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Working Poor Eligible for SNAP

2008

2009

2010

State or territory

Population estimate for July 1, 2012

Census population, April 1, 2010

Census population, April 1, 2000

Seats in U.S. House, 2013–2023

Presidential Electors 2012– 2020

2010 Census Pop. per House seat

2000 Census Pop. per House seat 2000

Census Pop. per Pres. Elector

Percent of total U.S. pop., 2010

Alabama	356,295	458,902	440,069
Alaska	35,294	45,946	47,596
Arizona	506,250	601,598	611,496
Arkansas	226,596	253,938	263,984
California	2,800,853	3,115,342	3,254,731
Colorado	247,305	343,529	290,641
Connecticut	135,317	123,199	126,710
Delaware	50,448	56,298	56,508
District of Columbia	36,731	35,615	39,500
Florida	1,148,582	1,350,878	1,315,852
Georgia	796,969	875,720	895,175
Hawaii	82,550	104,817	113,611
Idaho	100,125	117,277	139,738
Illinois	777,419	851,047	1,006,431
Indiana	381,851	408,053	485,766
Iowa	145,383	185,259	191,689
Kansas	217,686	206,954	218,747
Kentucky	305,238	331,957	370,181
Louisiana	446,787	439,783	498,995
Maine	65,110	67,499	70,799
Maryland	261,491	273,288	299,506
Massachusetts	255,716	298,889	339,341
Michigan	607,873	649,546	636,876
Minnesota	270,264	312,710	275,210
Mississippi	323,118	328,026	336,632
Missouri	370,492	468,218	427,212
Montana	44,989	55,089	57,301
Nebraska	104,380	108,723	110,738
Nevada	133,369	157,296	187,889
New Hampshire	36,339	46,044	40,659
New Jersey	324,132	338,853	399,702
New Mexico	186,899	192,196	181,020
New York	1,308,760	1,442,742	1,426,140
North Carolina	645,867	766,331	840,196
North Dakota	32,551	32,615	30,112
Ohio	618,959	700,804	785,175
Oklahoma	259,492	293,862	331,635
Oregon	206,218	227,903	255,567
Pennsylvania	576,204	563,468	579,966
Rhode Island	55,310	68,638	62,728
South Carolina	294,765	296,973	361,542
South Dakota	49,382	52,712	56,549
Tennessee	575,376	625,018	585,878
Texas	2,452,660	2,788,871	2,780,425
Utah	118,470	183,390	203,724
Vermont	26,010	30,260	32,862
Virginia	398,869	444,097	434,963
Washington	253,341	325,128	320,708
West Virginia	91,633	97,605	113,263
Wisconsin	307,499	293,345	300,894
Wyoming	23,524	22,340	26,797
United States	20,076,740	22,458,595	23,259,429
Wyoming	23,524	22,340	26,797

