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PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report

SNAP Benefits in
Indiana

Indiana had an overall SNAP participation rate of 9.0% across 92 counties, with a coverage gap of 50.4% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.

9.0%

SNAP participation

50.4%

Poverty coverage gap

241K

SNAP households

$70,051

Median income

Toggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Indiana. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Indiana at a glance

SNAP households

241K

Est. from ACS receipt rate

Participation rate

9.0%

All households

Poverty coverage

49.6%

Below-poverty HH on SNAP

Senior SNAP use

30.6%

HH with a 60+ member

Disability SNAP use

50.3%

HH with a disability

Working-poor share

50.4%

SNAP HH above poverty

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 92 counties in Indiana.

Widest coverage gap

% of poor HH not enrolled

  1. 1 Hancock 87.1%
  2. 2 Carroll 82.9%
  3. 3 Hendricks 81.9%
  4. 4 Monroe 81.6%
  5. 5 Marshall 80.8%

Strongest coverage

% of poor HH enrolled

  1. 1 Knox 56.0%
  2. 2 Randolph 54.1%
  3. 3 Orange 50.0%
  4. 4 Blackford 49.6%
  5. 5 Wayne 48.8%

Highest SNAP use

% of all HH on SNAP

  1. 1 Blackford 16.1%
  2. 2 Randolph 15.3%
  3. 3 Fayette 14.5%
  4. 4 Wayne 14.5%
  5. 5 Delaware 14.1%

Every county in Indiana

All 92 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.

