Food Stamps in the Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Township)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Washington Township
Washington Township
Dauphin County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$64,722.000000$54,968.000000$64,722.000000$64.7k784$14,844.000000$19,987.000000$14,844.000000$14.8k37$67,663.000000$61,353.000000$67,663.000000$67.7k747
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Washington Township
Washington Township
Dauphin County
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty256.756757%52.727915%56.756757%56.8%8.015%8.02%24.324324%32.989399%24.324324%24.3%39.130%39.1%32.432432%13.837456%32.432432%32.4%6.417%6.42%37.837838%44.176678%37.837838%37.8%9.859%9.86%54.054054%25.455830%54.054054%54.1%5.571%5.57%29.729730%49.031802%29.729730%29.7%22.449%22.4%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Washington Township
Washington Township
Dauphin County
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty232.262383%26.160461%32.262383%32.3%91.985%92.0%1.874163%5.535025%1.874163%1.9%60.870%60.9%23.427041%17.827214%23.427041%23.4%93.583%93.6%17.135207%22.194231%17.135207%17.1%90.141%90.1%45.381526%38.993973%45.381526%45.4%94.429%94.4%5.087015%6.502118%5.087015%5.1%77.551%77.6%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Dauphin County and the Washington Township
Washington Township
Dauphin County
0%20%40%60%80%100%Count%Asian1All RacesWhite2Hispanic3Black1100.000000%19.083738%100.000000%100.0%82,118.918919%2,119%4.719388%12.839009%4.719388%4.7%37100.000000%100%3.771131%6.321804%3.771131%3.8%2979.907215%80%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%37.802071%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%30.375857%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1including Hispanic 2non-Hispanic white 3white Hispanic

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Harrisburg Area

There are 103 county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area. This section compares the Washington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Washington Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 2,275.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Washington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Harrisburg Area, and entities that contain the Washington Township
0%10%20%30%Count#HarrisburgSteeltonPenbrookHighspireShippensburgCarlisleLemoyneMiddletownSwatara TownshipSwataraMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinLower Swatara TownshipLower SwataraMarysvilleHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgMillersburgCentre TownshipCentreEast Pennsboro TownshipE PennsboroUpper Dauphin Area School DistrictUpper Dauphin025200Tract 025200Middlesex TownshipMiddlesexWormleysburgHummelstownNew CumberlandCarroll TownshipCarrollWheatfield TownshipWheatfieldWest Pennsboro TownshipW PennsboroSusquehanna TownshipSusquehannaMiddle Paxton TownshipMiddle PaxtonSouthampton TownshipSouthamptonMechanicsburgLondonderry TownshipLondonderryUpper Allen TownshipUpper AllenLower Allen TownshipLower AllenNorth Middleton TownshipN MiddletonSaville TownshipSavilleDickinson TownshipDickinsonLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonCamp HillPenn TownshipWashington TownshipWashingtonSouth Middleton TownshipS MiddletonUpper Paxton TownshipUpper PaxtonHopewell TownshipHopewellConewago TownshipConewagoMonroe TownshipMonroeSouth Hanover TownshipS HanoverNorth Newton TownshipN NewtonDerry TownshipDerryPenn TownshipSilver Spring TownshipSilver SpgHampden TownshipHampdenShippensburg TownshipShippensburgEast Hanover TownshipE HanoverWest Hanover TownshipW HanoverRye TownshipHalifax TownshipHalifax34.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832132.645403%32.645403%32.6%696219.370861%19.370861%19.4%234318.079096%18.079096%18.1%192416.955684%16.955684%17.0%352515.820286%15.820286%15.8%1,162615.759850%15.759850%15.8%336714.380757%14.380757%14.4%562813.523092%13.523092%13.5%1,221913.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.046749%12.046749%12.0%4021011.945392%11.945392%11.9%1401110.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.591326%9.591326%9.6%115129.483667%9.483667%9.5%90139.478181%9.478181%9.5%821149.447265%9.447265%9.4%3359.318498%9.318498%9.3%1348.511497%8.511497%8.5%211158.497191%8.497191%8.5%121168.329101%8.329101%8.3%164178.299120%8.299120%8.3%283187.933662%7.933662%7.9%177197.927333%7.927333%7.9%96207.808456%7.808456%7.8%181217.720656%7.720656%7.7%838227.657658%7.657658%7.7%153237.351809%7.351809%7.4%191247.052529%7.052529%7.1%290256.929283%6.929283%6.9%146266.829680%6.829680%6.8%486276.604718%6.604718%6.6%462286.217504%6.217504%6.2%287295.690073%5.690073%5.7%47305.136268%5.136268%5.1%98315.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045325.134550%5.134550%5.1%166334.957397%4.957397%5.0%64344.719388%4.719388%4.7%374.705495%4.705495%4.7%286354.659091%4.659091%4.7%82364.272517%4.272517%4.3%37374.147031%4.147031%4.1%44383.892734%3.892734%3.9%90393.846154%3.846154%3.8%98403.559127%3.559127%3.6%31413.505007%3.505007%3.5%343423.355079%3.355079%3.4%36433.098324%3.098324%3.1%196443.014693%3.014693%3.0%357452.541106%2.541106%2.5%34462.335456%2.335456%2.3%55472.279202%2.279202%2.3%88482.015677%2.015677%2.0%18491.970109%1.970109%2.0%2950
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in Pennsylvania

