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SNAP Benefits in
Ohio
Ohio had an overall SNAP participation rate of 12.4% across 88 counties, with a coverage gap of 49.4% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
12.4%
SNAP participation
49.4%
Poverty coverage gap
599K
SNAP households
$69,680
Median income
Ohio by county
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Ohio at a glance
SNAP households
599K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
12.4%
All households
Poverty coverage
50.6%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
36.4%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
51.2%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
49.4%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 88 counties in Ohio.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Holmes 81.4%
- 2 Wood 75.5%
- 3 Ottawa 74.9%
- 4 Geauga 74.2%
- 5 Noble 73.7%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Meigs 68.9%
- 2 Scioto 64.7%
- 3 Brown 62.9%
- 4 Pike 62.9%
- 5 Adams 61.8%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Pike 26.1%
- 2 Meigs 24.8%
- 3 Scioto 23.2%
- 4 Lawrence 20.7%
- 5 Vinton 20.5%
Every county in Ohio
All 88 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 20.3% | 61.8% | 38.2% | 37.0% | 63.5% | 36.5% | $49,521 |
| Allen | 13.2% | 50.4% | 49.6% | 36.6% | 57.8% | 51.3% | $62,001 |
| Ashland | 8.6% | 35.6% | 64.4% | 38.3% | 60.9% | 51.5% | $64,991 |
| Ashtabula | 18.5% | 54.4% | 45.6% | 33.7% | 51.0% | 50.8% | $55,507 |
| Athens | 14.6% | 33.4% | 66.6% | 39.7% | 67.4% | 48.6% | $53,837 |
| Auglaize | 7.3% | 32.9% | 67.1% | 43.8% | 58.1% | 63.8% | $76,454 |
| Belmont | 14.2% | 55.4% | 44.6% | 32.2% | 52.7% | 44.6% | $58,411 |
| Brown | 15.9% | 62.9% | 37.0% | 35.6% | 47.1% | 32.6% | $69,990 |
| Butler | 9.5% | 36.7% | 63.3% | 35.9% | 46.9% | 55.9% | $81,194 |
| Carroll | 12.2% | 41.0% | 59.0% | 31.8% | 56.4% | 62.4% | $64,675 |
| Champaign | 10.4% | 53.2% | 46.8% | 38.0% | 57.7% | 55.0% | $74,239 |
| Clark | 18.4% | 57.0% | 43.0% | 35.1% | 49.3% | 52.0% | $60,846 |
| Clermont | 7.4% | 35.6% | 64.4% | 44.1% | 57.4% | 56.3% | $83,178 |
| Clinton | 12.6% | 47.5% | 52.5% | 39.8% | 50.2% | 48.2% | $68,125 |
| Columbiana | 14.7% | 53.7% | 46.3% | 40.5% | 57.1% | 47.0% | $58,474 |
| Coshocton | 18.0% | 59.8% | 40.2% | 33.1% | 61.6% | 40.3% | $54,687 |
| Crawford | 14.8% | 52.7% | 47.3% | 34.7% | 57.8% | 50.8% | $55,477 |
| Cuyahoga | 16.5% | 51.5% | 48.5% | 38.9% | 50.7% | 49.2% | $62,823 |
| Darke | 8.6% | 41.4% | 58.6% | 31.9% | 65.8% | 38.9% | $64,654 |
| Defiance | 9.2% | 45.7% | 54.3% | 27.3% | 56.6% | 50.6% | $73,615 |
| Delaware | 3.9% | 31.1% | 68.9% | 45.6% | 51.9% | 57.9% | $130,088 |
| Erie | 11.5% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 31.7% | 51.8% | 46.2% | $68,431 |
| Fairfield | 9.0% | 47.4% | 52.6% | 39.0% | 57.3% | 56.5% | $87,069 |
| Fayette | 14.0% | 57.4% | 42.6% | 37.2% | 56.7% | 33.7% | $60,047 |
| Franklin | 10.9% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 33.5% | 47.4% | 50.7% | $73,795 |
| Fulton | 8.0% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 25.1% | 54.8% | 58.6% | $72,866 |
| Gallia | 18.2% | 59.4% | 40.6% | 42.8% | 61.7% | 45.4% | $56,455 |
| Geauga | 4.2% | 25.8% | 74.2% | 55.6% | 52.2% | 62.0% | $100,783 |
| Greene | 7.7% | 38.7% | 61.3% | 41.8% | 51.6% | 49.3% | $85,218 |
| Guernsey | 17.5% | 61.3% | 38.7% | 33.2% | 54.4% | 45.6% | $55,756 |
| Hamilton | 12.0% | 45.0% | 55.0% | 35.1% | 47.5% | 43.8% | $70,816 |
| Hancock | 9.3% | 42.6% | 57.4% | 35.3% | 56.3% | 51.4% | $69,699 |
| Hardin | 12.7% | 40.3% | 59.7% | 27.0% | 52.6% | 50.2% | $58,001 |
| Harrison | 14.6% | 44.8% | 55.2% | 36.8% | 54.0% | 53.6% | $53,851 |
| Henry | 6.2% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 27.9% | 49.0% | 58.7% | $79,267 |
| Highland | 15.6% | 50.5% | 49.5% | 47.3% | 60.5% | 48.5% | $62,008 |
| Hocking | 17.9% | 56.2% | 43.8% | 41.5% | 59.1% | 54.4% | $61,366 |