County SNAP rate Coverage Gap Senior Disability Working-poor Median income
Adams 6.1% 20.4% 79.6% 41.0% 62.2% 63.9% $63,128
Allen 8.9% 40.0% 60.0% 26.2% 44.7% 47.5% $68,839
Bartholomew 7.3% 32.6% 67.4% 23.4% 52.3% 46.0% $80,365
Benton 8.4% 38.2% 61.8% 33.8% 51.5% 54.3% $61,811
Blackford 16.1% 49.6% 50.4% 36.7% 71.2% 34.8% $47,560
Boone 3.8% 25.3% 74.7% 48.4% 49.9% 54.6% $104,865
Brown 6.1% 41.2% 58.8% 47.9% 56.3% 34.2% $72,644
Carroll 4.3% 17.1% 82.9% 70.6% 50.4% 63.0% $64,003
Cass 9.5% 36.7% 63.3% 26.3% 56.2% 55.1% $56,525
Clark 7.4% 25.8% 74.2% 28.9% 35.4% 65.6% $72,298
Clay 10.4% 32.5% 67.5% 34.6% 55.5% 66.3% $67,676
Clinton 6.4% 30.9% 69.1% 33.2% 42.7% 57.2% $63,690
Crawford 12.6% 35.8% 64.2% 34.0% 56.8% 40.6% $48,993
Daviess 8.8% 40.8% 59.2% 34.3% 61.3% 43.0% $68,561
Dearborn 8.2% 48.0% 52.0% 42.4% 50.2% 48.7% $82,693
Decatur 5.2% 32.3% 67.7% 19.6% 37.6% 40.8% $74,228
DeKalb 6.0% 28.4% 71.6% 34.4% 51.7% 52.3% $70,080
Delaware 14.1% 38.9% 61.2% 25.3% 63.4% 46.2% $56,932
Dubois 3.4% 20.3% 79.7% 39.6% 60.2% 44.3% $71,918
Elkhart 6.9% 30.0% 70.0% 32.1% 49.1% 47.3% $65,617
Fayette 14.5% 46.7% 53.3% 49.9% 64.6% 47.1% $56,659
Floyd 7.3% 42.4% 57.6% 28.7% 60.5% 39.8% $78,179
Fountain 7.9% 30.2% 69.8% 32.5% 46.3% 50.0% $62,526
Franklin 4.6% 27.5% 72.5% 37.9% 53.8% 48.8% $79,702
Fulton 10.4% 35.3% 64.7% 43.3% 64.5% 60.0% $62,878
Gibson 7.2% 27.0% 73.0% 35.4% 52.0% 65.1% $67,763
Grant 13.9% 47.2% 52.8% 29.3% 61.4% 40.8% $54,007
Greene 11.1% 48.2% 51.8% 31.7% 63.3% 44.1% $59,753
Hamilton 2.5% 20.3% 79.7% 39.6% 49.4% 61.3% $117,957
Hancock 3.9% 12.9% 87.1% 48.5% 60.0% 82.5% $91,326
Harrison 5.9% 21.4% 78.6% 31.9% 33.8% 69.3% $72,468
Hendricks 3.3% 18.1% 81.9% 32.8% 47.7% 68.7% $99,988
Henry 9.6% 41.0% 59.0% 34.1% 60.7% 50.1% $60,144
Howard 10.8% 43.3% 56.7% 27.3% 50.1% 48.7% $62,496
Huntington 11.1% 39.9% 60.1% 22.7% 45.6% 62.6% $62,734
Jackson 8.9% 39.4% 60.6% 50.2% 57.2% 48.9% $70,208
Jasper 5.8% 32.6% 67.4% 37.3% 64.5% 57.2% $79,634
Jay 9.1% 34.5% 65.5% 33.5% 66.8% 48.5% $54,114
Jefferson 10.0% 46.4% 53.6% 43.4% 70.3% 37.7% $59,987
Jennings 9.0% 42.7% 57.3% 30.2% 56.2% 40.4% $68,476
Johnson 6.0% 26.2% 73.8% 26.4% 41.6% 65.8% $87,227
Knox 13.0% 56.0% 44.0% 27.5% 65.4% 35.4% $58,863
Kosciusko 5.9% 26.4% 73.6% 20.7% 55.6% 56.1% $73,922
LaGrange 4.3% 30.2% 69.8% 41.2% 63.8% 43.9% $83,741
Lake 12.9% 44.1% 55.9% 29.7% 43.8% 50.4% $68,985
LaPorte 10.1% 38.3% 61.7% 31.3% 51.5% 55.5% $70,452
Lawrence 8.8% 38.0% 62.0% 34.7% 61.2% 41.8% $65,551
Madison 13.6% 45.1% 54.9% 31.3% 60.6% 56.8% $62,632
Marion 12.3% 40.1% 59.9% 29.3% 46.1% 52.4% $63,450
Marshall 5.6% 19.2% 80.8% 32.3% 56.7% 63.3% $68,041
Martin 7.0% 45.6% 54.4% 39.2% 51.3% 8.1% $65,345
Miami 10.0% 38.0% 62.1% 26.9% 50.0% 47.9% $61,130
Monroe 6.2% 18.4% 81.6% 31.9% 52.0% 39.2% $63,372
Montgomery 9.4% 39.8% 60.2% 36.7% 51.6% 51.6% $66,571
Morgan 7.5% 41.9% 58.1% 36.7% 55.8% 52.0% $79,088
Newton 11.0% 38.9% 61.1% 38.2% 63.9% 49.1% $68,596
Noble 6.2% 32.5% 67.5% 32.3% 46.6% 52.3% $70,908
Ohio 4.0% 27.6% 72.4% 36.3% 69.6% 30.4% $67,942
Orange 11.1% 50.0% 50.0% 38.5% 66.3% 36.8% $64,758
Owen 9.2% 30.1% 69.9% 35.1% 58.9% 63.6% $59,586
Parke 11.8% 39.3% 60.7% 39.7% 45.7% 49.5% $66,776
Perry 8.9% 32.7% 67.3% 40.2% 51.2% 47.8% $61,099
Pike 9.4% 48.1% 51.9% 32.7% 46.3% 39.1% $66,250
Porter 5.8% 29.8% 70.2% 30.8% 41.3% 52.3% $85,828
Posey 5.6% 22.4% 77.6% 28.2% 62.2% 59.3% $79,124
Pulaski 6.6% 26.1% 73.9% 43.5% 52.2% 44.4% $59,956
Putnam 7.3% 37.8% 62.2% 19.1% 64.7% 59.5% $76,182
Randolph 15.3% 54.1% 45.9% 27.2% 58.7% 51.0% $61,121
Ripley 6.8% 36.1% 63.9% 34.6% 37.3% 38.0% $71,084
Rush 10.8% 31.9% 68.1% 36.9% 53.6% 63.8% $64,393
Scott 13.9% 45.8% 54.2% 23.2% 49.8% 53.9% $54,583
Shelby 7.5% 29.5% 70.5% 40.8% 60.8% 54.5% $71,301
Spencer 6.8% 32.7% 67.3% 30.3% 59.0% 63.6% $70,890
St. Joseph 9.9% 39.8% 60.2% 29.0% 50.7% 43.3% $64,885
Starke 12.3% 43.2% 56.8% 39.0% 52.3% 44.0% $62,933
Steuben 5.9% 32.4% 67.6% 20.2% 41.1% 47.6% $71,483
Sullivan 11.4% 47.7% 52.3% 34.0% 56.1% 45.7% $54,985
Switzerland 11.8% 31.8% 68.2% 44.3% 62.3% 73.3% $65,148
Tippecanoe 6.7% 19.2% 80.8% 22.8% 32.1% 45.9% $58,622
Tipton 8.0% 32.3% 67.7% 43.7% 68.8% 62.8% $78,309
Union 4.0% 31.0% 69.0% 33.0% 53.9% 45.2% $79,500
Vanderburgh 10.9% 42.4% 57.6% 30.0% 54.3% 46.7% $60,938
Vermillion 10.6% 37.1% 62.9% 25.6% 59.1% 52.0% $59,363
Vigo 12.9% 38.4% 61.6% 29.8% 49.9% 41.5% $52,525
Wabash 9.7% 47.4% 52.6% 25.8% 53.9% 43.4% $68,414
Warren 6.3% 36.5% 63.5% 29.2% 59.0% 39.1% $74,635
Warrick 3.8% 25.2% 74.8% 42.5% 38.8% 53.3% $95,027
Washington 10.8% 41.6% 58.4% 30.5% 67.3% 54.6% $61,358
Wayne 14.5% 48.8% 51.2% 31.0% 56.7% 42.3% $56,652
Wells 5.6% 29.5% 70.5% 23.2% 49.6% 55.7% $69,741
White 6.2% 26.2% 73.8% 37.5% 45.6% 54.5% $66,143
Whitley 6.6% 36.7% 63.3% 28.3% 52.5% 46.5% $75,790

Apply for SNAP in Indiana

If you or someone you know may qualify, our state-specific guide walks through eligibility, documents needed, and how to apply online.

Indiana SNAP guide

Find a local food pantry

While SNAP is the largest safety net, food pantries bridge immediate gaps. Search our directory of verified pantries across Indiana.

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WIC coverage in Indiana

SNAP recipients are automatically income-eligible for WIC through adjunctive eligibility. See where Indiana is closing — or missing — the WIC coverage gap for pregnant women, infants, and children under 5.

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