Average nutrition assistance benefits in the U.S. Location Average Monthly Benefits (2003)[47] Median Household Income (2000) 50 States $84 $41,994[2] American Samoa $103 $18,219[3] Washington, D.C. $92 $40,127[4] Guam $186 $39,317[5] Northern Mariana Is. $79 $22,898[6] Puerto Rico $103 $14,412[7] U.S. Virgin Islands $119 $24,704[8]