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Table 5:8 (FY 2002)

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2002
Food Stamp Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2002 and CY 2001 Performance and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2002 over CY 2001 Performance (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2002 over CY 2001
CY 2002 CY 2001
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average 33.84   33.15   0.69  
Alabama 32.25 32 36.82 25 (4.57) 43
Alaska ** ** 32.51 33 ** **
Arizona 31.97 34 28.64 41 3.33 17
Arkansas 45.03 7 43.98 4 1.05 28
California 27.43 44 25.33 44 2.10 23
Colorado 25.88 45 24.50 45 1.38 25
Connecticut 30.92 36 32.36 35 (1.44) 35
Delaware 43.67 8 35.24 28 8.43 2
Dist. of Col. 53.90 1 41.23 11 12.67 1
Florida 29.33 41 23.91 46 5.42 13
Georgia 31.71 35 29.27 40 2.44 21
Guam ** ** ** ** ** **
Hawaii 42.29 11 41.07 12 1.22 26
Idaho 25.08 47 40.92 13 (15.84) 48
Illinois 34.40 28 35.64 27 (1.24) 33
Indiana 38.14 23 34.32 31 3.82 15
Iowa 39.09 18 36.97 23 2.12 22
Kansas 34.25 29 27.45 42 6.80 8
Kentucky 47.80 3 40.68 14 7.12 5
Louisiana 42.54 10 39.09 19 3.45 16
Maine 49.99 2 43.17 5 6.82 7
Maryland 32.33 31 36.93 24 (4.60) 44
Massachusetts 19.36 49 23.81 47 (4.45) 42
Michigan 40.14 16 38.30 21 1.84 24
Minnesota 38.84 20 32.47 34 6.37 10
Mississippi 41.71 12 38.82 20 2.89 19
Missouri 35.72 27 42.11 10 (6.39) 45
Montana 41.57 13 42.92 7 (1.35) 34
Nebraska 38.66 22 42.98 6 (4.32) 41
Nevada 22.20 48 15.26 50 6.94 6
New Hampshire 28.16 43 19.90 49 8.26 4
New Jersey 25.28 46 27.30 43 (2.02) 37
New Mexico 29.76 39 31.53 37 (1.77) 36
New York ** ** ** ** ** **
North Carolina 36.52 26 29.74 39 6.78 9
North Dakota 32.11 33 31.90 36 0.21 30
Ohio 37.88 24 40.10 16 (2.22) 38
Oklahoma 45.53 4 39.51 17 6.02 12
Oregon 43.10 9 46.90 1 (3.80) 40
Pennsylvania 40.38 15 39.44 18 0.94 29
Puerto Rico ** ** ** ** ** **
Rhode Island 37.32 25 37.61 22 (0.29) 31
South Carolina 38.72 21 34.59 30 4.13 14
South Dakota 40.85 14 34.73 29 6.12 11
Tennessee 45.29 5 44.20 3 1.09 27
Texas 30.21 38 32.55 32 (2.34) 39
Utah 28.77 42 20.50 48 8.27 3
Vermont 39.00 19 46.84 2 (7.84) 46
Virgin Islands ** ** ** ** ** **
Virginia 30.57 37 40.66 15 (10.09) 47
Washington 39.80 17 36.75 26 3.05 18
West Virginia 45.29 6 42.65 9 2.64 20
Wisconsin 29.68 40 30.74 38 (1.06) 32
Wyoming 34.24 30 ** ** ** **
*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.
**State not participating.

Last Updated on 12/12/2008
By ACF

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