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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Washington

Washington's senior poverty rate is 8.5%, and 25.3% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 39 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

8.5%

Senior poverty (65+)

25.3%

Seniors living alone

38.9%

Senior SNAP take-up

$65,404

Senior median income

Washington by county

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Washington at a glance

Seniors in poverty

105K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

8.5%

Ages 65+

Living alone

25.3%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

38.9%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$65,404

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.29

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 39 counties in Washington.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Yakima 12.2%
  2. 2 Okanogan 12.1%
  3. 3 Walla Walla 12.1%
  4. 4 Ferry 11.8%
  5. 5 Franklin 11.8%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Ferry 32.0%
  2. 2 Garfield 30.5%
  3. 3 Pacific 30.3%
  4. 4 Asotin 30.2%
  5. 5 Whitman 30.0%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 King 305K
  2. 2 Pierce 131K
  3. 3 Snohomish 118K
  4. 4 Spokane 90K
  5. 5 Clark 82K

Every county in Washington

All 39 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Adams 11.5% 25.0% 14.7% $54,637 2,318 0.35
Asotin 10.3% 30.2% 48.7% $52,731 5,398 0.44
Benton 9.3% 23.2% 28.6% $65,272 32,347 0.26
Chelan 8.6% 25.2% 45.1% $58,467 15,912 0.29
Clallam 5.7% 23.9% 39.6% $61,884 24,027 0.20
Clark 7.4% 23.3% 37.7% $69,523 82,197 0.22
Columbia 7.1% 23.0% 35.0% $50,972 1,159 0.21
Cowlitz 7.4% 27.0% 35.6% $53,775 21,318 0.30
Douglas 6.2% 23.6% 40.1% $65,319 7,782 0.20
Ferry 11.8% 32.0% 50.0% $44,511 2,192 0.52
Franklin 11.8% 22.4% 27.7% $63,145 9,643 0.30
Garfield 8.2% 30.5% 52.1% $47,500 673 0.40
Grant 9.4% 26.4% 26.6% $45,490 14,155 0.34
Grays Harbor 9.5% 29.3% 44.1% $48,549 17,099 0.41
Island 6.2% 22.6% 43.0% $73,789 22,480 0.18
Jefferson 8.1% 27.7% 45.2% $64,209 13,089 0.34
King 9.1% 26.5% 41.4% $74,575 304,669 0.33
Kitsap 6.2% 21.8% 44.2% $76,322 51,864 0.16
Kittitas 5.9% 22.6% 34.4% $63,505 7,613 0.17
Klickitat 8.4% 26.2% 35.9% $50,214 5,741 0.31
Lewis 9.9% 27.2% 39.3% $49,401 17,567 0.37
Lincoln 5.8% 23.9% 46.2% $52,948 2,845 0.20
Mason 8.5% 19.6% 44.2% $62,778 15,628 0.16
Okanogan 12.1% 23.8% 39.1% $47,244 9,583 0.34
Pacific 7.5% 30.3% 48.5% $49,777 7,803 0.38
Pend Oreille 6.7% 20.8% 44.7% $51,274 3,681 0.15
Pierce 8.1% 24.0% 38.5% $69,609 130,894 0.25
San Juan 7.6% 23.7% 53.7% $77,429 6,349 0.23
Skagit 6.5% 24.8% 39.9% $62,729 28,416 0.23
Skamania 7.3% 23.1% 53.5% $65,000 2,872 0.21
Snohomish 8.9% 25.1% 45.5% $67,423 117,773 0.29
Spokane 8.9% 28.7% 34.3% $55,605 90,303 0.38
Stevens 9.2% 21.9% 46.8% $53,610 11,556 0.23
Thurston 6.6% 23.6% 38.4% $72,596 53,464 0.21
Wahkiakum 8.3% 20.2% 55.5% $49,375 1,463 0.17
Walla Walla 12.1% 28.9% 39.0% $54,784 11,519 0.46
Whatcom 8.8% 27.1% 43.5% $63,969 41,497 0.34
Whitman 11.0% 30.0% 30.5% $56,086 5,281 0.46
Yakima 12.2% 25.5% 31.9% $52,241 35,714 0.38

Senior food help in Washington

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Washington senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Washington, and benefit amounts.

Washington SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Washington's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Washington food pantries