County Food Stamp Recipients, Pennyslvania: 1989-2003
Area	Food stamp recipients July 1989	Food stamp recipients July 1993	Food stamp recipients July 1995	Food stamp recipients July 1997	Food stamp recipients July 1998	Food stamp recipients July 1999	Food stamp recipients July 2000	Food stamp recipients July 2001	Food stamp recipients July 2002	Food stamp recipients July 2003	Increase in recipients since 2000
Pennsylvania	911,161	1,214,316	1,134,379	929,557	849,940	789,275	751,008	761,419	795,450	930,851	23.9%
Adams County	1,809	3,221	3,171	2,315	2,150	1,988	1,881	1,950	2,258	2,966	57.7%
Allegheny County	119,352	135,113	126,546	102,646	92,517	85,248	81,124	79,550	81,996	94,081	16.0%
Armstrong County	7,348	8,443	8,060	6,416	6,032	5,834	5,498	5,436	5,504	6,518	18.6%
Beaver County	19,706	21,668	19,529	14,794	12,818	12,105	11,403	11,907	12,782	15,271	33.9%
Bedford County	3,814	4,886	4,282	3,243	2,793	2,625	2,504	2,755	3,101	3,812	52.2%
Berks County	14,244	43,437	23,956	19,669	18,871	17,617	18,145	19,526	21,882	27,511	51.6%
Blair County	12,455	16,206	15,042	12,623	11,406	10,688	10,570	10,988	11,461	13,735	29.9%
Bradford County	5,237	6,875	6,118	5,124	4,494	4,011	3,651	3,550	3,708	4,476	22.6%
Bucks County	9,672	18,349	17,762	13,590	12,284	11,237	10,601	10,945	11,412	13,679	29.0%
Butler County	8,502	10,510	10,407	7,932	6,837	6,365	5,971	6,003	6,385	7,601	27.3%
Cambria County	14,914	17,200	16,138	13,676	12,718	11,458	11,336	11,824	11,917	13,350	17.8%
Cameron County	524	663	532	456	417	407	396	435	458	555	40.2%
Carbon County	2,606	4,224	4,016	3,046	2,876	2,939	2,736	2,871	3,030	3,495	27.7%
Centre County	3,790	5,322	4,959	3,779	3,546	3,285	2,931	2,993	3,334	4,663	59.1%
Chester County	7,259	12,031	11,700	7,944	7,162	6,148	5,947	6,108	6,493	7,782	30.9%
Clarion County	4,435	5,292	5,212	3,933	3,495	3,404	3,437	3,510	3,523	3,963	15.3%
Clearfield County	8,264	10,347	9,074	7,528	7,299	7,304	7,204	7,709	7,885	9,567	32.8%
Clinton County	3,699	3,763	3,871	3,174	2,859	2,432	2,175	2,382	2,728	3,199	47.1%
Columbia County	2,737	3,982	3,608	3,156	2,898	2,864	2,690	2,623	2,851	3,716	38.1%
Crawford County	8,184	10,430	9,541	7,546	6,589	6,155	6,242	6,871	7,544	9,335	49.6%
Cumberland County	2,704	5,149	4,927	3,333	3,160	2,951	2,685	2,691	3,067	3,912	45.7%
Dauphin County	15,563	21,203	20,348	15,921	14,424	12,669	11,871	12,386	13,775	17,354	46.2%
Delaware County	24,515	36,560	36,450	30,906	29,204	26,978	25,845	26,487	27,644	32,719	26.6%
Elk County	2,141	2,135	1,970	1,665	1,579	1,463	1,532	1,791	1,823	2,237	46.0%
Erie County	26,418	33,537	31,677	26,794	24,808	24,165	22,709	24,125	26,168	31,410	38.3%
Fayette County	28,867	31,811	29,840	24,602	22,777	21,486	19,901	20,608	20,892	24,753	24.4%
Forest County	571	613	608	582	345	313	337	360	341	540	60.2%
Franklin County	3,769	6,179	5,828	4,880	4,346	4,066	3,765	4,077	4,423	5,400	43.4%
Fulton County	941	1,160	1,024	799	716	676	541	648	683	881	62.8%
Greene County	6,502	7,468	7,159	5,951	5,418	4,808	4,590	4,664	4,492	5,463	19.0%
Huntingdon County	3,295	3,989	3,515	3,078	2,807	2,754	2,656	2,821	3,014	3,781	42.4%
