Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Food Stamp Users Reach New Record of 44,587,328

The modern breadline is getting longer and longer. SNAP has released Food Stamp Usage through March 2011, and voila, we have a new record! 44.587 million Americans are now on food stamps (the breadline).  There are now an additional 15 million Americans receiving food stamps than the 29 million in 2007 before the financial crisis began.
The Doc would like to know how many of those 44.587 million Americans still have cable TV, cell phones with text and data plans, or smoke 3 packs a day.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Data as of May 27, 2011)

FY 2011
Oct 2010 43,200,837 20,183,107 5,778,377,811 133.76 286.30
Nov 2010 43,595,821 20,404,804 5,811,261,526 133.30 284.80
Dec 2010 44,082,361 20,668,184 5,890,121,141 133.62 284.98
Jan 2011 44,187,874 20,748,799 5,868,434,271 132.81 282.83
Feb 2011 44,199,479 20,791,408 5,889,248,221 133.24 283.25
Mar 2011 44,587,328 21,045,962 5,984,186,682 134.21 284.34
Data for Oct. 2008 include major hurricane disaster assistance.
FY 2010-2011 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision.