Characteristics of SNAP Households: Fiscal Year 2019
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Using Microsimulation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Analysis
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Key Findings
- During fiscal year 2019, SNAP provided benefits to approximately 35.7 million people living in 18.0 million households each month across the United States.
- The total Federal cost of the program fiscal year 2019 was 60.4 billion, 55.6 billion of which went to SNAP benefits and the remainder to program administration.
- In FY 2019, 81 percent of SNAP households contained children, elderly individuals, or individuals with a disability.
- The number of SNAP households with elderly individuals increased by approximately 2 percentage points from fiscal year 2018 (26 percent) to fiscal year 2019 (28 percent).
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides nutrition assistance to eligible, low-income individuals and households in need. SNAP is the largest of the domestic nutrition assistance programs administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This report describes the characteristics of SNAP households and participants nationwide in fiscal year 2019 (October 2018 through September 2019). It also presents an overview of SNAP eligibility requirements and benefit levels in fiscal year 2019. The appendices provide detailed tables of household and participant characteristics at the national and State levels, as well as a review of the source and reliability of estimates and the sampling error associated with the estimates presented in the report.
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