(CNSNews.com) – The number of beneficiaries of the federal government food stamp program dropped from 45,682,411 in February to 45,641,762 in March, but they still outnumber the population of Canada.
The number of beneficiaries on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dipped below 46 million for the first time in 42 months in February 2015, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The last time the number was below 46 million was in August 2011 when there were 45,794,474 beneficiaries.
Households on food stamps received an average benefit of $257.53 during the month. Total benefits for the month cost taxpayers $5,796,900,767.
While the number of individual beneficiaries declined in March, the number of households on food stamps increased, from 22,489,450 in February to 22,509,396 in March.
The decline in individual beneficiaries from February to March was 40,649. Even so, the number of beneficiaries in March outnumbers the populations of several mid-sized countries.
According to the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) World Factbook, the estimated population of Canada is 34,834,841. Kenya has an estimated population of 45,010,056, Ukraine 44,291,413, Argentina is 43,024,374, Algeria 38,813,722 and Poland 38,346,279.
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