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SNAP participation, March 2026
How many people will USDA FNS report participating in SNAP in March 2026 in the national monthly data tables?
current forecast · 80% CI37.1M
36.4M37.1M37.8M
history:Nov: 39.4MDec: 38.8MJan: 38.2MFeb: 37.9M
Trend
history + forecasthistoryforecast path80% interval
static prototype estimate · seeded forecast value
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- prototype seed
- agent
- prototype seed
- distribution
- 201 CDF points
- ledger fact
- usda.fns.snap.participation.march_2026.fixed_vintage
Key drivers
- Employment and earnings
- State recertification rules
- Eligibility changes
- Administrative reporting revisions
Resolution
- source
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service SNAP national data tables
- expected
- July 31, 2026
- rule
- Resolves to the national March 2026 SNAP persons count in the USDA FNS FY2026 National View Summary, using the first table update available by July 31, 2026. Later revisions do not change the resolved value.
- Data point
- usda.fns.snap.participation.march_2026.fixed_vintage
Series design
- series
- usda.fns.snap.participation
- cadence
- monthly · ~3 months
- horizon
- next release · fixed vintage
- priority
- P1
- benchmark
- Recent monthly administrative trend
- chainable
- next release · +3 months · program-cost impact
Analyst agent · reasoning trace
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