HUFFPOST BUSINESS One In 5 American Kids Are On Food Stamps More Kids Now On Food Stamps Despite So-Culled Recovery Emily Cohn:01/28/2015 Here's more evidence that the economic recovery isn't benefitting the people who need it most: One in 5 American kids got food stamps in 2014, up from 1 in 8 before the recession. About 16 million kids relied on the U.S. government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2014, according to Census Bureau data released Wednesday, up from 15.6 million a year earlier. In 2007, before the start of the Great Recession, that figure was only 9 million. The Census also found that the percentage of kids on food stamps rose across all types of living arrangements. Nearly half of kids on food stamps live with only their mother. 1 IP age of 2 EFTA01114092