SNAP Enrollment Has Dropped in Every State

Governing  -  The use of federal food assistance is down in every state and Washington, D.C., after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Most dramatically, the number of people receiving nutrition benefits in Arizona plummeted 42 percent — nearly 373,000 people — between the law’s July 2025 passage and January 2026, the latest date for which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has preliminary data.

... SNAP participation fell 10-12 percent in eight other states, and Georgia marked a 24 percent drop. (The only exception to the across-the-board decline in SNAP participation is Guam, which saw a 2 percent rise).Overall, nearly 3.5 million people lost benefits across the 50 states, D.C., Guam and the Virgin Islands. Georgia had the most residents leave SNAP, at nearly 460,600 people, followed by Arizona, Florida, California and Texas.