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When will my SNAP benefits arrive in May?
A look at when SNAP beneficiaries will receive their benefit in May and how the schedule is determined in each state.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formally known as food stamps, is one of the largest social programs in the United States, benefiting over forty million people.
While the program is federally supported, it is administered by the states, meaning the distribution of benefits follows different schedules across the country. Only a few states distribute benefits to all beneficiaries on the first of the month; these include Alaska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont. In states with small populations, the overall lift in distributing SNAP benefits is much lighter than in larger states where millions of families see their Electronic Benefits Card reloaded monthly.
However, most states will begin their distribution effort on the first of the month. Here is a look at when beneficiaries can expect to receive their SNAP benefits in May 2024.
Alabama
The state distributes benefits between the fourth and the twenty-third of each month.
If a case number ends in:
- 00-04 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 05-09 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 10-14 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 15-19 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 20-24 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 25-29 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 30-34 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 35-39 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 40-44 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 45-49 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 50-54 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- 55-59 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 60-64 = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- 65-69 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 70-74 = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- 75-79 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 80-84 = benefits available on the 20th of the month
- 85-89 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
- 90-94 = benefits available on the 22nd of the month
- 95-99 = benefits available on the 23rd of the month
Arizona
Benefits are paid between the first and the thirteenth of each month.
Based on the first letter of the beneficiary's last name:
- A or B = benefits available on the 1st
- C or D = benefits available on the 2nd
- E or F = benefits available on the 3rd
- G or H = benefits available on the 4th
- I or J = benefits available on the 5th
- K or L = benefits available on the 6th
- M or N = benefits available on the 7th
- O or P = benefits available on the 8th
- Q or R = benefits available on the 9th
- S or T = benefits available on the 10th
- U or V = benefits available on the 11th
- W or X = benefits available on the 12th
- Y or Z = benefits available on the 13th
Arkansas
Benefits are paid between the fourth and thirteenth of each month.
SSN that end in:
- 0 or 1 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 2 or 3 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
California
Payments are made between the first and the tenth of the month.
Case number that ends in:
- 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
Colorado
Payments are made between the first and the tenth of the month
SSN that ends in:
- 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
Connecticut
As a smaller state, SNAP benefits are distributed in Connecticut on the first, second, and third of each month.
If the first letter of the last name begins A through F, benefits are paid on the first; G-N will be paid on the second; and O through Z will be paid on the third.
Delaware
Benefits are sent between the second and the twenty-third of each month.
If the first letter of the beneficiary’s last name is:
- A = benefits available on the 2nd
- B = benefits available on the 3rd
- C = benefits available on the 4th
- D = benefits available on the 5th
- E = benefits available on the 6th
- F = benefits available on the 7th
- G = benefits available on the 8th
- H = benefits available on the 9th
- I = benefits available on the 10th
- J = benefits available on the 11th
- K = benefits available on the 12th
- L = benefits available on the 13th
- M = benefits available on the 14th
- N = benefits available on the 15th
- O = benefits available on the 16th
- P = benefits available on the 17th
- Q and R = benefits available on the 18th
- S = benefits available on the 19th
- T = benefits available on the 20th
- U and V = benefits available on the 21st
- W = benefits available on the 22nd
- X, Y and Z = benefits available on the 23rd
District of Columbia
Payments in the nation’s capital are sent between the first and tenth of each month.
If the first letter of the last name is:
- A or B = benefits available on the 1st
- C = benefits available on the 2nd
- D, E, or F = benefits available on the 3rd
- G or H = benefits available on the 4th
- I, J, or K = benefits available on the 5th
- L or M = benefits available on the 6th
- N, O, P, or Q = benefits available on the 7th
- R or S = benefits available on the 8th
- T, U, or V = benefits available on the 9th
- W, X, Y or Z = benefits available on the 10th
Florida
Payments are made between the first and twenty-eighth of each month.
