The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture indicated that in April, 202,930 individual recipients were removed from the food stamps program with the current total declining 1.75% on a year-over-year basis.
Individuals receiving food stamp benefits declined to 45.43 million which, as a ratio of the overall civilian non-institutional population now stands at a whopping 18.15% of the population.
Households receiving food stamps benefits declined to 22.39 million households with the current total falling 0.77% below the level seen a year earlier
Total nominal benefit cost declined 0.23% on a year-over-year basis to $5.75 billion for the month.
