Skip to main content

PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report

SNAP Benefits in
Missouri

Missouri had an overall SNAP participation rate of 9.9% across 115 counties, with a coverage gap of 49.7% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.

9.9%

SNAP participation

49.7%

Poverty coverage gap

246K

SNAP households

$68,920

Median income

Missouri by county

← Back to national overview

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

Loading county map…

Lower
Higher

Missouri at a glance

SNAP households

246K

Est. from ACS receipt rate

Participation rate

9.9%

All households

Poverty coverage

50.3%

Below-poverty HH on SNAP

Senior SNAP use

33.6%

HH with a 60+ member

Disability SNAP use

53.6%

HH with a disability

Working-poor share

49.7%

SNAP HH above poverty

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 115 counties in Missouri.

Widest coverage gap

% of poor HH not enrolled

  1. 1 Ralls 83.2%
  2. 2 Knox 83.0%
  3. 3 Adair 82.5%
  4. 4 Boone 79.3%
  5. 5 St. Charles 78.8%

Strongest coverage

% of poor HH enrolled

  1. 1 Mississippi 78.7%
  2. 2 Pemiscot 68.9%
  3. 3 Carter 68.4%
  4. 4 New Madrid 64.4%
  5. 5 Dunklin 63.8%

Highest SNAP use

% of all HH on SNAP

  1. 1 Pemiscot 32.3%
  2. 2 Mississippi 31.1%
  3. 3 New Madrid 25.7%
  4. 4 Dunklin 24.7%
  5. 5 Washington 21.5%

Every county in Missouri

All 115 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.

