Food Stamps Charts
These charts show the number of Americans receiving food stamps as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. As of the latest data released on January 10, 2014, the total is 47.4 million, which is more than the entire populations of many large nations.
The first chart shows monthly totals over the last several years (click charts to enlarge):
The second chart shows annual totals back to 1975:
Since the year 2000, the annual total has only declined once, in 2007. (Note: The chart above is the average size of the food-stamp population over the year.)
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