5 States With the Highest Rates of SNAP Recipients

3. Louisiana 


Percentage of Residents Receiving Food Stamps: 18.6%


Number of Residents that Participated in SNAP: 854,595


During Q2 2023, Louisiana’s real GDP grew by 3.2%, surpassing the growth rates of 40 other states and significantly outperforming the national real GDP growth rate, which stood at 2.1%. However, the state’s poverty rate is still high at 18.6% as of 2022.