Numbers released by the Census Bureau Wednesday as part of its annual look at children and families show that one in five children were on food stamp assistance in 2014. The survey was taken last spring.
The number of people receiving food stamps spiked through the recession and has stayed at a higher level ever since. In the 2007 Census survey, 9 million children received assistance from the program.
Participation and spending appear to be going down, though. The Congressional Budget Office said this week that the government spent $76 billion on food stamps last year, down 8 percent from the year before.
