Table 2. Households SNAP Participation in Metro, Small Town, and Rural Counties, by State, 2012-2016
StatePercent of Households with SNAP
All HouseholdsMetroSmall TownRural
0.060255084186792 0.187575563788414
0.069133356213569 0.180441513657570
0.050462052226066 0.237507775425911
0.050312824547290 0.245602443814278
Source: FRAC analysis of 5-year 2012-2016 American Community Survey data, in collaboration with Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, PhD, RD, Professor, Arizona State.
US13.0%12.6%15.3%15.8%
Alabama15.6%14.6%17.8%20.1%
Alaska10.5%8.5%9.5%16.3%
Arizona13.2%12.8%23.8%21.8%
Arkansas14.3%12.5%16.0%18.1%
California9.4%9.4%11.3%10.0%
Colorado8.6%8.3%8.2%12.3%
Connecticut12.4%12.7%8.2%
Delaware13.0%13.0%
District of Columbia15.0%15.0%
Florida14.8%14.6%18.4%20.9%
Georgia15.3%14.2%19.9%20.5%
Hawaii11.6%10.2%17.1%
Idaho12.2%12.4%11.7%11.9%
Illinois13.3%13.1%14.2%14.0%
Indiana12.2%12.4%11.7%11.3%
Iowa11.7%11.5%13.6%10.7%
Kansas9.1%8.6%11.2%8.6%
Kentucky16.9%13.6%19.1%23.8%
Louisiana16.3%15.6%19.4%20.2%
Maine16.3%14.4%19.2%18.9%
Maryland11.1%10.9%17.2%17.0%
Massachusetts12.5%12.5%12.3%5.0%
Michigan15.9%16.1%14.2%16.8%
Minnesota8.9%8.8%9.0%9.2%
Mississippi18.0%15.8%19.5%20.6%
Missouri13.0%11.9%16.0%16.7%
Montana10.6%10.8%9.0%11.9%
Nebraska9.0%9.4%9.2%7.3%
Nevada12.4%12.6%11.4%10.6%
New Hampshire7.8%6.9%9.5%8.2%
New Jersey9.3%9.3%
New Mexico16.6%15.7%18.4%19.2%
New York15.4%15.4%15.5%13.7%
North Carolina14.4%13.0%19.0%20.2%
North Dakota7.5%7.8%6.3%7.9%
Ohio14.8%14.6%15.6%15.6%
Oklahoma13.7%12.9%14.4%16.1%
Oregon18.8%18.0%22.8%19.3%
Pennsylvania13.0%12.8%14.4%13.2%
Rhode Island16.1%16.1%
South Carolina14.8%13.6%19.1%24.6%
South Dakota10.9%9.9%10.3%13.5%
Tennessee16.5%15.5%18.1%22.2%
Texas13.1%12.9%16.2%13.8%
Utah8.3%8.3%7.5%10.1%
Vermont13.6%11.8%13.7%15.7%
Virginia9.4%8.4%19.9%14.8%
Washington13.9%13.6%16.6%16.5%
West Virginia16.4%15.2%17.5%18.9%
Wisconsin12.7%12.9%11.6%12.6%
Wyoming6.0%7.7%5.0%5.6%
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