Welfare

Brick is Americans on SNAP — food stamps — average monthly headcount. The cards show that count as a share of the U.S. population. Play from Bush 41. Peak was FY2013: 47.6M people, 15.0% of the country. FY2026 is through April.

On SNAP

avg monthly persons

38.7M

38,729,397

Share of U.S.

of resident population

11.3%

38,729,397 ÷ 342.8M

Peak year

FY2013 · 15.0%

47.6M

47,636,090

At this year

FY 2026*

Donald Trump

By administration

Term average · share of U.S. on the card

Bush 41

FY1989–1992

8.6%

On SNAP

21.7M

Peak FY1992

9.9%

Clinton

FY1993–2000

8.6%

On SNAP

23.1M

Peak FY1994

10.4%

Bush 43

FY2001–2008

8.0%

On SNAP

23.5M

Peak FY2008

9.3%

Obama

FY2009–2016

13.8%

On SNAP

43.7M

Peak FY2013

15.0%

Trump 1

FY2017–2020

12.0%

On SNAP

39.7M

Peak FY2017

13.0%

Biden

FY2021–2024

12.4%

On SNAP

41.7M

Peak FY2023

12.5%

Trump 2

FY2025–2026*

11.8%

On SNAP

40.6M

Peak FY2025

12.4%

Source: USDA FNS SNAP average monthly participants · Census / World Bank population · FY2026 through April