The number of people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program is falling fast. The program formerly known as food stamps helped roughly 42 million Americans put food on the table in 2025.
As of June 2026, the most recent data available, the number of people enrolled in the program in the whole country had declined by almost 13% to 36.4 million. Among those no longer getting benefits are an estimated 1.5 million children.
