Socioeconomic Health: Food Stamps Statistics

^{Disclaimer: The data represented on these pages was compiled and analyzed for Benton County's 2012 Health Status Report.
More recent demographic data is available at the census website.
Community Health Assessments are conducted every 3-5 years. The 2017 report is available here.}

In 2009, of the 20.6% of Benton County households living below the poverty level 52.4% of them received food stamps while in Oregon 51.6% of the 12.6% of households living below the poverty level receive food stamps. Of the 18.6% of Benton County households with one or more people with a disability 39.1% received food stamps. $16,927 is the median income of a family in Benton County receiving food stamps.

Sources:

• U.S. Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. Geography: Benton County, Oregon. People: Poverty: Food Stamps/SNAP. Data Set: 2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Survey: American Community Survey.
  http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml 
  Type in “Food Stamps” and “Benton County, Oregon” into the search bar, click “GO”, then click “Topics” and then “Dataset” and select “2009 ACS 1-year estimates”. Then click on “Food Stamps/SNAP”

• U.S. Census Bureau. American Fact Finder. Geography: Oregon. People: Poverty: Food Stamps/SNAP. Data Set: 2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Survey: American Community Survey.
  http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml 
  Type in “Food Stamps” and “Oregon” into the search bar, click “GO”, then click “Topics” and then “Dataset” and select “2009 ACS 1-year estimates”. Then click on “Food Stamps/SNAP”