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The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture shows that, on a year-over-year basis, household participation has increased 8.16% while individual participation, as a ratio of the overall population, has increased 6.79%.
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Individual participation, person participation as a percentage of the overall non-institutional population, shows program participation increasing now covering 12.18% of the civilian population or nearly 28,500,000 individuals.