http://blogs.marketwatch.com/capitolreport/2014/06/18/food-stamp-use-is-falling-from-its-peak/

Food-stamp use is finally moving away from the peak. At 46.1 million people, total food-stamp usage is down about 4% from its high in December 2012 of 47.8 million. Only eight states in March (the latest data available) were up from the same month of 2013.

It’s still not great news, however, considering there were 26.3 million people receiving food stamps in 2007.

North Carolina, Georgia and Utah saw the biggest declines, as seen in the map at the top of the blog (keep in mind that North Carolinians qualified for emergency benefits due to hurricanes in 2013).

As a percentage of the population (the map below), Wyoming, North Dakota and Utah have the smallest percentage on food stamps, and Mississippi, Washington D.C., Oregon, Tennessee and New Mexico all have more than 20% of their population on food stamps, compared to 14.5% nationally.