If the case number's 9th and 8th digit are:
- 00-03 = benefits available on the 1st
- 04-06 = benefits available on the 2nd
- 07-10 = benefits available on the 3rd
- 11-13 = benefits available on the 4th
- 14-17 = benefits available on the 5th
- 18-20 = benefits available on the 6th
- 21-24 = benefits available on the 7th
- 25-27 = benefits available on the 8th
- 28-31 = benefits available on the 9th
- 32-34 = benefits available on the 10th
- 35-38 = benefits available on the 11th
- 39-41 = benefits available on the 12th
- 42-45 = benefits available on the 13th
- 46-48 = benefits available on the 14th
- 49-53 = benefits available on the 15th
- 54-57 = benefits available on the 16th
- 58-60 = benefits available on the 17th
- 61-64 = benefits available on the 18th
- 65-67 = benefits available on the 19th
- 68-71 = benefits available on the 20th
- 72-74 = benefits available on the 21st
- 75-78 = benefits available on the 22nd
- 79-81 = benefits available on the 23rd
- 82-85 = benefits available on the 24th
- 86-88 = benefits available on the 25th
- 89-92 = benefits available on the 26th
- 93-95 = benefits available on the 27th
- 96-99 = benefits available on the 28th
Georgia
In Georgia, benefits are sent between the fifth and twenty-third of each month, and the payment schedule depends on a beneficiary’s ID number.
ID numbers that end in:
- 00-09 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 10-19 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 20-29 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 30-39 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 40-49 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 50-59 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 60-69 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 70-79 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 80-89 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
- 90-99 = benefits available on the 23rd of the month
Hawaii
In Hawaii, benefits are sent between the third and fifth of each month, with those with last names from A to I receiving them on the third and J to Z being sent on the fifth.
Idaho
Payments are made during the first ten days of the month.
If the last digit of the beneficiary's birth year ends in:
- 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
Illinois
The distribution of SNAP benefits in Illinois is a bit complicated as there are differences between older and new cases. For more information, please visit the state’s SNAP website.
Indiana
Benefits are paid between the fifth and the twenty-third of each month.
If the first letter of the last name is:
- A or B = benefits available on the 5th
- C or D = benefits available on the 7th
- E, F, or G = benefits available on the 9th
- H or I = benefits available on the11th
- J, K, or L = benefits available on the 13th
- M or N = benefits available on the 15th
- O, P, Q, or R = benefits available on the17th
- S = benefits available on the 19th
- T, U, or V = benefits available on the 21st
- W, X, Y, or Z = benefits available on the 23rd
Iowa
Benefits are paid during the first ten days of the month.
If the last name begins with:
- A or B = benefits available on the 1st
- C or D = benefits available on the 2nd
- E, F, or G = benefits available on the 3rd
- H or I = benefits available on the 4th
- J, K, or L = benefits available on the 5th
- M, N, or O = benefits available on the 6th
- P, Q, or R = benefits available on the 7th
- S = benefits available on the 8th
- T, U, or V = benefits available on the 9th
- W, X, Y, or Z = benefits available on the 10th
Kansas
Like Iowa, those in Kansas can expect their benefits during the first ten days of the month.
If the last name begins with
- A or B = benefits available on the 1st
- C or D = benefits available on the 2nd
- E, F, or G = benefits available on the 3rd
- H, I, or J = benefits available on the 4th
- K or L = benefits available on the 5th
- M = benefits available on the 6th
- N, O, P, Q, or R = benefits available on the 7th
- S = benefits available on the 8th
- T, U, or V = benefits available on the 9th
- W, X, Y, or Z = benefits available on the 10th
Kentucky
In Kentucky, benefits are paid between the first and nineteenth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 0 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
Louisiana
Benefits are paid between the first and twenty-third of each month and depend on the beneficiary’s SSN.
If the SSN ends in
- 0 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 23rd of the month
Maine
Payments are made between the tenth and fourteenth of each month and vary based on the beneficiary’s birthday.
If the beneficiary's birth day ends in
- 0 or 9 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 1 or 8 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 2 or 3 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 4 or 7 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 5 or 6 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
Maryland
Payments are made between the fourth and the twenty-third of each month.
If the first three letters of the beneficiary's last name are between:
- AAA and BAO = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- BAP and BQZ = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- BRA and CAQ = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- CAR and COQ = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- COR and DIZ = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- DJA and FIS = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- FIT and GON = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- GOO and HAX = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- HAY and JAB = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- JAC and KIM = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- KIN and LOX = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- LOY and MCO = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- MCP and NEF = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- NEG and PGZ = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- PHA and RIC = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- RID and SDZ = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- SEA and STC = benefits available on the 20th of the month
- STD and TRA = benefits available on the 21st of the month
- TRB and WES = benefits available on the 22nd of the month
- WET and ZZZ = benefits available on the 23rd of the month
Massachusetts
Benefits are paid during the first fourteen days of the month.
If the SSN ends in:
- 0 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
Michigan
Benefits are paid between the third and the twenty-first of each month.
Recipient ID number ends in
- 0 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 2= benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
Minnesota
Payments are made between between the fourth and thirteenth of each month.
If the last digit of one's case number is:
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
Mississippi
Like Minnesota, Mississippi begins making SNAP payments on the fourth, but they do not finish the distribution process until the twenty-first of each month.
If the last two digits of the case number are:
- 00-04 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 05-10 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 11-16 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 17-22 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 23-28 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 29-34 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 35-40 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 41-46 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 47-52 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 53-58 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 59-64 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- 65-69 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 70-74 = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- 75-79 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 80-84 = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- 85-89 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 90-94 = benefits available on the 20th of the month
- 95-99 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
Missouri
Missouri begins making payments on the first and ends its distribution effort on the twenty-second of each month. The US Department of Agriculture’s website provides more information on payment dates.
Montana
Payments are made between the second and the sixth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 0 or 1 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 2 or 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 or 5 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 6 or 7 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 8 or 9 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
Nebraska
Payments are made between the first and fifth of each month.
If the SSN ends in:
- 1 or 2 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 3 or 4 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 5 or 6 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 7 or 8 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 9 or 0 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
Nevada
Payments are made between the first and tenth of the month.
If the last digit of the birth year is:
- 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
New Hampshire
All SNAP beneficiaries receive their benefits on the fifth of the month.
New Jersey
Payments are made between the first and fifth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 1 or 2 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 3 or 4 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 5 or 6 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 7 or 8 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 9 or 0 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
New Mexico
Payments are made between the first and the twentieth of each month.
If the SSN ends in:
- 11, 31, 51, 71, 91 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 01, 21, 41, 61, 81 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 12, 32, 52, 72, 92 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 02, 22, 42, 62, 82 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 13, 33, 53, 73, 93 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 03, 23, 43, 63, 83 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 14, 34, 54, 74, 94 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 04, 24, 44, 64, 84 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 15, 35, 55, 75, 95 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 05, 25, 45, 65, 85 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 16, 36, 56, 76, 96 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 06, 26, 46, 66, 86 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 17, 37, 57, 77, 97 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 07, 27, 47, 67, 87 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- 18, 38, 58, 78, 98 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 08, 28, 48, 68, 88 = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- 19, 39, 59, 79, 99 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 09, 29, 49, 69, 89 = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- 10, 30, 50, 70, 90 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 00, 20, 40, 60, 80 = benefits available on the 20th of the month
New York
Payments are made between the first and the ninth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 0 or 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
North Carolina
Payments are made between the third and twenty-first of each month.
If the SSN ends in:
- 1 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 0 = benefits available on the 21st of the month
North Dakota
All beneficiaries receive their SNAP payments on the first of each month.
Ohio
Payments are made between the second and the twentieth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 0 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 1 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 20th of the month
Oklahoma
Payments are made between the second and the tenth of each month.
