Since the beginning of May, the SNAP benefits payment schedule returns to distribute the long-awaited money to qualifying families who have their EBT cards throughout the United States, including territories such as Guam and the US Virgin Islands.
As you already know, this is a federal program funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) but distributed and managed at the local level by entities in the states: this is because each state administration knows its territory, its realities and the needs of its populations. Thus, the impact is much greater and more tangible and benefits those most in need.
Maximum EBT SNAP Allotments According to Each State
Until September 30, 2024, when the fiscal year ends, the maximum food stamps entitlement that a family will receive depends on the number of members that make up the household. Now, the maximum allotment receiving homes in the 49 contiguous states, and District of Columbia, is not the same as in other states (keep reading for the next ones). In these, the list of maximums is as follows, according to the size of the household:
- 1-person: $291
- 2 people: $535
- 3 people: $766
- 4 people: $973
- 5 people: $1,155
- 6 people: $1,386
- 7 people: $1,532
- 8 people: $1,751
- Each Additional Member: +$219
- Minimum Allotment: $23
If you are a resident of the state of Alaska, the maximum you will receive depends on your geographical location within the territory. The three levels are divided into: Urban, Rural 1 and Rural 2.
Take a quick look at the following chart, that shows the three values (Urban, Rural 1, and Rural 2, respectively):
- 1-person: $374 / $477 / $581
- 2 people: $686 / $875 / $1,065
- 3 people: $983 / $1,253 / $1,525
- 4 people: $1,248 / $1,591 / $1,937
- 5 people: $1,482 / $1,890 / $2,300
- 6 people: $1,778 / $2,268 / $2,760
- 7 people: $1,966 / $2,506 / $3,051
- 8 people: $2,246 / $2,865 / $3,487
- Each Additional Member: $281 / $358 / $436
- Minimum allotment: $30 / $38 / $46
Learn More: Summer SNAP Benefits: Extra Food Stamps for Millions of Qualifying Americans
Residents in the state of Hawaii also have different values. This is because, according to statistics, the cost of living in Hawaii is, on average, 24% more expensive than the United States national average.
The cost of food is up to 15% higher than the national average, but there are other factors that also affect: the value of a home is around $900,000, compared to the national average of $400,000, and the gallon of gasoline is $5, much more expensive than the average of $3 in the United States.
All that said, the table of maximum SNAP benefit allocations that Hawaii residents can receive is as follows:
- 1-person: $527
- 2 people: $967
- 3 people: $1,385
- 4 people: $1,759
- 5 people: $2,088
- 6 people: $2,506
- 7 people: $2,770
- 8 people: $3,166
- Each Additional Member: +$396
- Minimum Allotment: $42
Maximum SNAP allotments for U.S. Virgin Islands:
- 1-person: $375
- 2 people: $688
- 3 people: $985
- 4 people: $1,251
- 5 people: $1,485
- 6 people: $1,782
- 7 people: $1,970
- 8 people: $2,252
- Each Additional Member: +$282
- Minimum Allotment: $30
Snap EBT Payment Dates in May 2024: All the States
- Alabama: May 4 to May 23
- Alaska: May 1
- Arizona: May 1 to May 13
- Arkansas: May 4 to May 13
- California: May 1 to May 10
- Colorado: May 1 to May 10
- Connecticut: May 1 to May 3
- Delaware: May 2 to May 23
- District of Columbia: May 1 to May 10
- Florida: May 1 to May 28
- Georgia: May 5 to May 23
- Guam: May 1 to May 10
- Hawaii: May 3 to May 5
- Idaho: May 1 to May 10
- Illinois: May 1 to May 10
- Indiana: May 5 to May 23
- Iowa: May 1 to May 10
- Kansas: May 1 to May 10
- Kentucky: May 1 to May 19
- Louisiana: May 1 to May 23
- Maine: May 10 to May 14
- Maryland: May 4 to May 23
- Massachusetts: May 1 to May 14
- Michigan: May 3 to May 21
- Minnesota: May 4 to May 13
- Mississippi: May 4 to May 21
- Missouri: May 1 to May 22
- Montana: May 2 to May 6
- Nebraska: May 1 to May 5
- Nevada: May 1 to May 10
- New Hampshire: May 5
- New Jersey: May 1 to May 5
- New Mexico: May 1 to May 20
- New York: May 1 to May 9
- North Carolina: May 3 to May 21
- North Dakota: May 1
- Ohio: May 2 to May 20
- Oklahoma: May 1 to May 10
- Oregon: May 1 to May 9
- Pennsylvania: May 3 to May 14
- Puerto Rico: May 4 to May 22
- Rhode Island: May 1
- South Carolina: May 1 to May 10
- South Dakota: May 10
- Tennessee: May 1 to May 20
- Texas: May 1 to May 28
- Utah: May 5, 11, and 15
- Vermont: May 1
- Virginia: May 1 to May 7
- Virgin Islands: May 1
- Washington: May 1 to May 20
- West Virginia: May 1 to May 9
- Wisconsin: May 1 to May 15