Given a passage and a query based on the passage, generate an unambiguous, concise and simple answer to the query from information in the passage. Note that the answer may not be present in exact form.
Example: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility. To see if you might be eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, visit our pre-screening tool. For households in the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. To get SNAP benefits, households must meet certain tests, including resource and income tests: 1 Resources. 2 Income. 3 Deductions. 4 Employment Requirements. 5 Special Rules for Elderly or Disabled. 6 Immigrant Eligibility. In fact, we're not spending enough on food stamps. The need for food assistance is greater than food stamps can fill, and the benefit amount is too low to allow a family to purchase an adequate, healthy diet. The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. Between 2009-2011 the purchasing power of food stamps declined by about 7%, or $47/month for a family of four, due to inflation in the cost of food. You've likely heard stories (and outrage) about people using food stamps to purchase "steak and lobster" as well as cigarettes and alcohol, showing up at the grocery store in a nice car, nice clothes, a nice purse or an iPhone. But the federal government sets the food stamps benefit amount at, on average, roughly $4 a day per person. Yes, someone could save up their monthly allotment to buy some high-priced food items for a special occasion. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Effective October 2016. Maximum Monthly SNAP Amounts. The chart below shows the maximum dollar amount of SNAP benefits your household can receive each month. This dollar amount is based on the number of people in your household, your income and your expenses. You could receive any amount up to or including these amounts. National Standards for reasonable amounts have been established for five necessary expenses: food, housekeeping supplies, apparel and services, personal care products and services, and miscellaneous. See the SNAP page on Applicants and Recipients for detailed information about eligibility requirements and benefits. The SNAP home page provides access to information on all aspects of the program. fns On average, 45 million people received SNAP benefits each month in fiscal year 2011, which represents a 70 percent increase over the roughly 26 million people (or one of every 11) who received benefits in 2007. The truth is, a $125 per person per month grocery budget may seem like a farce to a household currently spending $300 per person per month, but it's actually quite achievable. *For households with more than eight people, add $5,408 per additional person. Always check with the appropriate managing agency to ensure the most accurate guidelines. To see if you might be eligible for SNAP benefits, use SNAP's pre-screening tool. Related Links. 1 Exija Sus Derechos! - 4300 S. 2 EXIJA SUS DERECHOS! Usted Tiene El Derecho - DHS 8219 S. 3 La tarjeta Illinois Link se acepta en mercados de agricultores selectos! DHS 9201 S. 4 B Attitude - Folic Acid - DHS 4758. 5 AABD Cash Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled - DHS 587. 6 Active Play for Families - DHS 4586. Query: average amount food stamps per one person in al for a month
Example solution: The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person.
Example explanation: The passage details the eligibility and resources provided by SNAP. The passage includes information on individual per meal food stamp benefit, that can be used to answer the query.

Problem: Alaska Is Big! 1 You could fit Texas into Alaska 2 times! One-fifth the size of the Lower 48, Alaska is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined! 2 Alaska is also far-flung: 3.1 times wider (east to west) and 1.9 times taller (north to south) than Texas. Confidence votes 236K. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles or 696,241 square kilometers. (square miles) All United States: 3,537,438.44: 1: Alaska: 571,951.26: 2: Texas: 261,797.12: 3: California: 155,959.34: 4: Montana: 145,552.43: 5: New Mexico: 121,355.53: 6: Arizona: 113,634.57: 7: Nevada: 109,825.99: 8: Colorado: 103,717.53: 9: Wyoming: 97,100.40: 10: Oregon: 95,996.79: 11: Idaho: 82,747.21: 12: Utah: 82,143.65: 13: Kansas: 81,814.88: 14: Minnesota: 79,610.08: 15: Nebraska: 76,872.41: 16: South Dakota: 75,884.64: 17: North Dakota Texas is enormous, but it's hard sometimes to put its size in perspective: just listing the distance from, say, El Paso to Beaumont (824 miles!), and noting how it compares to the distance from Dallas to Sioux Falls, SD (841 miles!) doesn't quite do the trick unless you've done both drives, it's still kind of abstract. Square Miles: 1: Alaska: 663,267: 2: Texas: 268,581: 3: California: 163,696: 4: Montana: 147,042: 5: New Mexico: 121,589: 6: Arizona: 113,998: 7: Nevada: 110,561: 8: Colorado: 104,094: 9: Oregon: 98,381: 10: Wyoming: 97,814: 11: Michigan: 96,716: 12: Minnesota: 86,939: 13: Utah: 84,899: 14: Idaho: 83,570: 15: Kansas: 82,277: 16: Nebraska: 77,354: 17: South Dakota: 77,117: 18: Washington: 71,300: 19: North Dakota: 70,700: 20: Oklahoma: 69,898: 21: Missouri: 69,704: 22: Florida Area (Sq Miles) 1: Alaska: 571,951: 2: Texas: 261,797: 3: California: 155,959: 4: Montana: 145,552: 5: New Mexico: 121,356: 6: Arizona: 113,635: 7: Nevada: 109,826: 8: Colorado: 103,718: 9: Wyoming: 97,100: 10: Oregon: 95,997: 11: Idaho: 82,747: 12: Utah: 82,144: 13: Kansas: 81,815: 14: Minnesota: 79,610: 15: Nebraska: 76,872: 16: South Dakota: 75,885: 17: North Dakota: 68,976: 18: Missouri: 68,886: 19: Oklahoma: 68,667: 20: Washington: 66,544: 21: Georgia: 57,906: 22 It's about 500 miles shorter to drive from Green Bay, Wisconsin to New Orleans than it is to drive from one end of Texas to the other and back. It's about 500 miles shorter to drive from Green Bay, Wisconsin to New Orleans than it is to drive from one end of Texas to the other and back. Photo: Google Maps Image 17 of 17 Actually, it's not quite Rhode Island, which covers about 1,200 square miles. But the smallest state has only five counties, while Waggoner Ranch occupies parts of six. From there, Waggoner's stats get more impressive. That's about 57% the size of California (423,970 square kilometers). From the southern tip of England to the northern end of Scotland would stretch from Los Angeles to the Oregon border. Comparing the sizes of the United Kingdom and California. Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact Reporter. For sale: the biggest American ranch ever put on the block -- larger than Los Angeles and New York City combined -- nearly 800 square miles of north Texas prairie, cattle pasture and, of course, oil fields. Price tag: $725 million, more than quadruple the biggest public sale of a U.S. ranch to date. Query: how large is the texas in square miles
Solution: Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles.