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Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts

Nearly 60% of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are either children under 18 or adults who are 60 or older.

07.11.2025 20

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Tracy Roof

Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

There are few, if any, alternative sources of food insecurity data that don’t rely on the survey the government is ending.

02.10.2025 10

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Tracy Roof

‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food

Work requirements will expand and exemptions from them will recede. How much states have to pay will be tied to the prevalence of mistakes, not fraud.

06.07.2025 3

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GOP lawmakers eye SNAP cuts, which would scale back benefits that help low-income people buy food at a time of high food prices

The federal government spent $100 billion on these benefits, which are still sometimes called food stamps, in 2024.

01.04.2025 10

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Tracy Roof