East Lansing city, MI Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on November 4, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 674 out of 14,405 East Lansing city, MI households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 4.68% of East Lansing city households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 80.86%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 12.17%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 4.60%.

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 71.81%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 11.72%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 4.80% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 10.82% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 5.95% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of East Lansing city, MI 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.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
East Lansing city, MI Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Black Alone
Two or More Races
Asian Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Some Other Race Alone
East Lansing city, MI Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hispanic White Alone
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
East Lansing city, MI 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 545 80.86
Black Alone 82 12.17
Two or More Races 31 4.60
Asian Alone 13 1.93
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 3 0.45
Some Other Race Alone 0 0.00
East Lansing city, MI Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
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Ethnicity Num. of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP Percentage of Total HH that Received Food Stamps or SNAP(%)
Non-Hispanic White Alone 484 71.81
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 79 11.72
East Lansing city, MI Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Black Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Two or More Races
White Alone
Asian Alone
Some Other Race Alone
East Lansing city, MI Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone