The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being. Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Learn more about SNAP benefits
In Fiscal Year 2025, an average of 42.1 million people received SNAP benefits every month.
Texas SNAP recipient profile
With more than 4 million Texans relying on food benefits monthly, SNAP supports a diverse mix of households: families, seniors and people with disabilities.
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USDA food and nutrition assistance spending by program in the government's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
18%
22%
11%
In Fiscal Year 2025, New Mexico had the highest share of its population receiving SNAP payments.
of Texans received SNAP benefits in 2023
of Texans faced food insecurity in 2023
of children in Texas faced food insecurity in 2023
SNAP accounted for more than two-thirds of spending
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Additional information
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Child nutrition programs = National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, related State administrative expenses, and other related child nutrition costs. All other programs = Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer; nutrition family assistance grants to Puerto Rico, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa; Commodity Supplemental Food Program; the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; the Nutrition Services Incentive Program; the Special Milk Program; Disaster Feeding; The Emergency Food Assistance Program; and nutrition programs administration. Note: Pie chart is based on preliminary data from the September 2024 Program Information Report (Keydata) released by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in December 2024. The calculation of spending shares excludes spending on the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (also known as Summer EBT or SUN Bucks) Program, for which data were not available as of April 2025. Source: , Economic Research Service using USDA, FNS data.
USDA
Additional Information
Source: Food and Nutrition Service The USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data page provides official monthly and annual statistics on SNAP participation, benefits and costs, sourced from state-reported administrative data. It includes national and state-level trends on the number of participants, total expenditures and average benefits per person. SNAP Data Tables Details National level annual summary Additional Contributors Data analysis and processing by Retrieved on January 6, 2026 Agency URL
USAFacts
www.fns.usda.gov
Additional Information
Sourced from , Texas Health and Human Services for FFY 2023 and Feeding America Map the Meal Gap (2023)
Every Texan
Additional Information
Source: Food and Nutrition Service The USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data page provides official monthly and annual statistics on SNAP participation, benefits and costs, sourced from state-reported administrative data. It includes national and state-level trends on the number of participants, total expenditures and average benefits per person. SNAP Data Tables Details National and/or state level monthly and/or annual data Additional Contributors Data analysis and processing by Retrieved on December 15, 2025 Agency URL
USAFacts
www.fns.usda.gov
Learn more about SNAP benefits
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being. Source:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Learn more about SNAP benefits
In Fiscal Year 2025, an average of 42.1 million people received SNAP benefits every month.
Texas SNAP recipient profile
With more than 4 million Texans relying on food benefits monthly, SNAP supports a diverse mix of households: families, seniors and people with disabilities.
+info
+info
USDA food and nutrition assistance spending by program in the government's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024
18%
22%
11%
In Fiscal Year 2025, New Mexico had the highest share of its population receiving SNAP payments.
of Texans received SNAP benefits in 2023
of Texans faced food insecurity in 2023
of children in Texas faced food insecurity in 2023
SNAP accounted for more than two-thirds of spending
+info
+info
+info
+info
+info
+info
Additional information
SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. WIC = Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Child nutrition programs = National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, related State administrative expenses, and other related child nutrition costs. All other programs = Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer; nutrition family assistance grants to Puerto Rico, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa; Commodity Supplemental Food Program; the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; the Nutrition Services Incentive Program; the Special Milk Program; Disaster Feeding; The Emergency Food Assistance Program; and nutrition programs administration. Note: Pie chart is based on preliminary data from the September 2024 Program Information Report (Keydata) released by USDA, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in December 2024. The calculation of spending shares excludes spending on the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (also known as Summer EBT or SUN Bucks) Program, for which data were not available as of April 2025. Source: , Economic Research Service using USDA, FNS data.
USDA
Additional Information
Source: Food and Nutrition Service The USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data page provides official monthly and annual statistics on SNAP participation, benefits and costs, sourced from state-reported administrative data. It includes national and state-level trends on the number of participants, total expenditures and average benefits per person. SNAP Data Tables Details National level annual summary Additional Contributors Data analysis and processing by Retrieved on January 6, 2026 Agency URL
USAFacts
www.fns.usda.gov
Additional Information
Sourced from , Texas Health and Human Services for FFY 2023 and Feeding America Map the Meal Gap (2023)
Every Texan
Additional Information
Source: Food and Nutrition Service The USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data page provides official monthly and annual statistics on SNAP participation, benefits and costs, sourced from state-reported administrative data. It includes national and state-level trends on the number of participants, total expenditures and average benefits per person. SNAP Data Tables Details National and/or state level monthly and/or annual data Additional Contributors Data analysis and processing by Retrieved on December 15, 2025 Agency URL
USAFacts
www.fns.usda.gov