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

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 619,715 out of 3,250,657 New York city, NY households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 19.06% of New York 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 31.38%; the White Alone racial group constituted 26.97%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 23.63%.

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 16.69%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 43.39%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 26.36% of Black Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 11.35% of White Alone households received SNAP; and 36.00% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of New York city, NY 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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