If the case number ends in:
- 0 -3 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 4 -6 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 7 -9 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
Oregon
Payments are made between the second and the ninth of each month.
If the SSN ends in:
- 0 or 1 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 2 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 3 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 4 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 5 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 6 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 7 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 8 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 9 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
Pennsylvania
Payments are made between the third and the fourteenth of each month. The US Department of Agriculture’s website provides more information on payment dates, which vary depending on the county where the beneficiary lives and their case number.
Rhode Island
All SNAP beneficiaries receive their payments on the first of the month.
South Carolina
Payments are made between the first and the tenth of each month. The US Department of Agriculture’s website provides more information on payment dates, which vary depending on when one’s claim was approved.
South Dakota
All SNAP beneficiaries receive their payments on the tenth of the month.
Tennessee
Payments are made between the first and the twentieth of each month.
If the last two digits of one's SSN are between:
- 00-04 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 05-09 = benefits available on the 2nd of the month
- 10-14 = benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- 15-19 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 20-24 = benefits available on the 5th of the month
- 25-29 = benefits available on the 6th of the month
- 30-34 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
- 35-39 = benefits available on the 8th of the month
- 40-44 = benefits available on the 9th of the month
- 45-49 = benefits available on the 10th of the month
- 50-54 = benefits available on the 11th of the month
- 55-59 = benefits available on the 12th of the month
- 60-64 = benefits available on the 13th of the month
- 65-69 = benefits available on the 14th of the month
- 70-74 = benefits available on the 15th of the month
- 75-79 = benefits available on the 16th of the month
- 80-84 = benefits available on the 17th of the month
- 85-89 = benefits available on the 18th of the month
- 90-94 = benefits available on the 19th of the month
- 95-99 = benefits available on the 20th of the month
Texas
Payments are made between the first and twenty-eighth of each month. The US Department of Agriculture’s website provides more information on payment dates.
Utah
Payments are made on the fifth, eleventh, and fifteenth of each month.
If the first letter of the beneficiary's las name begins with:
- A - G = benefits available on the 5th
- H - O = benefits available on the 11th
- P - Z = benefits available on the 15th
Vermont
All beneficiaries receive their SNAP payment on the first of the month
Virginia
Payments are made between the first and seventh.
If the case number ends in:
- 0-3 = benefits available on the 1st of the month
- 4-5 = benefits available on the 4th of the month
- 6-9 = benefits available on the 7th of the month
Washington
Payments are made between the first and the twentieth.
West Virginia
Payments are made between the first and ninth.
If the first letter of the last name is:
- B, X, Y, or Z = benefits available on the 1st
- C or F = benefits available on the 2nd
- H, N, or V = benefits available on the 3rd
- I, M, O, or U = benefits available on the 4th
- Q or S = benefits available on the 5th
- A or W = benefits available on the 6th
- J, K, or P = benefits available on the 7th
- D, E, or R = benefits available on the 8th
- G, L, or T = benefits available on the 9th
Wisconsin
Payments are made between the first and the fifteenth.
If the eigth digit of the SSN is:
- 0 = benefits are issued on the 2nd of each month
- 1 = benefits are issued on the 3rd of each month
- 2 = benefits are issued on the 5th of each month
- 3 = benefits are issued on the 6th of each month
- 4 = benefits are issued on the 8th of each month
- 5 = benefits are issued on the 9th of each month
- 6 = benefits are issued on the 11th of each month
- 7 = benefits are issued on the 12th of each month
- 8 = benefits are issued on the 14th of each month
- 9 = benefits are issued on the 15th of each month
Wyoming
Payments are made between the first and fourth.
If the first letter of the beneficiary's last name begins with:
- A - D = benefits available on the 1st
- E - K = benefits available on the 2nd
- L - R = benefits available on the 3rd
- S - Z = benefits available on the 4th
For more information, please visit the website of the relevant SNAP authority in your state or the US Department of Agriculture’s webpage dedicated to the program.