34 38.63 23 (1.18) 40
Indiana 33.48 42 40.17 17 (6.69) 48
Iowa 38.66 31 40.82 15 (2.16) 43
Kansas 36.22 35 30.70 40 5.52 16
Kentucky 51.48 4 55.13 3 (3.65) 44
Louisiana 49.36 8 48.91 7 0.45 38
Maine 61.70 1 62.02 1 (0.32) 39
Maryland 38.06 33 31.60 38 6.46 10
Massachusetts 27.26 48 29.00 42 (1.74) 42
Michigan 46.02 14 44.47 11 1.55 34
Minnesota 43.23 19 30.67 41 12.56 2
Mississippi 47.97 10 38.81 22 9.16 4
Missouri 49.83 7 44.12 12 5.71 14
Montana 50.14 5 41.93 13 8.21 5
Nebraska 40.26 23 38.51 24 1.75 33
Nevada 23.47 50 25.01 48 (1.54) 41
New Hampshire 31.48 44 26.17 46 5.31 18
New Jersey 22.69 51 20.33 51 2.36 29
New Mexico 40.99 21 36.37 31 4.62 19
New York 33.63 41 31.64 37 1.99 32
North Carolina 35.49 37 34.05 35 1.44 35
North Dakota 47.68 11 41.30 14 6.38 11
Ohio 45.81 15 39.69 18 6.12 12
Oklahoma 47.32 12 39.25 20 8.07 6
Oregon 46.74 13 50.83 4 (4.09) 45
Pennsylvania 44.66 17 37.48 28 7.18 8
Puerto Rico *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rhode Island 38.95 30 27.84 43 11.11 3
South Carolina 36.22 35 40.78 16 (4.56) 46
South Dakota 33.10 43 39.36 19 (6.26) 47
Tennessee 54.59 2 50.41 5 4.18 21
Texas 39.03 28 35.76 33 3.27 26
Utah 27.69 47 22.12 50 5.57 15
Vermont 49.15 9 45.34 10 3.81 23
Virgin Islands *** *** *** *** *** ***
Virginia 34.21 38 33.43 36 0.78 36
Washington 39.69 25 37.50 27 2.19 30
West Virginia 45.70 16 56.19 2 (10.49) 50
Wisconsin 39.51 26 37.37 29 2.14 31
Wyoming 43.91 18 37.91 26 6.00 13
* Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Only calendar year data are available. Rate is the number of low-income working households with children under 18 (i.e., in households with income less than 130% of poverty and earnings equal to at least half-time full-year Federal minimum wage) receiving food stamps as a percentage of the number of households (as defined here) in the State.
** U.S. Average excludes Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
*** State not participating. 



This is a Historical Document.