Families
Households Receiving SNAP
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Households Receiving SNAP
2018-22
Arkansas County15%
Ashley County15%**
Baxter County8%
Benton County4%
Boone County9%**
Bowie County, Texas12%
Bradley County20%**
Calhoun County9%******
Carroll County5%**
Chicot County19%
Clark County14%**
Clay County14%**
Cleburne County9%**
Cleveland County14%**
Columbia County14%**
Conway County14%**
Craighead County12%
Crawford County11%
Crittenden County17%
Cross County13%**
Dallas County15%**
Desha County21%
Drew County15%
Faulkner County8%
Franklin County14%**
Fulton County15%**
Garland County11%
Grant County10%**
Greene County16%
Hempstead County12%**
Hot Spring County14%**
Howard County11%**
Independence County12%
Izard County12%**
Jackson County20%
Jefferson County16%
Johnson County13%
Lafayette County14%**
Lawrence County16%**
Lee County26%**
Lincoln County10%**
Little River County8%**
Logan County12%
Lonoke County10%
Madison County10%**
Marion County10%**
Miller County14%
Mississippi County18%
Monroe County20%**
Montgomery County14%**
Nevada County19%**
Newton County12%**
Ouachita County15%**
Perry County9%**
Phillips County30%
Pike County12%**
Poinsett County21%
Polk County12%**
Pope County10%
Prairie County11%**
Pulaski County11%
Randolph County14%**
Saline County6%
Scott County14%**
Searcy County10%**
Sebastian County13%
Sevier County20%
Sharp County16%
St. Francis County24%
Stone County20%**
Union County9%
Van Buren County9%**
Washington County6%
White County12%
Woodruff County19%**
Yell County12%**

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.




Number of Households Receiving SNAP
2018-22
Arkansas County993
Ashley County1,090**
Baxter County1,505
Benton County4,299
Boone County1,370**
Bowie County, Texas4,009
Bradley County704**
Calhoun County135******
Carroll County551**
Chicot County762
Clark County1,115**
Clay County860**
Cleburne County981**
Cleveland County373**
Columbia County1,101**
Conway County1,209**
Craighead County5,153
Crawford County2,544
Crittenden County3,106
Cross County834**
Dallas County343**
Desha County988
Drew County1,066
Faulkner County3,981
Franklin County960**
Fulton County704**
Garland County4,969
Grant County660**
Greene County2,774
Hempstead County913**
Hot Spring County1,627**
Howard County567**
Independence County1,685
Izard County605**
Jackson County1,194
Jefferson County3,780
Johnson County1,247
Lafayette County349**
Lawrence County1,019**
Lee County660**
Lincoln County338**
Little River County363**
Logan County1,046
Lonoke County2,654
Madison County620**
Marion County680**
Miller County2,191
Mississippi County2,697
Monroe County572**
Montgomery County493**
Nevada County614**
Newton County337**
Ouachita County1,233**
Perry County352**
Phillips County1,874
Pike County491**
Poinsett County1,886
Polk County901**
Pope County2,367
Prairie County376**
Pulaski County18,554
Randolph County1,041**
Saline County3,118
Scott County558**
Searcy County293**
Sebastian County6,537
Sevier County1,092
Sharp County1,131
St. Francis County1,935
Stone County955**
Union County1,395
Van Buren County625**
Washington County5,780
White County3,513
Woodruff County510**
Yell County966**

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.



NATIONAL RANKING
26

OUT OF 51
2018-22

STATE TREND

Decreasing


11%

2018-22
1% = 11,717
See here for full explanation

What does this measure?

The share of households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly called food stamps.

Why is this important?

SNAP provides restricted government funding for low-income people that can only be used to buy food. It therefore is an indication of how many people in a region rely on government assistance to meet their basic needs.

How is Arkansas doing?

In 2018-22, 11% of households in Arkansas reported receiving SNAP, compared to 14% in 2008-12 and close to the national rate of 12%. Within the state, the highest rate was in Phillips County at 30% while Benton and Carroll counties had the lowest rates at 4% and 5% respectively.

The rate of households receiving SNAP differed greatly by race/ethnicity. 24% of Black or African American households said they received SNAP in 2018-22, much higher than the rate of Hispanic (10%), White (8%), and Asian households (3%).

What contributes to racial and ethnic disparities?

Research connects lower incomes and higher poverty rates among people of color to historic and current policies and practices that disadvantaged people of color. These policies and systems, ranging from inequitable access to housing to employment discrimination to education systems that fail to equitably serve all populations, have prevented people of color from fully participating in our economy, locking them out of economic opportunity. This has increased the need for some groups to access programs to support basic needs such as SNAP.

Notes about the data

The multiyear figures are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. The bureau combined five years of responses to the survey to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates. However, because the information came from a survey, the samples responding to the survey were not always large enough to produce reliable results, especially in small geographic areas. CGR has noted on data tables the estimates with relatively large margins of error. Estimates with three asterisks have the largest margins, plus or minus 50% or more of the estimate. Two asterisks mean plus or minus 35%-50%, and one asterisk means plus or minus 20%-35%. For all estimates, the confidence level is 90%, meaning there is 90% probability the true value (if the whole population were surveyed) would be within the margin of error (or confidence interval). The survey provides data on characteristics of the population that used to be collected only during the decennial census.

Studies have found that national survey estimates (including the ACS) of enrollment in public benefit programs tend to underestimate the true rate due to underreporting by participants, when compared with state-level administrative data. Underreporting can occur for a variety of reasons, including the social stigma of program participation and participants' confusion about the source of the services they receive. For these reasons, the estimates reported above should be considered a lower bound of the true estimate.




Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Households Receiving SNAP
2008-122013-172018-22
Arkansas14%14%11%
United States11%13%12%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%.






Source: U.S. Census Bureau


Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity
AsianBlack or African AmericanHispanic or LatinoWhite
Arkansas3%**24%10%8%
Benton County2%******4%******7%**4%
Craighead County0%******34%17%******8%
Crittenden County0%******26%6%******7%**
Faulkner County0%******22%**14%****6%
Jefferson County13%******20%7%******8%**
Miller County0%******23%0%******11%**
Mississippi County24%******31%11%******10%**
Phillips County0%******41%0%******14%**
Pulaski County3%******21%7%**5%
Saline County0%******17%****6%******5%
Sebastian County2%******28%**17%**11%
St. Francis County0%******37%0%******9%**
Union County0%******19%**7%******4%**

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%. The Census Bureau asks people to identify their race (white, African-American, etc.) separate from their ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic). So the totals for these categories cannot be added together, as people show up in both a racial and ethnic group.




Number of Households Receiving SNAP by Race/Ethnicity
AsianBlack or African AmericanHispanic or LatinoWhite
Arkansas518**42,4866,77374,252
Benton County86******71******930**2,943
Craighead County0******2,175266******2,704
Crittenden County0******2,31623******541**
Faulkner County0******1,197**209****2,567
Jefferson County16******2,81128******800**
Miller County0******9640******1,168**
Mississippi County14******1,58758******880**
Phillips County0******1,5390******311**
Pulaski County121******12,688484**4,691
Saline County0******710****106******2,284
Sebastian County34******896**938**4,296
St. Francis County0******1,5870******281**
Union County0******928**24******415**

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Notes: Multiyear results are from rolling American Community Survey. * Margin of error between 20% & 35% of estimate; ** margin of error between 35% & 50%; *** margin of error greater than 50%. The Census Bureau asks people to identify their race (white, African-American, etc.) separate from their ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic). So the totals for these categories cannot be added together, as people show up in both a racial and ethnic group.









INDICATORS TREND | STATE
Education: Access to Quality Slots for Infants and Toddlers Not Applicable
Education: Access to Quality Child Care Slots for Preschoolers Not Applicable
Education: Grade 3 Reading Decreasing
Education: Grade 8 Math Maintaining
Education: Graduation Rate Increasing
Education: Remediation Rate Maintaining
Education: Adults with a High School Degree Increasing
Education: Adults with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher Increasing
Education: Adults Pursuing Further Education Decreasing
Education: Imagination Libraries Increasing
Health: Low Birth Weight Babies Not Applicable
Health: Early Prenatal Care Increasing
Health: Overweight or Obese Students Increasing
Health: Overweight or Obese Adults Increasing
Health: Physically Inactive Adults Maintaining
Health: Smoking Rate Decreasing
Health: Insurance Coverage Rates Increasing
Health: Oral Health Increasing
Health: Life Expectancy Decreasing
Health: Routine Check-ups Increasing
Health: Overdose Deaths Increasing
Families: Teen Births Decreasing
Families: Children Living in Poverty Maintaining
Families: People Living in Poverty Maintaining
Families: Elderly Living in Poverty Maintaining
Families: Median Household Income Maintaining
Families: Unemployment Rate Decreasing
Families: Homeownership Rate Decreasing
Families: Child Abuse and Neglect Decreasing
Families: Access to Financial Services Decreasing
Families: Food Insecurity Decreasing
Families: Food Deserts Not Applicable
Families: Homelessness Decreasing
Families: Change in Total Jobs Increasing
Families: Cost of Homeownership Maintaining
Families: Households Below ALICE Threshold Not Applicable
Families: Overall Housing Cost Burden Decreasing
Families: Child Care Costs for Toddlers Not Applicable
Families: Medical Debt Not Applicable
Families: Households Receiving SNAP Decreasing
Families: Incarceration Rate Increasing
Community: Voter Participation Rate Decreasing
Community: Charitable Giving Increasing
Community: Volunteering Increasing
Community: Group Participation Increasing
Community: Connection to Neighbors Decreasing
Community: Local Voting Not Applicable
Demographics: Change in Population Increasing
Demographics: Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable
Demographics: Change in Population by Age Not Applicable
Racial Equity: Remediation Rate Maintaining
Racial Equity: Adults with a High School Degree Increasing
Racial Equity: Adults with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher Increasing
Racial Equity: Adults Pursuing Further Education Decreasing
Racial Equity: Low Birth Weight Babies Not Applicable
Racial Equity: Early Prenatal Care Increasing
Racial Equity: Overweight or Obese Students Increasing
Racial Equity: Overweight or Obese Adults Increasing
Racial Equity: Physically Inactive Adults Maintaining
Racial Equity: Smoking Rate Decreasing
Racial Equity: Insurance Coverage Rates Increasing
Racial Equity: Oral Health Increasing
Racial Equity: Life Expectancy Decreasing
Racial Equity: Routine Check-ups Increasing
Racial Equity: Teen Births Decreasing
Racial Equity: Children Living in Poverty Maintaining
Racial Equity: People Living in Poverty Maintaining
Racial Equity: Elderly Living in Poverty Maintaining
Racial Equity: Median Household Income Maintaining
Racial Equity: Unemployment Rate Decreasing
Racial Equity: Homeownership Rate Decreasing
Racial Equity: Child Abuse and Neglect Decreasing
Racial Equity: Access to Financial Services Decreasing
Racial Equity: Food Insecurity Decreasing
Racial Equity: Homelessness Decreasing
Racial Equity: Cost of Homeownership Maintaining
Racial Equity: Medical Debt Not Applicable
Racial Equity: Households Receiving SNAP Decreasing
Racial Equity: Incarceration Rate Increasing
Racial Equity: Change in Population by Race/Ethnicity Not Applicable








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