County SNAP rate Coverage Gap Senior Disability Working-poor Median income
Adair 8.5% 17.5% 82.5% 27.1% 41.7% 56.2% $56,583
Andrew 5.4% 36.8% 63.2% 58.4% 78.2% 36.0% $74,007
Atchison 5.7% 22.1% 77.8% 43.5% 42.7% 49.6% $59,260
Audrain 12.2% 38.9% 61.1% 27.0% 67.4% 48.6% $56,232
Barry 12.9% 49.4% 50.6% 32.6% 61.2% 43.5% $56,611
Barton 18.8% 62.6% 37.4% 41.7% 81.8% 27.5% $49,503
Bates 13.3% 43.7% 56.3% 34.5% 54.2% 34.7% $57,914
Benton 13.2% 38.5% 61.5% 38.2% 71.7% 51.1% $52,200
Bollinger 11.4% 38.8% 61.2% 27.2% 52.8% 46.5% $57,286
Boone 6.8% 20.7% 79.3% 25.0% 56.7% 50.1% $69,913
Buchanan 14.1% 44.7% 55.3% 35.4% 64.3% 46.9% $59,423
Butler 19.7% 54.0% 46.0% 39.3% 64.6% 44.3% $49,213
Caldwell 8.0% 24.5% 75.5% 35.3% 53.3% 59.5% $62,520
Callaway 8.6% 36.0% 64.0% 29.9% 47.1% 51.9% $72,645
Camden 8.2% 34.8% 65.2% 32.7% 61.5% 41.8% $62,927
Cape Girardeau 9.7% 31.8% 68.2% 28.4% 48.9% 51.9% $68,912
Carroll 7.9% 35.1% 64.9% 29.2% 36.9% 56.5% $61,712
Carter 19.1% 68.4% 31.6% 23.7% 55.2% 33.6% $45,083
Cass 5.9% 34.8% 65.2% 32.7% 47.8% 60.4% $87,413
Cedar 14.9% 46.8% 53.2% 43.3% 64.1% 53.0% $45,577
Chariton 7.2% 33.1% 66.9% 27.9% 71.6% 47.9% $63,307
Christian 6.3% 34.9% 65.1% 31.0% 64.7% 50.3% $81,245
Clark 8.1% 31.9% 68.1% 38.8% 46.4% 47.5% $51,458
Clay 6.5% 37.3% 62.7% 26.8% 53.0% 53.3% $86,150
Clinton 7.3% 24.8% 75.2% 32.9% 60.6% 54.6% $70,625
Cole 6.1% 33.4% 66.6% 32.1% 44.3% 41.7% $73,273
Cooper 6.8% 24.1% 75.9% 31.5% 45.3% 58.1% $67,548
Crawford 10.9% 38.7% 61.3% 31.0% 58.6% 51.6% $56,345
Dade 15.2% 48.2% 51.8% 28.8% 52.8% 48.7% $49,899
Dallas 13.3% 51.1% 48.9% 33.4% 52.9% 24.2% $53,177
Daviess 9.8% 39.3% 60.7% 43.0% 51.0% 43.0% $60,665
DeKalb 7.8% 37.7% 62.3% 42.7% 50.2% 49.5% $69,093
Dent 16.1% 46.0% 54.0% 43.5% 65.6% 55.6% $54,306
Douglas 13.7% 34.5% 65.5% 52.3% 63.6% 53.6% $49,828
Dunklin 24.7% 63.8% 36.1% 36.6% 61.4% 43.3% $47,368
Franklin 7.6% 32.1% 67.9% 30.1% 53.0% 63.9% $71,973
Gasconade 9.3% 32.0% 68.0% 33.7% 49.1% 59.4% $65,096
Gentry 8.6% 26.7% 73.3% 21.4% 37.4% 51.0% $57,458
Greene 10.9% 37.1% 62.9% 29.5% 50.0% 47.8% $57,488
Grundy 13.2% 35.9% 64.1% 26.8% 34.7% 42.1% $53,839
Harrison 13.6% 47.8% 52.2% 31.6% 45.2% 40.7% $53,364
Henry 13.4% 46.3% 53.7% 37.9% 59.6% 48.8% $56,621
Hickory 10.6% 27.0% 73.0% 64.4% 77.0% 43.8% $35,084
Holt 6.7% 22.5% 77.5% 37.1% 66.4% 66.4% $58,516
Howard 8.9% 29.8% 70.2% 31.3% 41.9% 51.6% $62,628
Howell 16.4% 43.2% 56.8% 37.0% 63.1% 43.8% $49,814
Iron 18.0% 53.8% 46.2% 34.2% 61.0% 36.9% $51,161
Jackson 10.3% 37.8% 62.2% 31.4% 49.4% 49.1% $67,178
Jasper 14.7% 45.9% 54.1% 31.1% 53.9% 43.9% $57,525
Jefferson 7.2% 36.3% 63.7% 34.5% 47.7% 54.3% $80,522
Johnson 7.5% 32.7% 67.3% 25.8% 62.8% 48.2% $67,123
Knox 8.2% 17.0% 83.0% 54.0% 55.0% 69.0% $53,333
Laclede 15.9% 45.2% 54.8% 34.9% 55.3% 50.3% $50,825
Lafayette 9.6% 42.8% 57.2% 25.4% 42.7% 61.3% $79,091
Lawrence 13.4% 46.0% 54.0% 44.1% 60.9% 43.6% $55,849
Lewis 6.3% 22.4% 77.6% 51.7% 44.8% 40.3% $52,340
Lincoln 8.5% 30.6% 69.4% 38.8% 58.5% 59.5% $85,276
Linn 8.9% 31.5% 68.5% 40.7% 57.6% 47.3% $61,975
Livingston 10.7% 41.6% 58.4% 26.7% 53.0% 47.9% $60,148