| Holmes | 3.8% | 18.6% | 81.4% | 33.1% | 40.4% | 57.5% | $74,774 |
| Huron | 10.6% | 38.7% | 61.3% | 34.0% | 63.5% | 56.0% | $65,972 |
| Jackson | 19.7% | 55.8% | 44.2% | 42.0% | 60.2% | 46.1% | $58,409 |
| Jefferson | 15.4% | 51.4% | 48.6% | 36.6% | 51.0% | 43.6% | $56,983 |
| Knox | 9.7% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 33.3% | 48.1% | 52.5% | $73,988 |
| Lake | 7.5% | 35.7% | 64.3% | 46.7% | 52.1% | 60.5% | $77,952 |
| Lawrence | 20.7% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 44.2% | 60.7% | 56.1% | $54,842 |
| Licking | 12.1% | 54.2% | 45.8% | 33.8% | 57.9% | 51.4% | $81,033 |
| Logan | 11.5% | 51.9% | 48.0% | 31.7% | 61.3% | 50.2% | $69,183 |
| Lorain | 11.5% | 48.4% | 51.6% | 36.2% | 48.9% | 43.7% | $70,693 |
| Lucas | 16.6% | 52.6% | 47.4% | 33.5% | 47.2% | 43.5% | $60,095 |
| Madison | 11.2% | 51.2% | 48.8% | 31.7% | 61.5% | 53.6% | $83,229 |
| Mahoning | 18.3% | 56.1% | 43.9% | 33.8% | 47.4% | 44.0% | $55,576 |
| Marion | 17.4% | 58.2% | 41.8% | 32.4% | 51.4% | 50.3% | $57,306 |
| Medina | 6.6% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 41.1% | 54.7% | 68.4% | $92,660 |
| Meigs | 24.8% | 68.9% | 31.1% | 47.4% | 57.2% | 40.5% | $46,701 |
| Mercer | 4.3% | 27.3% | 72.7% | 35.6% | 46.1% | 56.7% | $78,036 |
| Miami | 8.0% | 37.0% | 63.0% | 33.2% | 52.7% | 55.7% | $74,175 |
| Monroe | 14.4% | 44.2% | 55.8% | 39.2% | 55.7% | 52.6% | $58,962 |
| Montgomery | 13.5% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 34.9% | 47.5% | 47.4% | $64,403 |
| Morgan | 16.3% | 51.8% | 48.2% | 42.2% | 59.3% | 49.0% | $55,971 |
| Morrow | 10.9% | 41.2% | 58.8% | 55.2% | 61.8% | 62.2% | $71,047 |
| Muskingum | 19.1% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 30.8% | 47.6% | 53.8% | $59,203 |
| Noble | 8.4% | 26.3% | 73.7% | 59.1% | 58.8% | 54.1% | $55,360 |
| Ottawa | 7.0% | 25.1% | 74.9% | 43.4% | 44.6% | 68.5% | $75,728 |
| Paulding | 11.2% | 42.3% | 57.7% | 27.5% | 60.8% | 63.1% | $68,167 |
| Perry | 17.4% | 60.3% | 39.7% | 43.4% | 62.9% | 45.1% | $64,737 |
| Pickaway | 13.1% | 52.0% | 47.9% | 36.3% | 63.0% | 51.3% | $72,927 |
| Pike | 26.1% | 62.9% | 37.1% | 43.4% | 65.8% | 47.7% | $49,552 |
| Portage | 10.4% | 39.7% | 60.3% | 39.6% | 49.7% | 53.3% | $72,822 |
| Preble | 10.0% | 47.6% | 52.4% | 35.1% | 58.5% | 47.1% | $71,237 |
| Putnam | 7.2% | 35.4% | 64.6% | 43.2% | 47.0% | 57.7% | $82,785 |
| Richland | 15.2% | 52.4% | 47.6% | 33.8% | 50.8% | 49.3% | $57,649 |
| Ross | 17.3% | 60.0% | 40.0% | 34.2% | 57.3% | 46.6% | $59,819 |
| Sandusky | 12.4% | 49.9% | 50.1% | 29.8% | 56.1% | 46.6% | $62,500 |
| Scioto | 23.2% | 64.7% | 35.3% | 41.8% | 65.0% | 38.0% | $49,571 |
| Seneca | 13.8% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 25.8% | 58.1% | 51.1% | $65,020 |
| Shelby | 8.0% | 34.8% | 65.2% | 20.4% | 43.8% | 56.5% | $72,822 |
| Stark | 12.9% | 50.8% | 49.2% | 31.1% | 48.4% | 51.1% | $65,740 |
| Summit | 13.6% | 51.1% | 48.9% | 37.2% | 47.3% | 52.2% | $71,016 |
| Trumbull | 13.7% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 35.6% | 57.2% | 43.9% | $55,088 |
| Tuscarawas | 14.4% | 51.1% | 48.9% | 39.5% | 52.2% | 52.6% | $64,494 |
| Union | 4.2% | 36.4% | 63.6% | 31.6% | 56.1% | 54.1% | $109,506 |
| Van Wert | 6.8% | 28.6% | 71.4% | 25.2% | 57.3% | 58.7% | $65,344 |
| Vinton | 20.5% | 48.6% | 51.4% | 49.8% | 50.8% | 57.4% | $53,813 |
| Warren | 4.3% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 47.4% | 64.7% | 56.4% | $107,843 |
| Washington | 12.3% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 35.5% | 45.9% | 45.8% | $61,355 |
| Wayne | 8.1% | 35.7% | 64.3% | 37.2% | 50.0% | 58.0% | $71,769 |
| Williams | 14.2% | 51.6% | 48.4% | 28.8% | 52.3% | 56.4% | $61,834 |
| Wood | 6.8% | 24.5% | 75.5% | 39.6% | 49.3% | 52.7% | $73,124 |
| Wyandot | 9.5% | 36.4% | 63.5% | 37.3% | 54.5% | 66.0% | $71,878 |
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