Food stamp use: A chart

February 16, 2010Jon Brooks 1 Comment »

From The Big Picture financial blog: Last month, a record-high 38.2 million people were enrolled in the food stamp program, which in 2008 was renamed the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.

Below is a chart that shows participation in the program from 1969 to last year.

Record number on food stamps

Record number on food stamps

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