Macon 8.2% 33.9% 66.1% 32.9% 48.5% 47.2% $58,318
Madison 17.2% 46.0% 54.0% 28.9% 69.4% 63.5% $58,435
Maries 11.8% 48.9% 51.1% 33.6% 62.4% 32.9% $61,359
Marion 11.1% 37.0% 63.0% 27.3% 48.0% 48.4% $63,908
McDonald 11.6% 32.0% 68.0% 36.9% 54.1% 51.7% $48,145
Mercer 9.4% 36.9% 63.1% 69.4% 71.9% 40.5% $60,357
Miller 10.1% 39.8% 60.2% 36.9% 62.5% 33.9% $55,172
Mississippi 31.1% 78.7% 21.3% 29.5% 51.5% 39.0% $46,258
Moniteau 7.6% 33.7% 66.3% 33.7% 62.9% 51.2% $65,161
Monroe 7.9% 28.9% 71.1% 45.1% 70.3% 29.7% $48,299
Montgomery 10.7% 26.4% 73.6% 39.6% 70.5% 61.4% $61,042
Morgan 12.7% 39.3% 60.7% 32.8% 68.5% 40.8% $49,663
New Madrid 25.7% 64.4% 35.6% 36.2% 57.6% 51.6% $49,237
Newton 11.1% 46.4% 53.6% 28.6% 53.4% 45.6% $64,583
Nodaway 8.0% 23.3% 76.7% 27.5% 50.1% 47.0% $55,970
Oregon 18.2% 40.2% 59.8% 46.7% 54.3% 46.2% $44,259
Osage 4.8% 30.3% 69.7% 41.8% 70.3% 28.9% $75,355
Ozark 16.8% 43.0% 57.0% 42.9% 76.5% 41.6% $42,329
Pemiscot 32.3% 68.9% 31.1% 36.8% 59.4% 42.5% $40,748
Perry 9.8% 30.9% 69.1% 30.1% 64.7% 66.3% $63,356
Pettis 10.9% 35.1% 64.9% 42.7% 58.7% 56.8% $60,232
Phelps 11.8% 32.2% 67.8% 30.8% 62.5% 50.9% $55,427
Pike 8.7% 32.5% 67.5% 49.0% 75.5% 40.1% $57,572
Platte 4.2% 22.7% 77.3% 29.6% 50.4% 60.7% $95,748
Polk 11.7% 37.1% 62.9% 31.4% 52.1% 46.8% $56,686
Pulaski 7.8% 38.8% 61.2% 34.5% 74.7% 33.8% $66,435
Putnam 8.8% 37.1% 62.9% 54.3% 71.3% 36.0% $56,875
Ralls 5.2% 16.8% 83.2% 30.1% 46.1% 52.4% $62,054
Randolph 15.1% 56.9% 43.1% 31.3% 51.2% 41.2% $55,310
Ray 8.5% 39.7% 60.3% 30.0% 52.4% 46.9% $72,152
Reynolds 14.6% 45.9% 54.1% 30.6% 51.9% 44.8% $44,357
Ripley 16.4% 40.9% 59.1% 42.4% 65.9% 42.7% $43,898
Saline 12.5% 46.7% 53.3% 29.9% 63.4% 44.5% $56,566
Schuyler 7.2% 37.2% 62.8% 48.9% 45.6% 38.9% $56,023
Scotland 4.8% 41.7% 58.3% 48.6% 79.7% 35.1% $67,568
Scott 17.1% 45.7% 54.3% 34.3% 48.6% 58.1% $58,847
Shannon 12.5% 44.7% 55.3% 40.3% 73.1% 40.9% $59,000
Shelby 10.2% 31.8% 68.2% 28.1% 58.7% 53.7% $52,127
St. Charles 3.1% 21.2% 78.8% 37.6% 57.1% 66.0% $102,912
St. Clair 14.6% 40.9% 59.1% 39.1% 64.9% 47.2% $46,731
St. Francois 15.5% 48.9% 51.1% 33.3% 66.6% 47.5% $54,813
St. Louis 7.9% 35.3% 64.7% 33.4% 45.1% 56.4% $81,340
St. Louis 18.0% 49.9% 50.1% 38.0% 51.4% 45.3% $55,279
Ste. Genevieve 6.3% 26.3% 73.7% 47.4% 80.5% 60.4% $61,310
Stoddard 17.9% 62.1% 37.9% 43.3% 60.1% 41.5% $54,067
Stone 6.3% 23.4% 76.6% 43.7% 58.4% 54.9% $61,323
Sullivan 9.9% 32.6% 67.4% 22.8% 34.2% 46.5% $55,500
Taney 11.2% 33.9% 66.1% 31.2% 49.3% 56.4% $58,258
Texas 13.2% 42.2% 57.8% 27.5% 61.4% 34.8% $48,055
Vernon 13.3% 48.9% 51.1% 32.4% 67.6% 44.3% $54,519
Warren 8.1% 36.7% 63.3% 31.6% 55.5% 55.9% $77,989
Washington 21.5% 56.5% 43.5% 29.6% 53.5% 48.9% $51,886
Wayne 18.0% 47.4% 52.6% 48.7% 75.5% 36.3% $43,393
Webster 9.8% 40.1% 59.9% 31.7% 59.3% 45.0% $69,731
Worth 13.7% 46.2% 53.8% 35.8% 47.7% 45.0% $46,167
Wright 15.7% 46.6% 53.4% 38.7% 63.6% 43.4% $47,304

Apply for SNAP in Missouri

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

Missouri 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 Missouri.

Missouri food pantries