SNAP national participation in April 2013 decreased by 175,902 people over the month to 47,548,694 people, but was 1.3 million persons higher than in April 2012. More than one in seven Americans receives SNAP – that percentage (15.2 %) is comparable to the percentage of the American workforce affected by unemployment or underemployment (13.9%) in April 2013. Connecticut, though, was among 39 states whose caseloads rose; 423,328 state residents received SNAP in April, up about 1,200 from the previous month.
Source: Food Research Action Council, 7/8/13, SNAP Caseload
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