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The counties that are most reliant on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program tend to be rural.

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Here’s a list of the top 100 counties ranked by percent of population enrolled in SNAP. In the highest-ranked counties, more than half the population receives nutrition assistance. At the bottom of the list, about a third of a county’s population receives SNAP.

Eighty-five of the top 100 counties are rural.

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Top 100 Counties, SNAP Participants as Percent of Population

by Tim Marema, The Daily Yonder
May 7, 2018

<h1>Top 100 Counties, SNAP Participants as Percent of Population</h1> <p class="byline">by Tim Marema, The Daily Yonder <br />May 7, 2018</p> <p>The counties that are most reliant on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program tend to be rural.</p> <p><a href="http://dailyyonder.com/?p=25422&amp;preview=true"><em><strong>See Related Story: The Geography of Food Stamps</strong></em></a></p> <p>Here’s a list of the top 100 counties ranked by percent of population enrolled in SNAP. In the highest-ranked counties, more than half the population receives nutrition assistance. At the bottom of the list, about a third of a county’s population receives SNAP.</p> <p>Eighty-five of the top 100 counties are rural.</p> <figure></figure> <p>if("undefined"==typeof window.datawrapper)window.datawrapper={};window.datawrapper["7LWwv"]={},window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].embedDeltas={"100":3858,"200":3806,"300":3780,"400":3780,"500":3754,"700":3754,"800":3754,"900":3754,"1000":3754},window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].iframe=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-7LWwv"),window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].iframe.style.height=window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].embedDeltas[Math.min(1e3,Math.max(100*Math.floor(window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].iframe.offsetWidth/100),100))]+"px",window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if("undefined"!=typeof a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var b in a.data["datawrapper-height"])if("7LWwv"==b)window.datawrapper["7LWwv"].iframe.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][b]+"px"});</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com/top-100-counties-snap-participants-percent-population/2018/05/07/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://dailyyonder.com">The Daily Yonder</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/dailyyonder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-dy-wordmark-favicon.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://dailyyonder.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=25314&amp;ga3=UA-6858528-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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