Alabama	4,822,023	4,779,736	4,447,100	7	9	682,819	635,300	494,122	1.53%
Alaska	731,449	710,231	626,932	1	3	710,231	626,932	208,977	0.23%
Arizona	6,553,255	6,392,017	5,130,632	9	11	799,002	641,329	513,063	2.04%
Arkansas	2,949,131	2,915,918	2,673,400	4	6	728,980	668,350	445,567	0.93%
California	38,041,430	37,253,956	33,871,648	53	55	702,905	639,088	615,848	11.91%
Colorado	5,187,582	5,029,196	4,301,261	7	9	720,704	614,466	477,918	1.61%
Connecticut	3,590,347	3,574,097	3,405,565	5	7	714,819	681,113	486,509	1.14%
Delaware	917,092	897,934	783,600	1	3	900,877	783,600	261,200	0.29%
District of Columbia	632,323	601,723	572,059	[6]	3	—	—	190,686	0.19%
Florida	19,317,568	18,801,310	15,982,378	27	29	752,052	639,295	591,940	6.01%
Georgia	9,919,945	9,687,653	8,186,453	14	16	745,204	629,727	545,764	3.10%
Hawaii	1,392,313	1,360,301	1,211,537	2	4	680,151	605,769	302,884	0.43%
Idaho	1,595,728	1,567,582	1,293,953	2	4	783,791	646,977	323,488	0.51%
Illinois	12,875,255	12,830,632	12,419,293	18	20	675,296	653,647	591,395	4.10%
Indiana	6,537,334	6,483,802	6,080,485	9	11	720,422	675,609	552,771	2.07%
Iowa	3,074,186	3,046,355	2,926,324	4	6	609,271	585,265	418,046	0.97%
Kansas	2,885,905	2,853,118	2,688,418	4	6	713,280	672,105	448,070	0.91%
Kentucky	4,380,415	4,339,367	4,041,769	6	8	723,228	673,628	505,221	1.39%
Louisiana	4,601,893	4,533,372	4,468,976	6	8	647,625	638,425	496,553	1.45%
Maine	1,329,192	1,328,361	1,274,923	2	4	664,181	637,462	318,731	0.42%
Maryland	5,884,563	5,773,552	5,296,486	8	10	721,694	662,061	529,649	1.85%
Massachusetts	6,646,144	6,547,629	6,349,097	9	11	654,763	634,910	529,091	2.09%
Michigan	9,883,360	9,883,640	9,938,444	14	16	658,909	662,563	584,614	3.16%
Minnesota	5,379,139	5,303,925	4,919,479	8	10	662,991	614,935	491,948	1.70%
Mississippi	2,984,926	2,967,297	2,844,658	4	6	741,824	711,165	474,110	0.95%
Missouri	6,021,988	5,988,927	5,595,211	8	10	665,436	621,690	508,656	1.91%
Montana	1,005,141	989,415	902,195	1	3	999,243	902,195	300,732	0.32%
Nebraska	1,855,525	1,826,341	1,711,263	3	5	608,780	570,421	342,253	0.58%
Nevada	2,758,931	2,700,551	1,998,257	4	6	900,184	666,086	399,651	0.86%
New Hampshire	1,320,718	1,316,470	1,235,786	2	4	658,235	617,893	308,947	0.42%
New Jersey	8,864,590	8,791,894	8,414,350	12	14	676,300	647,258	560,957	2.81%
New Mexico	2,085,538	2,059,179	1,819,046	3	5	686,393	606,349	363,809	0.66%
New York	19,570,261	19,378,102	18,976,457	27	29	668,210	654,361	612,144	6.19%
North Carolina	9,752,073	9,535,483	8,049,313	13	15	733,499	619,178	536,621	3.05%
North Dakota	699,628	672,591	642,200	1	3	672,591	642,200	214,067	0.21%
Ohio	11,544,225	11,536,504	11,353,140	16	18	640,917	630,730	567,657	3.69%
Oklahoma	3,814,820	3,751,351	3,450,654	5	7	750,270	690,131	492,951	1.20%
Oregon	3,899,353	3,831,074	3,421,399	5	7	766,215	684,280	488,771	1.22%
Pennsylvania	12,763,536	12,702,379	12,281,054	18	20	668,546	646,371	584,812	4.06%
Puerto Rico	3,667,084	3,725,789	3,808,610	[6]	0	—	—	—	1.19%
Rhode Island	1,050,292	1,052,567	1,048,319	2	4	526,284	524,160	262,080	0.34%
South Carolina	4,723,723	4,625,364	4,012,012	7	9	770,894	668,669	501,502	1.48%
South Dakota	833,354	814,180	754,844	1	3	814,180	754,844	251,615	0.26%
Tennessee	6,456,243	6,346,105	5,689,283	9	11	705,123	632,143	517,208	2.03%
Texas	26,059,203	25,145,561	20,851,820	36	38	785,799	651,619	613,289	8.04%
Utah	2,855,287	2,763,885	2,233,169	4	6	921,295	744,390	446,634	0.88%
Vermont	626,011	625,741	608,827	1	3	625,741	608,827	202,942	0.20%
Virginia	8,185,867	8,001,024	7,078,515	11	13	727,366	643,501	544,501	2.56%
Washington	6,897,012	6,724,540	5,894,121	10	12	747,171	654,902	535,829	2.15%
West Virginia	1,855,413	1,852,994	1,808,344	3	5	617,665	602,781	361,669	0.59%
Wisconsin	5,726,398	5,686,986	5,363,675	8	10	710,873	670,459	536,368	1.82%
Wyoming	576,412	563,626	493,782	1	3	563,626	493,782	164,594	0.18%

[Pan_Yan]

I noticed something interesting when I scanned that chart. There are two states who had more than 10% of their “working poor” population eligible for SNAP in 2010.

Mississippi and Texas. I would have guessed the first but not the latter.

[raybbr]

Too bad they don’t break out illegal and non-citizens in those stats.

[rarestia]

One very frightening and disgusting figure in this chart is population per House seat.

Our Founders wrote “Article the First” as a way to enumerate Representatives to Congress based on the decadal census. They arbitrarily froze the number of representatives at 435 during FDR’s reign, and it’s been stuck there ever since. Prior to that time, the number of representatives in the House rose based on the population numbers from the census.

One representative to a million people, for instance in Montana, is NOT a representative government.