SNAP Payment Schedule December 2026: Deposit Dates by State and the Christmas Weekend

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for December 2026 load on each state’s standing monthly schedule, as published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS): Alaska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont and the U.S. Virgin Islands issue to every household on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The ranges for Florida and Texas include Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, so those two rows are flagged below.

The days are each state’s standing monthly schedule as published by FNS; the USDA pages could not be opened by automated tools on Oct. 31, so the days below come from the same schedule used in our November 2026 SNAP story, whose FNS page shows a last-updated date of July 26, 2024. The PDF itself ends with “Updated: November 4, 2021.” Each state can change its days, and the notice from your state agency or your Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) portal is final.

What are the SNAP deposit days in each state in December 2026?

December 1, 2026 is a Tuesday. The table gives each place’s days from the FNS schedule and the weekday of the first and last scheduled day, computed for December 2026. “Falls on Christmas” means the range includes the 25th; your household’s own day depends on the digit or letter your state uses, which is in the FNS PDF and your state’s notice.

State or territory	Days benefits are made available	First day	Last day	Christmas Day (Fri., Dec. 25)
Alabama	4th to 23rd	Fri., Dec. 4	Wed., Dec. 23	No
Alaska	1st	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 1	No
Arizona	1st to 13th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sun., Dec. 13	No
Arkansas	4th to 13th	Fri., Dec. 4	Sun., Dec. 13	No
California	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Colorado	1st to 10th (cash benefits 1st to 3rd)	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Connecticut	1st to 3rd	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 3	No
Delaware	2nd to 23rd	Wed., Dec. 2	Wed., Dec. 23	No
District of Columbia	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Florida	1st to 28th	Tue., Dec. 1	Mon., Dec. 28	Falls on Christmas: check your state agency
Georgia	5th to 23rd	Sat., Dec. 5	Wed., Dec. 23	No
Guam	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Hawaii	3rd or 5th	Thu., Dec. 3	Sat., Dec. 5	No
Idaho	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Illinois	1st to 10th, plus 13th, 17th, 20th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sun., Dec. 20	No
Indiana	5th to 23rd	Sat., Dec. 5	Wed., Dec. 23	No
Iowa	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Kansas	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Kentucky	1st to 19th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sat., Dec. 19	No
Louisiana	1st to 23rd	Tue., Dec. 1	Wed., Dec. 23	No
Maine	10th to 14th	Thu., Dec. 10	Mon., Dec. 14	No
Maryland	4th to 23rd	Fri., Dec. 4	Wed., Dec. 23	No
Massachusetts	1st to 14th	Tue., Dec. 1	Mon., Dec. 14	No
Michigan	3rd to 21st	Thu., Dec. 3	Mon., Dec. 21	No
Minnesota	4th to 13th	Fri., Dec. 4	Sun., Dec. 13	No
Mississippi	4th to 21st	Fri., Dec. 4	Mon., Dec. 21	No
Missouri	1st to 22nd	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 22	No
Montana	2nd to 6th	Wed., Dec. 2	Sun., Dec. 6	No
Nebraska	1st to 5th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sat., Dec. 5	No
Nevada	1st to 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
New Hampshire	5th	Sat., Dec. 5	Sat., Dec. 5	No
New Jersey	1st to 5th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sat., Dec. 5	No
New Mexico	1st to 20th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sun., Dec. 20	No
New York (outside New York City)	1st to 9th	Tue., Dec. 1	Wed., Dec. 9	No
New York City	13 days in the first two weeks	Weekdays not computed	Weekdays not computed	Check the city schedule
North Carolina	3rd to 21st	Thu., Dec. 3	Mon., Dec. 21	No
North Dakota	1st	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 1	No
Ohio	2nd to 20th	Wed., Dec. 2	Sun., Dec. 20	No
Oklahoma	1st, 5th or 10th	Tue., Dec. 1	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Oregon	1st to 9th	Tue., Dec. 1	Wed., Dec. 9	No
Pennsylvania	First 10 business days	Tue., Dec. 1	Mon., Dec. 14	No
Puerto Rico	4th to 22nd	Fri., Dec. 4	Tue., Dec. 22	No
Rhode Island	1st	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 1	No
South Carolina	1st to 10th (older), 2nd to 19th (newer)	Tue., Dec. 1	Sat., Dec. 19	No
South Dakota	10th	Thu., Dec. 10	Thu., Dec. 10	No
Tennessee	1st to 20th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sun., Dec. 20	No
Texas	16th to 28th (newer), 1st to 15th (older)	Tue., Dec. 1	Mon., Dec. 28	Falls on Christmas: check your state agency
Utah	5th, 11th or 15th	Sat., Dec. 5	Tue., Dec. 15	No
Vermont	1st	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 1	No
Virgin Islands	1st	Tue., Dec. 1	Tue., Dec. 1	No
Virginia	1st, 4th or 7th	Tue., Dec. 1	Mon., Dec. 7	No
Washington	1st to 20th	Tue., Dec. 1	Sun., Dec. 20	No
West Virginia	1st to 9th	Tue., Dec. 1	Wed., Dec. 9	No
Wisconsin	2nd to 15th	Wed., Dec. 2	Tue., Dec. 15	No
Wyoming	1st to 4th	Tue., Dec. 1	Fri., Dec. 4	No

Pennsylvania counts business days, so its first 10 business days run from Tuesday, Dec. 1 to Monday, Dec. 14 when weekends are skipped, as the PDF describes; its counties use one, two or ten pay-day cycles. New York City posts on 13 days in the first two weeks of the month, and the city publishes its own schedule. Texas lists one set of days for households certified after June 1, 2020 (16th to 28th) and another for earlier households (1st to 15th). For states with a digit or letter rule, such as Hawaii, Illinois and Utah, the first and last days are the ends of the listed days.

Does Christmas Day or New Year’s Day change SNAP deposits?

Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2026, and New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, are federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Whether a state moves a deposit that falls on a holiday depends on the state, so check your state agency.

The FNS document names no Christmas shift for any state. It does say Pennsylvania’s first 10 business days exclude weekends and holidays, and that New York City posts on days that are not Sundays or holidays. For Puerto Rico it says: “Usually for Holy Friday, Thanksgiving and New Year, benefits are available another day instead the holiday.” That sentence does not name Christmas Day. Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2026 store hours story covers the holiday hours. For another federal benefit, see our December 2026 Social Security payment schedule.

How much SNAP can a household get in December 2026?

The maximum monthly benefit rose on Oct. 1, 2026, for fiscal year 2027. The USDA page for the table was not reachable, so these figures rest on two newsrooms that agree. Colorado Politics (Sept. 28, 2026) and News4Jax (Oct. 2, 2026) both report the amounts for the 48 states and the District of Columbia (DC).

Household size	Maximum monthly benefit from Oct. 1, 2026	Before the increase
1 person	$306	$298
4 people	$1,023	$994

These are maximum monthly benefits for the 48 states and DC. We left out the other household sizes and Alaska and Hawaii because the two reports did not give us figures we could confirm for them.

Which weekend and holiday dates fall in December 2026?

The weekend dates in December 2026 are Dec. 5 and 6, 12 and 13, 19 and 20, and 26 and 27. A range in the table can include those days, and the FNS document gives no weekend shift rule for most states. Mark your day on the December 2026 printable calendar or on a printable weekly calendar so you can see which week it lands in.

Print the December 2026 SNAP dates to mark

One free one-page sheet lists the single-day states, the Christmas Day flag and the last day of the Florida and Texas ranges. Source: FNS, SNAP Monthly Issuance Schedule for All States and Territories (updated July 26, 2024). The sheet has an ink-saver version.