Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2013 (Summary)

This report describes the characteristics of SNAP households and participants in fiscal year 2013. About 83 percent of SNAP households lived in poverty. Most SNAP households (75 percent) included a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled nonelderly individual, and these households received 82 percent of all benefits. The average SNAP household received a monthly benefit of $271; 31 percent of all participating households had earnings.