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, 9,978 out of 49,018 Lansing city, MI households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 20.36% of 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 50.58%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 31.83%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 9.52%.

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 45.74%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 14.00%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 15.44% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 31.10% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 36.58% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of 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.

You can also see similar information for other Michigan cities and places, and for Michigan.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
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
Some Other Race Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
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
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 5047 50.58
Black Alone 3176 31.83
Two or More Races 950 9.52
Asian Alone 458 4.59
Some Other Race Alone 183 1.83
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 164 1.64
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 4564 45.74
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 1397 14.00
Lansing city, MI Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Two or More Races
Black Alone
Asian Alone
Some Other Race Alone
White Alone
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