TX Congressional District 17 - Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 31, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 30,507 out of 297,889 TX Congressional District 17 households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 10.24% of TX Congressional District 17 households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 50.21%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 35.41%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 7.14%.

By Ethnicity: As a percentage of the total number of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP, the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group constituted 31.24%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 29.14%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 7.19% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 27.10% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 10.62% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of TX Congressional District 17 households that received Food Stamps or SNAP per race and ethnicity. Also, see charts below, for the percentage of each race or ethnicity's households that received Food Stamp or SNAP.

You can also see similar information for other Texas congressional districts and for Texas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

TX Congressional District 17 - Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021

White Alone

Black Alone

Two or More Races

Some Other Race Alone

Asian Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

TX Congressional District 17 - Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021

Non-Hispanic White Alone

Hispanic or Latino of All Races

TX Congressional District 17 - Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021

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Race	Num. of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP	Percentage of Total HH that Received Food Stamps or SNAP(%)
White Alone	15317	50.21
Black Alone	10802	35.41
Two or More Races	2178	7.14
Some Other Race Alone	1352	4.43
Asian Alone	525	1.72
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	288	0.94
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	45	0.15

TX Congressional District 17 - Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021