Diana Jensen
CalFreshData Explorer
Participation Trends
This is a working prototype I developed for the love of the data visualization game.
All data is from public sources, hopefully a little easier to explore now.
Send me suggestions or corrections at .
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Total CalFresh Participants
California, monthly persons, 2014–2026
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All Participants is the umbrella CalFresh persons total (federal SNAP plus CFAP). Checking CFAP restacks that total for California — it does not add people. SNB / TNB is one stacked pair: SNB people are already inside the total; TNB people are not. $ Issued follows the person layers you have checked. Unemployment shares the right axis with $ Issued.
Check a group to add its line.
Participant types are available when one county or one region is selected.
| Month | Persons |
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Annual % Change in CalFresh Participants
Year-over-year change, selected counties
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Annual % Change by County
Month
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California rate
Aggregate rate by group
Click a name to add or remove it. Leave empty to include all.
X-Large is the 6 largest counties by CalFresh households (the “big six”), not Los Angeles alone. Large > 25,000 households, Medium 5,000–25,000, Small < 5,000.
Annual % Change by County
| County | Size group | Annual % change |
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Caseload movement
Net is additions minus discontinuances.Certified cases added and discontinued
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