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In 2010, 1 in 8 Americans (40 million people) had food stamps due to the economy and high unemployment. Over half were children. Texas had the most recipients, with 3.5 million. The 2011 forecast was 43.3 million people.
At the beginning of 2010, 1 in 8 Americans had food stamps, or about 40 million people. Part of this was due to the economy; at that time, the unemployment rate was around 10%. The USDA has had record months every month since December 2008, when the number of people on food stamps reached just over 31 million.
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51% of the 1 in 8 Americans who receive food stamps are children under the age of 17.
In February 2010, the state with the most people on food stamps was Texas, with nearly 3.5 million. That state was followed closely by California, with more than 3.1 million, and New York, with 2.7 million people.
The 2011 forecast of the number of people expected to receive food stamps is 43.3 million people, or nearly 14 percent of the estimated US population of 313 million people.
