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Table 5:8 (FY 2003)

High Performance Bonus Awards for Performance Year 2003
Food Stamp Measure*
Rates and Ranks of CY 2003 and CY 2002 Performance and
Percentage Point Changes of CY 2003 over CY 2002 Performance (in percent)
State Performance Percentage Point Change
CY 2003 over CY 2002
CY 2003 CY 2002
Rate Rank Rate Rank Change Rank
U.S. Average 35.14   33.84   1.30  
Alabama 48.78 8 32.25 32 16.53 1
Alaska 31.25 38 36.19 ** (4.94) 45
Arizona 35.86 31 31.97 34 3.89 18
Arkansas 47.19 9 45.03 7 2.16 22
California 23.24 48 27.43 44 (4.19) 43
Colorado 25.02 46 25.88 45 (0.86) 31
Connecticut 27.63 43 30.92 36 (3.29) 39
Delaware 38.92 21 43.67 8 (4.75) 44
Dist. of Col. 49.85 6 53.90 1 (4.05) 42
Florida 26.53 44 29.33 41 (2.80) 36
Georgia 36.40 29 31.71 35 4.69 16
Guam ** ** ** ** ** **
Hawaii 38.41 24 42.29 11 (3.88) 41
Idaho 35.10 33 25.08 47 10.02 4
Illinois ** ** 34.40 28 ** **
Indiana 40.17 17 38.14 23 2.03 24
Iowa 40.82 15 39.09 18 1.73 26
Kansas 30.70 39 34.25 29 (3.55) 40
Kentucky 55.13 3 47.80 3 7.33 10
Louisiana 48.91 7 42.54 10 6.37 12
Maine 62.02 1 49.99 2 12.03 2
Maryland 31.60 37 32.33 31 (0.73) 30
Massachusetts 29.00 41 19.36 49 9.64 5
Michigan 44.47 11 40.14 16 4.33 17
Minnesota 30.67 40 38.84 20 (8.17) 49
Mississippi 38.81 22 41.71 12 (2.90) 37
Missouri 44.12 12 35.72 27 8.40 7
Montana 41.93 13 41.57 13 0.36 27
Nebraska 38.51 23 38.66 22 (0.15) 28
Nevada 25.01 47 22.20 48 2.81 21
New Hampshire 26.17 45 28.16 43 (1.99) 33
New Jersey 20.33 50 25.28 46 (4.95) 46
New Mexico 36.37 30 29.76 39 6.61 11
New York 31.64 36 32.24 ** (0.60) 29
North Carolina 34.05 34 36.52 26 (2.47) 35
North Dakota 41.30 14 32.11 33 9.19 6
Ohio 39.69 18 37.88 24 1.81 25
Oklahoma 39.25 20 45.53 4 (6.28) 47
Oregon 50.83 4 43.10 9 7.73 8
Pennsylvania 37.48 27 40.38 15 (2.90) 38
Puerto Rico ** ** ** ** ** **
Rhode Island 27.84 42 37.32 25 (9.48) 50
South Carolina 40.78 16 38.72 21 2.06 23
South Dakota 39.36 19 40.85 14 (1.49) 32
Tennessee 50.41 5 45.29 5 5.12 15
Texas 35.76 32 30.21 38 5.55 14
Utah 22.12 49 28.77 42 (6.65) 48
Vermont 45.34 10 39.00 19 6.34 13
Virgin Islands ** ** ** ** ** **
Virginia 33.43 35 30.57 37 2.86 20
Washington 37.50 26 39.80 17 (2.30) 34
West Virginia 56.19 2 45.29 6 10.90 3
Wisconsin 37.37 28 29.68 40 7.69 9
Wyoming 37.91 25 34.24 30 3.67 19
*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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