Decrease in Food Stamp
Program Participation

March 1996

Nov 2000

Decrease

% Decrease

Monthly FS
Dollars Lost

NYS

2,132,731

1,328,741

803,990

37.70%

$67,411,744

HRA

1,370,790

856,070

514,720

37.55%

$41,557,822

ROS

761,941

472,671

289,270

37.96%

$25,853,922

Albany

22,388

15,677

6,711

29.98%

$644,112

Allegany

6,112

3,414

2,698

44.14%

$225,811

Broome

20,118

10,419

9,699

48.21%

$872,465

Cattaraugus

8,394

5,116

3,278

39.05%

$256,718

Cayuga

6,845

3,889

2,956

43.18%

$214,193

Chautauqua

15,544

10,048

5,496

35.36%

$437,717

Chemung

8,524

4,819

3,705

43.47%

$302,873

Chenango

5,453

3,164

2,289

41.98%

$190,121

Clinton

7,620

5,012

2,608

34.23%

$211,967

Columbia

4,191

2,292

1,899

45.31%

$160,571

Cortland

4,417

2,626

1,791

40.55%

$153,729

Delaware

3,648

2,127

1,521

41.69%

$123,541

Dutchess

11,402

5,798

5,604

49.15%

$483,227

Erie

104,278

71,658

32,620

31.28%

$3,270,950

Essex

3,634

1,971

1,663

45.76%

$131,662

Franklin

5,545

2,875

2,670

48.15%

$221,974

Fulton

5,382

3,342

2,040

37.90%

$178,594

Genesee

3,538

2,208

1,330

37.59%

$108,000

Greene

3,524

2,277

1,247

35.39%

$121,671

Hamilton

296

200

96

32.43%

$6,960

Herkimer

5,281

3,476

1,805

34.18%

$144,189

Jefferson

11,352

7,187

4,165

36.69%

$360,665

Lewis

2,533

1,597

936

36.95%

$72,859

Livingston

4,456

2,597

1,859

41.72%

$164,914

Madison

4,058

2,487

1,571

38.71%

$127,505

Monroe

76,379

54,358

22,021

28.83%

$2,114,349

Montgomery

5,214

3,452

1,762

33.79%

$138,367

Nassau

33,143

17,160

15,983

48.22%

$1,490,551

Niagara

19,712

11,274

8,438

42.81%

$745,989

Oneida

25,485

17,619

7,866

30.87%

$669,303

Onondaga

43,009

26,738

16,271

37.83%

$1,480,975

Ontario

5,833

3,331

2,502

42.89%

$221,381

Orange

26,436

18,066

8,370

31.66%

$751,378

Orleans

3,461

2,356

1,105

31.93%

$93,239

Oswego

11,614

7,211

4,403

37.91%

$401,790

Otsego

3,692

1,950

1,742

47.18%

$140,220

Putnam

1,232

598

634

51.46%

$53,673

Rensselaer

13,133

7,317

5,816

44.29%

$489,318

Rockland

16,697

14,170

2,527

15.13%

$223,259

St. Lawrence

12,885

6,360

6,525

50.64%

$527,873

Saratoga

7,684

4,441

3,243

42.20%

$270,567

Schenectady

11,499

7,837

3,662

31.85%

$350,835

Schoharie

2,299

1,366

933

40.58%

$78,909

Schuyler

1,544

766

778

50.39%

$57,556

Seneca

2,023

1,422

601

29.71%

$49,997

Steuben

9,793

5,407

4,386

44.79%

$375,777

Suffolk

53,335

26,015

27,320

51.22%

$2,342,661

Sullivan

6,757

3,625

3,132

46.35%

$256,773

Tioga

4,119

1,945

2,174

52.78%

$175,427

Tompkins

5,270

3,366

1,904

36.13%

$172,472

Ulster

12,253

6,126

6,127

50.00%

$490,748

Warren

4,547

2,631

1,916

42.14%

$159,222

Washington

4,316

2,659

1,657

38.39%

$159,673

Wayne

5,713

3,510

2,203

38.56%

$210,845

Westchester

49,794

30,752

19,042

38.24%

$1,825,852

Wyoming

2,351

1,247

1,104

46.96%

$85,898

Yates

2,186

1,320

866

39.62%

$60,057