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  • SNAP Matters to Older Adults in Every Community—Metro, Small Town, and Rural Areas

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    This interactive map, produced in collaboration with the AARP Foundation, shows the share of all households with older adults (60+) that participate in SNAP in each county. Each county within a state is grouped into one of three categories: Metro, Small Town, and Rural.1

    Nationally, 5.3 million households with at least one older adult benefited from SNAP in FY 2019.2 In every county of our nation, SNAP matters to older adults, whether they live in metropolitan, small town, or rural counties.

    Use the buttons above the map to select or deselect the different categories of counties. Scroll over a county to view older adult household SNAP participation percentages. Click on a county to zoom in, and click on that county again to zoom out to national scope.


    Source: FRAC analysis of 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data, 2015-2019.

    1"Metro counties" are those contained within Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); each of which contains at least one Census Bureau-delineated urbanized area of 50,000 or more people. "Small town counties" are those contained within Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as delineated by OMB, each containing at least one Census Bureau-delineated urban cluster of between 10,000 and 50,000 people. "Rural counties" consist of non-metropolitan and non-micropolitan areas. Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia have no counties defined as "small town" or "rural". Connecticut and Hawaii have no counties defined as "rural". Margins of error were calculated based on a 90% confidence level.⤶

    2Source: FRAC analysis of FY 2019 SNAP QC data.

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