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An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know (cid:0)    BACK TO TOPICS PAGE [/ACS/WWW/ABOUT/WHY-WE-ASK-EACH-QUES… We ask questions about a household's receipt of Food Stamps/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to create statistics about participation in food assistance programs. Food Stamp/SNAP data are used in planning and funding government programs that provide food assistance and in evaluating other government programs. Your privacy concerns We use your confidential survey answers to create statistics like those in the results below and in the full tables that contain all th data—no one is able to figure out your survey answers from the statistics we produce. The Census Bureau is legally bound to strict confidentiality requirements. Individual records are not shared with anyone, including federal agencies and law enforcemen entities. By law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents' answers with anyone, including companies, other federal agenci and law enforcement. Question as it appears on the form We ask one question about receiving benefits from the food stamp/SNAP program to better (cid:0)    VIEW QUESTION understand food assistance program needs. Results from this question The results from this question are compiled to provide communities with important statistics about housing characteristics. You c see some of these published statistics here for the nation, states, and your community. United States Households Receiving Food Stamp/SNAP Benefits 11.8 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles/Economic Characteristics [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03] Households Receiving Food Stamps/SNAP that Have Children Under 18 Years 47.2 percent [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2201] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S2201 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2201] Median Income of Households Receiving Food Stamps/SNAP 29,953 dollars [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2201] Source: Latest ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables: S2201 [https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2023.S2201] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No Food Stamp/SNAP data help communities: Provide Food Assistance to School Children We want to know more about food assistance program participation in combination with school enrollment, income, and poverty status, to help communities streamline administration of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. With this information we can replace administrative paperwork with American Community Survey estimates of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Evaluate SNAP Information about food-assistance program participation is used to evaluate the SNAP program and award bonuses to communities that successfully administer SNAP funds. Understand Changes State and local agencies use these statistics to assess state food assistance needs and participation rates for eligible families and individuals and to determine gaps in services and programs. Faith-based and other nonprofit organizations use information about food assistance needs to determine where food banks, food kitchens, and other programs could be beneficial and how the needs of their communities can be met with additional resources and services. History of Food Stamp/SNAP question The Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) question originated with the ACS in 2005. Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No [https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/] Is this page helpful? ✕ Yes No