# $EBT · People on food stamps in New York State

People in New York State who got SNAP food benefits (food stamps, paid on an EBT card) in a month, added across the state's social services districts, as the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance reports them. A month prints only when every district is in. Counted from January 2002, the first month of the state's file.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Newest complete period | Aug 2026: 2,638,271 people, score 12, Quiet |
| Source | New York State Open Data, SNAP Caseloads and Expenditures beginning 2002 (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance) (https://data.ny.gov/d/dq6j-8u8z) |
| Terms | OPEN-NY Terms of Use: a non-exclusive licence to use the data, with no attribution, share-alike or approval asked for. |
| Cadence | Monthly, about ten weeks after the month ends. |
| Grade | reference |
| Rulebook | Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04 |

## Settlement

Why this grade: The state agency's own count of the people it pays, published every month. It can correct a recent month; the record keeps each revision.
What it costs to move: Not practical. Moving a month means moving a state's caseload.
When the source is late: A month prints when every district is in. Until then it stays open. A month the state never publishes is void.
Precision: Whole people: total SNAP persons, summed over every district.

## As first published, and the proof

Not on-chain yet. The newest complete period goes on-chain with the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.

## Last 30 complete periods

| Period | Level | Change | Band |
| --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| Aug 2026 | 2,638,271 people | -1.1% | Quiet |
| Jul 2026 | 2,667,525 people | -2.0% | Elevated |
| Jun 2026 | 2,720,960 people | -1.4% | Normal |
| May 2026 | 2,759,499 people | -0.8% | Quiet |
| Apr 2026 | 2,780,414 people | -0.5% | Quiet |
| Mar 2026 | 2,793,337 people | +0.1% | Quiet |
| Feb 2026 | 2,790,322 people | -0.8% | Quiet |
| Jan 2026 | 2,813,068 people | -0.9% | Quiet |
| Dec 2025 | 2,839,867 people | -0.6% | Quiet |
| Nov 2025 | 2,855,955 people | -1.2% | Normal |
| Oct 2025 | 2,889,725 people | -0.8% | Quiet |
| Sep 2025 | 2,911,853 people | -0.2% | Quiet |
| Aug 2025 | 2,917,894 people | -0.8% | Quiet |
| Jul 2025 | 2,940,513 people | -0.5% | Quiet |
| Jun 2025 | 2,955,731 people | -0.2% | Quiet |
| May 2025 | 2,962,913 people | -0.2% | Quiet |
| Apr 2025 | 2,968,230 people | -0.1% | Quiet |
| Mar 2025 | 2,970,199 people | +0.2% | Quiet |
| Feb 2025 | 2,965,461 people | -0.3% | Quiet |
| Jan 2025 | 2,974,909 people | -0.2% | Quiet |
| Dec 2024 | 2,981,000 people | +0.4% | Normal |
| Nov 2024 | 2,968,440 people | -0.5% | Quiet |
| Oct 2024 | 2,981,917 people | +0.3% | Normal |
| Sep 2024 | 2,973,613 people | -0.2% | Normal |
| Aug 2024 | 2,979,198 people | +0.2% | Normal |
| Jul 2024 | 2,974,362 people | +0.4% | Normal |
| Jun 2024 | 2,961,711 people | -0.1% | Normal |
| May 2024 | 2,965,846 people | +0.2% | Normal |
| Apr 2024 | 2,958,608 people | +0.5% | Normal |
| Mar 2024 | 2,942,731 people | +0.9% | Normal |

JSON: https://tickerz.com/api/indices/ebt

## Asked often

**How many people get food stamps in New York State?** 2,638,271 people in New York State got SNAP food benefits in Aug 2026, as the state's Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance reports it.

**Where does the $EBT number come from?** Tickerz reads it from New York State Open Data, SNAP Caseloads and Expenditures beginning 2002 (Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance). Monthly, about ten weeks after the month ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.

**Can I download the $EBT data?** Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/ebt and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/ebt/history.csv.

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