It took more than three years for SNAP participation to fall by 3 million people after the Great Recession. The current decline happened in just six months. Read more from Joseph Llobrera:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Participation in SNAP fell by more than 3 million people (8 percent) nationwide between July 2025 and January 2026—the sharpest decline in decades.
More than 3 million people have left SNAP in the six months since enactment of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act
