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

Updated on November 1, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 274,294 out of 2,683,557 Arizona households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 10.22% of Arizona households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 61.11%; the Two or More Races racial group constituted 11.12%, and the American Indian & Alaska Native Alone racial group constituted 9.16%.

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 39.32%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 40.50%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 8.18% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 15.00% of Two or More Races households received SNAP; and 28.49% of American Indian & Alaska Native Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Arizona 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 states and for the United States.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Arizona Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Two or More Races
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Black Alone
Asian Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Arizona Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone
Arizona 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 167611 61.11
Two or More Races 30503 11.12
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 25140 9.16
Some Other Race Alone 24727 9.02
Black Alone 20859 7.61
Asian Alone 5058 1.84
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 396 0.14
Arizona 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 107864 39.32
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 111096 40.50
Arizona Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two or More Races
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
White Alone
Asian Alone
Arizona Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone