The latest data released by the Department of Agriculture indicated that in November, 85,541 individual recipients were added to the food stamps program with the current total declining 1.75% on a year-over-year basis.
Individuals receiving food stamp benefits increased to 45.45 million which, as a ratio of the overall civilian non-institutional population now stands at a whopping 18.05% of the population.
Households receiving food stamps benefits increased to 22.41 million households with the current total falling 1.22% below the level seen a year earlier
Total nominal benefit cost declined 2.87% on a year-over-year basis to $5.73 billion for the month.
