Top 20 — percent of state population on SNAP (rank · state — %) states that voted for Trump in 2024 in red:
- New Mexico — 21.49%
- Oregon — 18.09%
- Louisiana — 17.49%
- Oklahoma — 16.91%
- West Virginia — 15.46%
- Nevada — 15.21%
- Massachusetts — 15.08%
- Pennsylvania — 14.97%
- New York — 14.91%
- Illinois — 14.79%
Alright, I’ll eat some humble pie. I used to blast California for “leading the nation in food stamps,”
Plenty of deep-red states…Louisiana, Alabama, West Virginia, Oklahoma…are ahead of California when it comes to the percentage of their people on SNAP. California sits around 14th place, roughly one in seven residents. So, yeah…turns out the state everyone loves to call a freeloading wasteland isn’t eating the biggest slice after all. My apologies to California, and maybe a little math lesson for the rest.