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The number of Connecticut residents on SNAP has fallen by more than 32,500 people since July 2025, a 9% decrease, according to state data.

Nationally, there has been a 6% decrease since the implementation of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — with 2.5 million fewer people receiving benefits.

According to a study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the number of people receiving benefits has been falling since 2024, but the drop was accelerated by the law, passed in July 2025.

Like Connecticut, most states in the nation have seen a decrease in SNAP enrollment. Only three states saw enrollment increase since 2024.

In Connecticut, the number of people on food assistance has been falling since late 2024. After the implementation of H.R. 1, this continued. The bill cuts SNAP funding by nearly $187 billion through 2034.

Overall in the state, some 65,000 fewer people are receiving benefits as of February compared to October 2024. Half of that drop has occurred since the enactment of H.R. 1.

According to the study, 4 million people may lose benefits in any given month. Compared to the rest of the nation, Connecticut has seen a slightly higher drop in enrollment compared to other states since 2024.

A DataHaven study from October found that New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Hartford would be hit the hardest by the new eligibility rules.

Sasha is a data reporting fellow with The Connecticut Mirror. She graduated from the University of Maryland in May with a degree in journalism and a minor in creative writing. For the past year Sasha was working part time for the Herald-Mail, a newspaper based in Western Maryland. She was also a reporter and copy editor for Capital News Service, the university’s wire service where she covered the state legislature, the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, school board elections, youth mental health and climate change. Earlier in her college career, Sasha also interned at the Baltimore Magazine and wrote for numerous student publications including the Diamondback, the university’s independent, student-run newspaper.