The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture indicated that in September, 16,412 individual recipients were removed from the food stamps program with the current total declining 1.79% on a year-over-year basis.
Individuals receiving food stamp benefits declined to 46.45 million which, as a ratio of the overall civilian non-institutional population now stands at a whopping 18.70% of the population.
Households receiving food stamps benefits increased to 22.75 million households with the current total falling 1.08% below the level seen a year earlier
Total nominal benefit cost declined 8.75% on a year-over-year basis to $5.74 billion for the month.
