Camden city, NJ 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, 10,093 out of 24,986 Camden city, NJ households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 40.40% of Camden city households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the Black Alone racial group constituted 47.73%; the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 29.25%, and the White Alone racial group constituted 11.87%.

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 1.97%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 49.65%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 41.23% of Black Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 44.22% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP; and 28.69% of White Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Camden city, NJ 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 New Jersey cities and places, and for New Jersey.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Camden city, NJ Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
White Alone
Two or More Races
Asian Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Camden city, NJ Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone
Camden city, NJ 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(%)
Black Alone 4817 47.73
Some Other Race Alone 2952 29.25
White Alone 1198 11.87
Two or More Races 963 9.54
Asian Alone 102 1.01
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 61 0.60
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 0 0.00
Camden city, NJ 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 199 1.97
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 5011 49.65
Camden city, NJ Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Two or More Races
Some Other Race Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Black Alone
Asian Alone
White Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Camden city, NJ Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone