In December, SNAP recipients will see an increase in their benefits due to the 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). This boost will be included in all Food Stamp payments until September 30, 2025, after which amounts may fluctuate. However, states like Hawaii have seen their Food Stamp benefits decrease for the second consecutive year.
Here’s a breakdown of the SNAP payment dates for December across various states:
- Alabama: December 4 to December 23
- Alaska: December 1
- Arizona: December 1 to December 13
- Arkansas: December 4 to December 13
- California: December 1 to December 10
- Colorado: December 1 to December 10
- Connecticut: December 1 to December 3
- Delaware: December 2 to December 23
- Florida: December 1 to December 28
- Georgia: December 5 to December 23
- Hawaii: December 3 to December 5
- Idaho: December 1 to December 10
- Illinois: December 1 to December 10
- Indiana: December 5 to December 23
- Iowa: December 1 to December 10
- Kansas: December 1 to December 10
- Kentucky: December 1 to December 19
- Louisiana: December 1 to December 23
- Maine: December 10 to December 14
- Maryland: December 4 to December 23
- Massachusetts: December 1 to December 14
- Michigan: December 3 to December 21
- Minnesota: December 4 to December 13
- Mississippi: December 4 to December 21
- Missouri: December 1 to December 22
- Montana: December 2 to December 6
- Nebraska: December 1 to December 5
- Nevada: December 1 to December 10
- New Hampshire: December 5
- New Jersey: December 1 to December 5
- New Mexico: December 1 to December 20
- New York: December 1 to December 9
- North Carolina: December 3 to December 21
- North Dakota: December 1
- Ohio: December 2 to December 20
- Oklahoma: December 1 to December 10
- Oregon: December 1 to December 9
- Pennsylvania: Issued over the first 10 business days
- Rhode Island: December 1
- South Carolina: December 1 to December 10
- South Dakota: December 10
- Tennessee: December 1 to December 20
- Texas: December 1 to December 28
- Utah: December 5, 11, and 15
- Vermont: December 1
- Virginia: December 1 to December 7
- Washington: December 1 to December 20
- West Virginia: December 1 to December 9
- Wisconsin: December 1 to December 15
- Wyoming: December 1 to December 4
- Guam: December 1 to December 10
- Puerto Rico: December 4 to December 22
- The District of Columbia: December 1 to December 10
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: December 1
How to Check Your Payment Date: To find out when your SNAP benefits will arrive in December, visit the USDA’s official monthly issuance schedule at https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/monthly-issuance-schedule. For example, in Alabama, if your case number ends in 00-04, you’ll receive your payment on December 4, but if it ends in 95-99, you’ll get your payment on December 23.
Some states like Alaska, Vermont, Rhode Island, and North Dakota issue all payments on the same day, so there’s no need to check the USDA schedule in those cases.
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