Stats of our lives: The holidays on food stamps

The disturbingly high number of Americans buying their Thanksgiving meal with food stamps — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

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42.2 million

Americans expected to be on food stamps this Thanksgiving, up 70 percent since 2007

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$22.23

Estimated cost of a 16-pound turkey, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation

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