Texas SNAP applications received from March 2020 through July 2021

The chart below shows the number of SNAP applications Texas Health and Human Services Commission has received each month since March 2020. The increase in applications, resulting from the pandemic, has caused delays in processing applications.

In 2019 HHSC received an average of 128,541 SNAP applications per month. Since the pandemic started in March 2020, HHSC has seen a 67 percent increase on average per month in the number of SNAP applications received.
Chart: Haeven Gibbons Source: Texas Health and Human Services Comission Get the data