Indiana County	7,973	10,117	9,649	7,674	6,965	6,609	6,057	5,270	5,283	6,257	3.3%
Jefferson County	3,850	5,057	4,633	3,998	3,545	3,430	3,393	3,612	3,514	4,230	24.7%
Juniata County	719	1,029	911	641	541	544	472	547	597	790	67.4%
Lackawanna County	14,050	18,390	16,916	14,354	13,475	13,475	12,736	13,363	13,347	15,039	18.1%
Lancaster County	13,550	21,203	18,053	12,677	11,651	11,196	11,440	12,679	15,596	20,397	78.3%
Lawrence County	10,744	12,971	12,074	9,666	8,683	8,505	7,957	8,114	8,579	10,097	26.9%
Lebanon County	3,180	5,245	5,193	4,530	4,443	4,275	3,958	4,006	4,800	5,845	47.7%
Lehigh County	11,804	20,232	18,944	15,166	13,496	12,788	12,429	13,492	15,879	20,157	62.2%
Luzerne County	22,932	29,599	27,051	21,838	20,146	19,138	18,115	18,411	19,781	23,695	30.8%
Lycoming County	8,140	11,858	11,007	8,374	7,183	6,567	6,031	6,542	6,969	8,391	39.1%
Mc Kean County	5,389	6,320	5,780	4,530	4,418	4,056	3,979	3,955	4,287	5,072	27.5%
Mercer County	11,035	14,385	13,184	10,904	9,654	9,119	9,067	9,396	9,963	11,765	29.8%
Mifflin County	3,430	4,413	4,093	3,496	3,213	2,984	2,874	3,192	3,341	4,133	43.8%
Monroe County	2,254	7,166	7,312	5,902	5,280	5,263	5,162	5,356	6,527	8,586	66.3%
Montgomery County	9,716	20,141	19,745	14,947	13,421	11,856	10,824	11,022	12,148	15,047	39.0%
Montour County	849	1,183	1,168	1,022	889	677	752	800	866	968	28.7%
Northampton County	8,746	13,744	12,874	10,721	9,779	8,921	8,367	8,457	9,119	11,694	39.8%
Northumberland County	4,992	6,590	6,123	5,299	4,810	4,479	4,341	4,147	3,859	4,387	1.1%
Perry County	1,477	2,415	2,048	1,682	1,421	1,375	1,460	1,549	1,740	2,193	50.2%
Philadelphia County	296,413	385,986	376,446	320,414	295,567	271,509	256,892	252,758	255,011	280,212	9.1%
Pike County	560	2,233	2,110	1,686	1,549	1,388	1,368	1,222	1,506	1,776	29.8%
Potter County	1,858	2,364	2,074	1,682	1,418	1,214	1,051	1,153	1,165	1,528	45.4%
Schuylkill County	7,586	10,734	10,223	8,092	7,454	6,779	6,746	6,972	7,247	8,716	29.2%
Snyder County	1,185	1,981	1,714	1,287	1,189	1,110	1,038	1,105	1,074	1,426	37.4%
Somerset County	6,933	8,289	7,655	6,174	5,634	5,698	5,439	5,448	5,341	6,401	17.7%
Sullivan County	299	344	363	272	284	317	292	272	328	331	13.4%
Susquehanna County	2,341	4,279	4,086	3,229	2,727	2,519	2,419	2,340	2,552	3,133	29.5%
Tioga County	3,085	4,041	3,420	2,725	2,460	2,247	2,084	2,004	2,140	2,669	28.1%
Union County	1,260	1,980	1,808	1,363	1,285	1,206	1,098	1,136	1,216	1,494	36.1%
Venango County	6,616	7,959	7,292	5,824	5,107	5,115	5,070	5,420	5,469	6,490	28.0%
Warren County	2,906	3,954	3,515	2,867	2,660	2,501	2,419	2,692	2,895	3,513	45.2%
Washington County	18,499	21,433	19,249	15,188	13,582	12,545	11,485	11,874	12,146	14,260	24.2%
Wayne County	1,855	3,609	3,476	2,939	2,741	2,736	2,691	2,774	2,781	3,408	26.6%
Westmoreland County	29,157	33,155	30,279	23,516	21,367	19,546	18,320	18,484	18,923	22,574	23.2%
Wyoming County	2,110	2,701	2,357	1,746	1,729	1,633	1,502	1,549	1,647	2,045	36.2%
York County	9,831	15,450	14,685	12,031	10,526	9,508	8,802	9,710	11,240	14,406	63.7%
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Estimates Branch
Release date:  11.29.05