% OF POPULATION SOCIAL SECURITY
RECEIVING PUBLIC FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS MEDICARE
AID (AFDC & SSI) RECIPIENTS (BENEFICIARIES) ENROLLMENT 2/
1994 1/ 1996 1995 1996
STATE PERCENT RANK (THOUS.) RANK (THOUS.) RANK (THOUS.) RANK
Alabama 6.8 23 509 16 776 19 651 19
Alaska 7.4 16 46 49 45 51 35 51
Arizona 6.5 28 427 20 703 22 614 21
Arkansas 6.6 27 274 30 503 30 427 31
California 11.7 2 3,143 1 3,984 1 3,690 1
Colorado 4.7 42 244 31 495 31 432 30
Connecticut 6.4 30 223 33 566 27 506 26
Delaware 5.2 38 58 45 122 46 103 46
D.C. 16.7 1 93 41 78 49 77 49
Florida 6.8 25 1,371 4 2,984 2 2,655 2
Georgia 8.2 13 793 9 1,010 12 849 12
Hawaii 6.9 24 130 37 166 43 153 42
Idaho 3.4 51 80 43 178 42 153 43
Illinois 8.3 12 1,105 6 1,829 7 1,623 7
Indiana 5.2 39 390 21 962 14 830 15
Iowa 5.4 36 177 34 540 29 475 28
Kansas 4.7 43 172 35 434 33 385 33
Kentucky 9.3 7 478 17 712 21 596 23
Louisiana 9.7 5 670 10 702 23 586 24
Maine 7.4 17 131 36 237 37 205 37
Maryland 5.9 34 375 22 679 24 610 22
Massachusetts 7.5 15 374 23 1,049 11 942 11
Michigan 9.1 8 935 8 1,594 8 1,361 8
Minnesota 5.4 37 295 27 713 20 636 20
Mississippi 10.9 3 457 19 495 32 402 32
Missouri 7.0 21 554 13 968 13 838 13
Montana 5.6 35 71 44 152 44 132 44
Nebraska 4.0 46 102 39 282 35 250 35
Nevada 3.8 48 97 40 229 38 202 38
New Hampshire 3.5 50 53 47 186 41 159 41
New Jersey 6.0 33 541 14 1,310 9 1,177 9
New Mexico 8.7 10 235 32 258 36 216 36
New York 10.0 4 2,099 3 2,972 3 2,653 3
North Carolina 7.2 18 631 12 1,232 10 1,049 10
North Dakota 3.9 47 40 50 116 47 103 47
Ohio 8.1 14 1,045 7 1,913 6 1,676 6
Oklahoma 6.2 32 354 25 575 26 492 27
Oregon 5.1 40 288 28 544 28 472 29
Pennsylvania 7.2 19 1,124 5 2,332 5 2,078 5
Rhode Island 8.6 11 91 42 190 40 169 40
SOUTH CAROLINA 6.7 26 358 24 625 25 520 25
South Dakota 4.4 45 49 48 136 45 117 45
Tennessee 9.0 9 638 11 926 16 783 16
Texas 6.3 31 2,372 2 2,470 4 2,117 4
Utah 3.6 49 110 38 224 39 191 39
Vermont 7.0 22 56 46 98 48 84 48
Virginia 4.8 41 538 15 949 15 833 14
Washington 7.1 20 476 18 793 18 699 18
West Virginia 9.6 6 300 26 384 34 331 34
Wisconsin 6.5 29 283 29 884 17 767 17
Wyoming 4.5 44 33 51 71 50 61 50
UNITED STATES 7.7 X 25,485 X 42,372 X 37,169 X
1/: Based on estimated resident population as of July 1.2/: Hospital and/or medical insurance enrollment as of July 1.
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