SNAP Food Stamp Calculator for Every State

The most a household can get from October 1, 2026 is $306 a month for 1 person, $562 for 2, $808 for 3 and $1,023 for 4 in the 48 states and DC (Alaska and Hawaii are higher), and only a household with no countable income gets the full amount. Each dollar of net income lowers it by 30 cents. With Ohio picked, a 3-person household with $2,000 of monthly pay, $1,000 rent and Ohio's $766 utility allowance comes out at about $623 a month.

Federal rules set gross monthly income at 130% of the poverty line, $2,960 for 3 people in the 48 states and DC, and net income at 100%, $2,277. Under BBCE a state may raise the gross limit; 28 jurisdictions use 200%, $4,554 for 3 people. The table below gives each state's limit for a household of 3. A household with a member 60 or older or disabled is not held to the gross limit under regular rules; it must meet the net limit instead.

39 of the 51 jurisdictions dropped the asset test for households their BBCE entry covers (New York only for the household types its chart lists). Arkansas $5,500, Idaho $5,000, Indiana $5,000, Nebraska $25,000 and Texas $5,000 keep a state limit, and where BBCE does not apply the federal limits are $3,000, or $4,750 with a member 60+ or disabled, from October 1, 2026.

Most states make you use a Standard Utility Allowance in place of your bills when you pay heating or cooling separately from rent, and picking a state loads its heating-and-cooling figure. Most figures here are from USDA's FY2026 table (October 2025 to September 2026), which USDA had not replaced when this page was checked; Illinois $565 and Texas $464 are from the states' own October 2026 notices. If your notice shows another amount, or your rent covers every utility, change the box. Hawaii prints per-utility standards and New Jersey is pending in USDA's table, so for those two the box starts at $300 for you to replace.

Mostly the gross income limit. A 3-person household earning $3,000 a month with $1,000 rent is over Ohio's 130% limit of $2,960, so it gets nothing there, while in California, at 200% ($4,554), it is categorically eligible and the calculator estimates $324 a month. The utility allowance moves the amount too: a larger allowance raises the shelter deduction and the benefit.