The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture indicated that in March, 79,476 individual recipients were removed from the food stamps program with the current total declining 3.41% on a year-over-year basis.
Individuals receiving food stamp benefits declined to 46.09 million which, as a ratio of the overall civilian non-institutional population now stands at a whopping 18.69% of the population.
Households receiving food stamps benefits went flat at 22.47 million households with the current total falling 2.76% below the level seen a year earlier
Total nominal benefit cost declined 8.93% on a year-over-year basis to $5.77 billion for the month.
