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

Updated on October 31, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 1,178,059 out of 10,239,341 Texas households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 11.51% of Texas households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 53.22%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 22.33%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 12.76%.

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 23.29%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 50.14%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 9.10% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 20.07% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 16.56% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Texas 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.
Texas Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Black Alone
Two or More Races
Some Other Race Alone
Asian Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Texas Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone
Texas 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 626932 53.22
Black Alone 263096 22.33
Two or More Races 150312 12.76
Some Other Race Alone 100412 8.52
Asian Alone 28705 2.44
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 7727 0.66
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 875 0.07
Texas 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 274421 23.29
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 590728 50.14
Texas Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two or More Races
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
White Alone
Asian Alone
Texas Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone