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Monthly SNAP Cases & Recipients Statewide

Benefit Month Number of Cases Number of Recipients Recipients Ages: < 5 Recipients: Ages 5-17 Recipients: Ages 18-59 Recipients: Ages 60-64 Recipients: Ages 65+
12 month running Average 1,478,723 3,560,170 643,060 1,312,477 1,298,471 85,441 220,721
May-13 1,482,806 3,570,707 639,503 1,328,936 1,290,492 86,952 224,824
Apr-13 1,491,423 3,589,097 642,526 1,332,578 1,301,898 87,286 224,809
Mar-13 1,453,466 3,481,964 622,020 1,285,433 1,267,156 85,465 221,890
Feb-13 1,467,823 3,527,833 632,709 1,304,476 1,282,458 86,019 222,171
Jan-13 1,465,129 3,518,697 629,510 1,300,500 1,280,350 85,888 222,449
Dec-12 1,493,258 3,597,874 646,940 1,331,741 1,311,928 85,787 221,478
Nov-12 1,509,230 3,638,321 650,811 1,349,460 1,329,600 86,593 221,857
Oct-12 1,458,374 3,495,969 618,166 1,290,019 1,283,607 84,558 219,619
Sep-12 1,467,417 3,527,644 644,396 1,289,332 1,292,481 84,025 217,410
Aug-12 1,480,872 3,575,095 657,657 1,307,675 1,308,563 84,153 217,047
Jul-12 1,500,007 3,634,308 671,568 1,330,032 1,330,353 84,633 217,722
Jun-12 1,474,875 3,564,534 660,917 1,299,536 1,302,768 83,938 217,375
May-12 1,490,751 3,613,426 671,433 1,319,598 1,320,324 84,290 217,781
Apr-12 1,492,958 3,615,355 670,845 1,315,364 1,327,737 84,153 217,256
Mar-12 1,447,968 3,492,806 647,130 1,264,666 1,285,279 82,409 213,322
Feb-12 1,482,226 3,592,124 667,028 1,304,617 1,322,938 83,692 213,849
Jan-12 1,480,072 3,584,666 663,503 1,303,174 1,320,380 84,313 213,296
Dec-11 1,525,750 3,708,139 687,724 1,350,282 1,367,448 86,366 216,319
Nov-11 1,529,938 3,725,922 688,728 1,356,185 1,380,058 86,155 214,796
Oct-11 1,475,990 3,592,375 658,020 1,306,850 1,333,166 83,598 210,741
Sep-11 1,495,204 3,653,029 684,454 1,323,274 1,352,229 83,460 209,612
Aug-11 1,456,027 3,562,008 671,320 1,288,248 1,316,081 80,955 205,404
Jul-11 1,455,319 3,563,970 676,569 1,290,281 1,311,320 80,630 205,170
Jun-11 1,468,846 3,609,561 689,418 1,308,673 1,325,570 80,836 205,064
May-11 1,424,617 3,493,817 668,212 1,265,653 1,277,969 79,330 202,653
Apr-11 1,431,959 3,525,448 671,945 1,281,405 1,290,795 79,271 202,032
Mar-11 1,452,572 3,588,748 684,641 1,305,147 1,318,679 79,201 201,080
Feb-11 1,472,512 3,647,797 698,187 1,326,344 1,343,761 78,874 200,631
Jan-11 1,466,697 3,635,235 694,812 1,322,359 1,340,564 78,091 199,409
Dec-10 1,447,525 3,586,199 685,360 1,301,803 1,324,335 76,928 197,773
Nov-10 1,434,650 3,563,838 680,805 1,295,091 1,314,302 76,166 197,474
Oct-10 1,423,361 3,554,428 679,591 1,296,398 1,307,245 75,322 195,872
Sep-10 1,423,162 3,561,056 689,369 1,295,594 1,307,133 74,434 194,526
Aug-10 1,386,096 3,475,317 674,111 1,265,587 1,270,942 72,519 192,158
Jul-10 1,386,112 3,488,966 680,510 1,273,428 1,271,920 71,757 191,351
Jun-10 1,373,915 3,561,661 692,279 1,286,935 1,319,457 71,839 191,151
May-10 1,350,558 3,497,850 678,802 1,266,502 1,292,416 70,900 189,230
Apr-10 1,336,220 3,463,967 670,382 1,257,335 1,278,624 70,149 187,477
Mar-10 1,292,455 3,348,217 644,564 1,216,453 1,235,143 68,320 183,737
Feb-10 1,259,872 3,257,840 628,385 1,181,517 1,199,870 66,703 181,365
Jan-10 1,235,951 3,184,413 616,324 1,150,104 1,172,237 65,908 179,840
Dec-09 1,178,156 3,013,972 582,862 1,083,409 1,107,441 63,825 176,435
Nov-09 1,150,660 2,934,766 566,252 1,053,827 1,077,162 62,488 175,037
Oct-09 1,108,737 2,819,246 543,785 1,009,895 1,033,088 60,447 172,031
Sep-09 1,140,604 2,915,776 570,613 1,044,326 1,067,042 60,991 172,804
Aug-09 1,099,139 2,802,706 550,732 1,003,274 1,018,465 59,284 170,951
Jul-09 1,098,796 2,805,150 555,751 1,005,762 1,013,126 59,352 171,159
Jun-09 1,073,187 2,738,231 543,713 985,571 981,068 58,467 169,412
May-09 1,084,903 2,780,350 551,588 1,009,732 990,933 58,739 169,358
Apr-09 1,092,799 2,814,340 558,516 1,030,051 998,456 58,440 168,877
Mar-09 1,075,086 2,775,599 552,569 1,018,279 982,680 55,743 166,328
Feb-09 1,091,169 2,820,412 563,227 1,037,768 1,000,555 52,988 165,874
Jan-09 1,130,535 2,934,624 591,429 1,081,820 1,044,482 51,262 165,631
Dec-08 1,128,385 2,931,244 593,948 1,075,593 1,045,314 50,515 165,874
Nov-08 1,228,343 3,184,607 617,924 1,152,332 1,174,718 57,950 181,683
Oct-08 1,034,942 2,651,370 543,129 967,860 930,012 46,655 163,714
Sep-08 1,012,208 2,594,992 536,091 944,831 904,816 45,701 163,553
Aug-08 985,056 2,525,420 522,741 918,238 876,558 45,011 162,872
Jul-08 955,253 2,448,917 507,102 889,463 845,914 44,285 162,153
Jun-08 920,330 2,349,213 485,324 852,649 807,460 43,389 160,391
May-08 917,444 2,339,701 481,193 851,326 803,908 43,362 159,912
Apr-08 922,994 2,355,925 483,376 859,041 809,614 43,571 160,323
Mar-08 908,570 2,316,066 473,785 845,206 795,256 42,976 158,843
Feb-08 916,901 2,338,403 477,814 853,459 804,623 43,067 159,440
Jan-08 917,840 2,339,753 479,260 852,865 805,160 43,028 159,440
Dec-07 924,125 2,354,116 482,702 857,231 811,677 42,930 159,576
Nov-07 927,903 2,363,431 483,600 860,023 816,333 42,843 160,632
Oct-07 912,102 2,322,073 474,975 843,187 802,543 41,940 159,428
Sep-07 919,322 2,345,570 481,633 849,820 812,679 41,877 159,561
Aug-07 914,531 2,335,082 480,062 844,826 809,402 41,510 159,282
Jul-07 901,127 2,300,361 473,870 829,868 797,064 41,033 158,526
Jun-07 901,800 2,302,352 473,742 830,035 798,545 41,148 158,882
May-07 904,868 2,314,255 475,717 835,883 802,542 41,259 158,854
Apr-07 894,871 2,288,013 467,737 827,383 793,459 40,914 158,520
Mar-07 898,452 2,298,425 468,786 831,863 798,977 40,794 158,005
Feb-07 908,871 2,328,224 473,261 843,772 812,457 40,861 157,873
Jan-07 912,635 2,336,599 475,230 846,106 816,794 40,768 157,701
Dec-06 921,964 2,360,157 480,103 854,037 827,333 40,634 158,050
Nov-06 929,824 2,384,941 483,151 863,631 839,755 40,398 158,006
Oct-06 913,823 2,343,454 472,778 847,618 826,986 39,450 156,622
Sep-06 916,357 2,352,584 476,535 848,455 832,211 39,315 156,068
Aug-06 907,271 2,326,544 471,244 837,153 822,900 39,017 156,230
Jul-06 909,433 2,331,613 473,340 837,702 825,952 38,986 155,633
Jun-06 930,672 2,392,302 484,059 861,913 851,449 39,461 155,420
May-06 963,468 2,488,360 503,123 900,065 889,508 40,303 155,361
Apr-06 984,866 2,552,611 515,740 924,670 917,532 40,862 153,807
Mar-06 1,006,123 2,620,053 528,877 949,125 948,253 41,389 152,409
Feb-06 1,035,259 2,713,304 549,795 986,175 983,747 41,731 151,856
Jan-06 1,068,110 2,778,238 551,607 993,463 1,031,715 44,823 156,630
Dec-05 1,137,841 2,924,941 558,519 1,019,116 1,127,820 50,385 169,101
Nov-05 1,069,513 2,738,458 516,709 951,340 1,052,672 47,961 169,776
Oct-05 950,578 2,446,722 473,895 861,049 910,482 41,770 159,526
Sep-05 876,046 2,266,575 460,099 814,099 807,932 35,997 148,448

Benefit
Month		 Total FS Payments Average Payement/Case % Change from Prior Month
12 month running Average 425,688,707 $288
May-13 $426,243,888 $287 -0.58%
Apr-13 $428,129,238 $287 2.61%
Mar-13 $414,318,278 $285 -0.98%
Feb-13 $418,757,146 $285 0.18%
Jan-13 $417,055,228 $285 -1.88%
Dec-12 $431,336,939 $289 -1.06%
Nov-12 $438,163,706 $290 3.49%
Oct-12 $421,889,057 $289 -0.62%
Sep-12 $422,122,778 $288 -0.91%
Aug-12 $428,522,380 $289 -1.28%
Jul-12 $435,695,110 $290 1.70%
Jun-12 $426,030,737 $289 -1.06%
May-12 $432,320,129 $290 -0.15%
Apr-12 $432,503,695 $290 3.11%
Mar-12 $415,932,695 $287 -2.31%
Feb-12 $428,473,578 $289 0.15%
Jan-12 $432,334,968 $292 -2.99%
Dec-11 $448,394,239 $294 -0.27%
Nov-11 $452,255,844 $296 3.66%
Oct-11 $437,667,928 $297 -1.29%
Sep-11 $450,213,195 $301 2.69%
Aug-11 $439,914,708 $302 0.05%
Jul-11 $440,817,749 $303 -0.92%
Jun-11 $447,393,175 $305 3.10%
May-11 $433,236,632 $304 -0.51%
Apr-11 $436,824,112 $305 -1.42%
Mar-11 $443,947,200 $306 -1.35%
Feb-11 $451,655,614 $307 0.40%
Jan-11 $450,585,552 $307 1.32%
Dec-10 $445,623,155 $308 0.90%
Nov-10 $443,927,386 $309 0.79%
Oct-10 $442,660,306 $311 0.01%
Sep-10 $444,817,780 $313 2.67%
Aug-10 $433,497,380 $313 0.00%
Jul-10 $433,954,756 $313 0.89%
Jun-10 $431,607,366 $314 1.73%
May-10 $424,124,508 $314 1.07%
Apr-10 $419,830,610 $314 3.39%
Mar-10 $405,462,086 $314 2.59%
Feb-10 $392,879,117 $312 1.94%
Jan-10 $385,065,042 $312 4.91%
Dec-09 $365,991,178 $311 2.39%
Nov-09 $358,606,496 $312 3.78%
Oct-09 $345,675,733 $312 -2.79%
Sep-09 $356,657,427 $313 3.77%
Aug-09 $343,923,553 $313 0.03%
Jul-09 $345,498,387 $314 2.39%
Jun-09 $339,232,245 $316 -1.08%
May-09 $345,172,265 $318 -0.72%
Apr-09 $343,783,630 $315 1.65%
Mar-09 $293,563,921 $273 -1.47%
Feb-09 $298,085,542 $273 -3.48%
Jan-09 $311,592,465 $276 0.19%
Dec-08 $313,870,842 $278 -8.14%
Nov-08 $345,969,625 $282 18.69%
Oct-08 $281,391,648 $272 2.25%
Sep-08 $246,917,439 $244 2.76%
Aug-08 $240,900,034 $245 3.12%
Jul-08 $234,431,620 $245 3.79%
Jun-08 $225,066,892 $245 0.31%
May-08 $224,316,820 $245 -0.60%
Apr-08 $225,457,169 $244 1.59%
Mar-08 $221,390,230 $244 -0.91%
Feb-08 $223,640,107 $244 -0.10%
Jan-08 $224,535,714 $245 -0.68%
Dec-07 $227,824,854 $247 -0.41%
Nov-07 $229,990,914 $248 1.73%
Oct-07 $224,139,409 $246 -0.79%
Sep-07 $214,560,492 $234 0.52%
Aug-07 $213,448,327 $234 1.49%
Jul-07 $209,865,927 $233 -0.07%
Jun-07 $209,799,731 $233 -0.34%
May-07 $210,828,742 $233 1.12%
Apr-07 $208,057,476 $233 -0.40%
Mar-07 $208,845,736 $233 -1.15%
Feb-07 $211,498,037 $233 -0.41%
Jan-07 $213,178,318 $234 -1.01%
Dec-06 $217,727,183 $236 -0.85%
Nov-06 $221,405,129 $238 1.75%
Oct-06 $209,471,831 $238 -0.28%
Sep-06 $209,471,831 $230 1.00%
Aug-06 $207,070,691 $229 -0.24%
Jul-06 $206,758,011 $229 -2.28%
Jun-06 $212,630,831 $230 -3.40%
May-06 $221,204,919 $232 -2.17%
Apr-06 $227,964,683 $233 -2.11%
Mar-06 $235,413,630 $235 -2.81%
Feb-06 $244,393,254 $237 -3.08%
Jan-06 $256,016,748 $240 -6.13%
Dec-05 $279,573,967 $246 6.39%
Nov-05 $262,767,671 $246 12.51%
Oct-05 $230,425,310 $242 8.51%
Sep-05 $200,826,001 $229


Data Source: 'Monthly Food Stamps client level cutoff file' 

Prepared by Texas Works Reporting Team / Strategic Decision Support / Texas Health & Human Services Commission

Case = designated group of people certified to receive the benefit (can be more than one person). 
Recipients = the individuals receiving the benefit.
Average Payment / Case = average dollar benefit available to the case (shared by the recipients on that case).

The SNAP/Food Stamps cutoff file contains SAVERR + TIERS cases/recipients certified for benefits as of cutoff in the month preceding the Benefit Month. 

Cutoff files undercount recipients and cases with respect to end-of-month counts. Historically, active cases, cases on hold, & cases automatically denied because a response to their redetermination notice was not received by cutoff (630 denials) have been included in case counts as proxy for end-of-month counts. The majority of 630 denials are subsequently certified after cutoff; their inclusion in the case/recipient count is appropriate.

Highlighted cells indicate when Katrina/Rita evacuees received Food Stamp disaster assistance.