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By Aliss Higham
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Tens of millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients are set to get payments in February.
While SNAP—also commonly known as food stamps—is a federal benefit, it is administered by state and local officials, so the date recipients get their SNAP benefits depends on the state they live in. In 2023, the latest year for which data is available, the average monthly SNAP benefit came in at $332.
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Some states set benefit payment dates by the first letter of a recipient's last name. In Connecticut, for instance, payments go out at the beginning of each month: A to F on the first day, G to N on the second, and O to Z on the third.
Other states rely on case numbers instead. In Alabama, benefits are issued based on the last two digits of a case number, meaning people whose numbers end in 01 are paid earlier in the month than those ending in 99.
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February Payment Dates
- Alabama: February 4 to 23
- Alaska: February 1
- Arizona: February 1 to 13
- Arkansas: February 4 to 13
- California: February 1 to 10
- Colorado: February 1 to 10
- Connecticut: February 1 to 3
- Delaware: February 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: February 1 to 10
- Florida: February 1 to 28
- Georgia: February 5 to 23
- Guam: February 1 to 10
- Hawaii: February 3 to 5
- Idaho: February 1 to 10
- Illinois: February 1 to 20
- Indiana: February 5 to 23
- Iowa: February 1 to 10
- Kansas: February 1 to 10
- Kentucky: February 1 to 19
- Louisiana: February 1 to 23
- Maine: February 10 to 14
- Maryland: February 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: February 1 to 14
- Michigan: February 3 to 21
- Minnesota: February 4 to 13
- Mississippi: February 4 to 21
- Missouri: February 1 to 22
- Montana: February 2 to 6
- Nebraska: February 1 to 5
- Nevada: February 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: February 5
- New Jersey: February 1 to 5
- New Mexico: February 1 to 20
- New York: February 1 to 9
- North Carolina: February 3 to 21
- North Dakota: February 1
- Ohio: February 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: February 1 to 10
- Oregon: February 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: February 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: February 4 to February 22
- Rhode Island: February 1
- South Carolina: February 1 to 19
- South Dakota: February 10
- Tennessee: February 1 to 20
- Texas: February 1 to 28
- Utah: February 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: February 1
- Vermont: February 1
- Virginia: February 1 to 7
- Washington: February 1 to 20
- West Virginia: February 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: February 1 to 15
- Wyoming: February 1 to 4
Recent SNAP Changes
The SNAP program, which helps pay for groceries for about 42 million low- and no-income Americans, has undergone considerable changes in recent months. Some states now have additional limits on what consumers can buy with benefits, while nationwide there have been changes to work requirements that recipients must fulfill to keep their monthly payments.
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