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SNAP Benefits Recipients in California (BRCA06M647NCEN)

Observations

Jun 2024: 5,444,022
Updated: Feb 9, 2026 11:57 AM CST
Jun 2024:  5,444,022  
May 2024:  5,444,031  
Apr 2024:  5,405,423  
Mar 2024:  5,406,892  
Feb 2024:  5,358,861  

Units:

Persons,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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Title Release Dates
SNAP Benefits Recipients in California 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Source    
U.S. Census Bureau 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Release    
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Units    
Persons 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Not Seasonally Adjusted 2015-03-10 2026-01-27
 
Notes    
For further information about SNAP Benefits from the Census browse the links below.

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe.html

http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/model/tables.html

http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/model/snap.html

2015-03-10 2019-12-11
The U.S. Census Bureau provides annual estimates of income and poverty statistics for all school districts, counties, and states through the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/about.html) (SAIPE) program. The bureau's main objective with this program is to provide estimates of income and poverty for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions. In addition to these federal programs, state and local programs use the income and poverty estimates for distributing funds and managing programs.

SNAP benefits are one of the data sources used in producing SAIPE program estimates. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the name for what was formerly known as the federal Food Stamp Program, as of October 1, 2008. The SNAP benefits data represent the number of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for each county, state, and the District of Columbia from 1981 to the latest available year.

See more details about SAIPE Model Input Data (https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/saipe/model-tables.html).

2019-12-12 2026-01-27

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