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{"definition": "An estimate of the number of people in the State who participated in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, previously called Food Stamp Program) divided by the number of people eligible to participate in the State.", "availableYears": "2016", "name": "SNAP participants (% eligible pop), 2016*", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "SNAP_PART_RATE16", "geographicLevel": "State", "dataSources": "Cunnyngham, Karen E. Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2016, prepared by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) for USDA Food and Nutrition Service, March 2019, Page 5."} |