departments by using a national sample of US children. …

per household. Slightly over half of all participants were children, 40 percent were nonelderly adults, and 9 percent were …

Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) households as of June 1, 2013, how the programs vary by state, and the number … and characteristics of households eligible through those programs. …

Notes that over half of the households receiving food stamps in 2001 contained children, 28 percent contained people … with disabilities, and 20 percent contained elderly individuals. The average monthly benefit was $163 per household, and … almost half of all food stamp households were located in eight states: California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New York …

This report describes the characteristics of SNAP households and participants nationwide in FY 2010. It also presents … children and another 8 percent were age 60 or older. …