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 overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Missouri. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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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 Ralls 83.2%
- 2 Knox 83.0%
- 3 Adair 82.5%
- 4 Boone 79.3%
- 5 St. Charles 78.8%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Mississippi 78.7%
- 2 Pemiscot 68.9%
- 3 Carter 68.4%
- 4 New Madrid 64.4%
- 5 Dunklin 63.8%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Pemiscot 32.3%
- 2 Mississippi 31.1%
- 3 New Madrid 25.7%
- 4 Dunklin 24.7%
- 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 |
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