Of the 41.7 million snap recipients how many were adults in Jordan Jones usda graph

1. The headline number and the direct question

The ERS chart credited to Jordan W. Jones lists 41.7 million average monthly SNAP participants in FY2024 (41.7 million = 12.3% of the U.S. population) ^[1]. Your question — “Of the 41.7 million SNAP recipients how many were adults?” — is not answered directly for FY2024 in the provided materials; the ERS page gives the FY2024 headcount but the available ERS age-distribution chart and data in our sources report age shares for FY2023, not FY2024 ^{[1] [2]}. Available sources do not mention a FY2024 age breakdown.

2. What the ERS age distribution for FY2023 shows

ERS reporting by Jordan W. Jones shows the FY2023 age distribution: children were about 39% of participants, adults age 18–59 were 42%, and those 60 and older were about 19% ^[2]. That means in FY2023 adults (18–59 plus 60+) comprised about 61% of participants (42% + 19% = 61%) while children were 39% ^[2].

3. A straightforward estimate using the available age shares

If one applies the FY2023 adult share (61%) to the FY2024 total of 41.7 million — acknowledging ERS did not publish an FY2024 age split in the materials you provided — the implied adult count would be about 25.5 million adults (0.61 × 41.7 million ≈ 25.5 million). This is an estimate derived by combining ERS’s FY2023 age shares with the FY2024 total; ERS’s published FY2024 materials in the supplied sources do not report an age breakout to confirm this ^{[1] [2]}. Available sources do not mention an exact FY2024 adult count.

4. Why this is an estimate and important caveats

ERS explicitly labels the 41.7 million figure as FY2024 average monthly participants, while the age breakdown in our sources is for FY2023 ^{[1] [2]}. SNAP caseloads and demographic shares can shift year to year because of changes in economic conditions, policy, and program rules; ERS itself updates policy and data sets and tracks state-by-state variation ^{[3] [4]}. Therefore treating a FY2023 share as definitive for FY2024 risks error; ERS’s FY2024 age distribution is not found in the current reporting provided here ^[2]. No source provided here publishes a FY2024 age split to confirm or refute the estimate.

5. Where to find a definitive FY2024 adult count

ERS’s SNAP key statistics and the SNAP data/tables pages maintained by USDA/FNS typically hold detailed recipient tables and age breakdowns; the SNAP Data Tables page and ERS key statistics pages are the right places to look for a direct FY2024 age breakdown ^{[5] [6]}. Jordan W. Jones is listed as the ERS author associated with these charts and datasets; ERS’s SNAP policy data sets and chart gallery may post updated fiscal-year-specific age distributions beyond what’s in our sample ^{[7] [3]}. Available sources do not mention an FY2024 age-distribution chart other than the FY2023 split already cited ^[2].

6. Broader context and competing perspectives

ERS materials emphasize SNAP’s role and note that more than 20 million households receive benefits and that SNAP accounts for about 70% of USDA nutrition assistance spending — context that matters when interpreting headcounts versus households and spending ^{[4] [6]}. News coverage and policy debates cited in our sources show that SNAP rules and eligibility have been subject to proposed changes and political contention, which can alter caseload composition if implemented ^{[8] [9]}. Those discussions reinforce why up‑to‑date demographic breakdowns matter for policy analysis ^{[8] [9]}.

If you want a precise, source-cited FY2024 adult count, the next step is to request or download the ERS/FNS SNAP participant data tables for FY2024 (the SNAP Data Tables or ERS chart gallery) and look for “distribution of participants by age” for FY2024; that exact table is not present in the materials provided here ^{[5] [1] [2]}.