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PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report

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

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

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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. 1 Holmes 81.4%
  2. 2 Wood 75.5%
  3. 3 Ottawa 74.9%
  4. 4 Geauga 74.2%
  5. 5 Noble 73.7%

Strongest coverage

% of poor HH enrolled

  1. 1 Meigs 68.9%
  2. 2 Scioto 64.7%
  3. 3 Brown 62.9%
  4. 4 Pike 62.9%
  5. 5 Adams 61.8%

Highest SNAP use

% of all HH on SNAP

  1. 1 Pike 26.1%
  2. 2 Meigs 24.8%
  3. 3 Scioto 23.2%
  4. 4 Lawrence 20.7%
  5. 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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