There are 2,574 county subdivisions in Pennsylvania. This section compares the Washington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Washington Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 27,333.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Washington Township, selected other county subdivisions in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain the Washington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterYorkHarrisburgLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonBethlehemPittsburghPenn Hills TownshipPenn HlsUpper Darby TownshipUpper DarbyMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinBristol TownshipBristolHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgBensalem TownshipBensalemRidley TownshipRidleyUpper Dauphin Area School DistrictUpper Dauphin025200Tract 025200Millcreek TownshipMillcreekHempfield TownshipHempfieldFalls TownshipFallsYork TownshipMonroevilleCheltenham TownshipCheltenhamAbington TownshipAbingtonWarminster TownshipWarminsterPlumRoss TownshipLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonNorth Huntingdon TownshipN HuntingdonMiddletown TownshipMiddletownSpring TownshipSpgState CollegeWashington TownshipWashingtonManheim TownshipManheimBethel ParkMount Lebanon TownshipMt LebanonShaler TownshipShalerUpper Merion TownshipUpper MerionRadnor TownshipRadnorHampden TownshipHampdenHaverford TownshipHaverfordCranberry TownshipCranberryLower Merion TownshipLower MerionMcCandless TownshipMcCandlessLower Macungie TownshipLower MacungieNorthampton TownshipNorthamptonTredyffrin TownshipTredyffrinLower Makefield TownshipLower Makefield44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k140.482343%40.482343%40.5%4,700235.934809%35.934809%35.9%5,843334.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832430.655699%30.655699%30.7%6,522530.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,694629.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k727.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k826.477167%26.477167%26.5%2,841926.394203%26.394203%26.4%3,2421025.573382%25.573382%25.6%4,7501125.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1222.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6341321.579593%21.579593%21.6%4,3991417.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k1515.213388%15.213388%15.2%2,8091613.818242%13.818242%13.8%4,1891713.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k11.671811%11.671811%11.7%2,2691810.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k10.120105%10.120105%10.1%2,393199.597783%9.597783%9.6%1,143209.447265%9.447265%9.4%3359.318498%9.318498%9.3%1348.762521%8.762521%8.8%1,977218.695652%8.695652%8.7%1,468228.314395%8.314395%8.3%1,061236.938326%6.938326%6.9%819246.693760%6.693760%6.7%840256.620670%6.620670%6.6%950266.389883%6.389883%6.4%1,339276.355965%6.355965%6.4%821285.362805%5.362805%5.4%592295.243255%5.243255%5.2%721305.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045315.081714%5.081714%5.1%625324.958781%4.958781%5.0%794334.770049%4.770049%4.8%502344.764657%4.764657%4.8%577354.719388%4.719388%4.7%374.613900%4.613900%4.6%717364.451902%4.451902%4.5%597374.279263%4.279263%4.3%597384.139236%4.139236%4.1%503393.407098%3.407098%3.4%408403.044521%3.044521%3.0%292413.014693%3.014693%3.0%357422.842407%2.842407%2.8%496432.743233%2.743233%2.7%300442.639621%2.639621%2.6%596452.637605%2.637605%2.6%311462.542580%2.542580%2.5%312471.840358%1.840358%1.8%255481.281192%1.281192%1.3%153490.677630%0.677630%0.7%8250
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares the Washington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Washington Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 91,133.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Washington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Northeast, and entities that contain the Washington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Town of HartfordHartfordPatersonSpringfieldBronxRochesterBuffaloProvidenceSyracuseTown of WaterburyWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportErieTown of New HavenNew HvnNew BedfordPhiladelphiaBrooklynLakewood TownshipLakewoodLowellWorcesterAlbanyElizabethTown of RamapoRamapoBostonPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterQueensManhattanMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaDauphin CountyDauphinStaten IslandQuincyHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgUpper Dauphin Area School DistrictUpper Dauphin025200Tract 025200Town of IslipTown of StamfordStamfordTown of GreeceGreeceCambridgeTown of BabylonBabylonTown of AmherstAmherstTown of BrookhavenBrookhavenToms River TownshipToms RivTown of HempsteadHempsteadWoodbridge TownshipWoodbridgeWashington TownshipWashingtonTown of HuntingtonHuntingtonEdison TownshipEdisonTown of GreenburghGreenburghTown of North HempsteadN HempsteadTown of Oyster BayOyster BayTown of SmithtownSmithtown41.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k139.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k237.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k336.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k434.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k534.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k632.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k730.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k830.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k929.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731029.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1129.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1228.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181328.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1427.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1526.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k1626.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k1725.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k1923.574016%23.574016%23.6%5,5962023.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742122.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2221.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242319.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8072419.233644%19.233644%19.2%6,6912519.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k2617.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k2716.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k2816.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k2914.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663013.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k3113.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k3213.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k12.543520%12.543520%12.5%20,82420.8k3310.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2323410.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.447265%9.447265%9.4%3359.318498%9.318498%9.3%1349.145754%9.145754%9.1%9,111358.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285368.722887%8.722887%8.7%3,551378.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666388.236290%8.236290%8.2%5,545397.176033%7.176033%7.2%3,569407.005629%7.005629%7.0%11,26411.3k416.917276%6.917276%6.9%2,394426.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k435.451322%5.451322%5.5%1,845444.719388%4.719388%4.7%374.454109%4.454109%4.5%3,052453.812606%3.812606%3.8%1,355463.675937%3.675937%3.7%1,216473.090064%3.090064%3.1%2,366483.027583%3.027583%3.0%2,968492.870620%2.870620%2.9%1,13850
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares the Washington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Washington Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Washington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain the Washington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitBronxMilwaukeeMiamiBaltimorePhiladelphiaEl PasoSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBrooklynFresnoOrlandoChicagoSan BernardinoTampaBostonColumbusSouthwest DallasSW DallasFort WorthAlbuquerqueAtlantaWashingtonTucsonHoustonQueensLas VegasManhattanSacramentoPhoenixMiddle AtlanticNortheastTulsaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheast DallasNE DallasTownship 1:Charlotte1, CharlotteDauphin CountyDauphinSeattleLong Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodDenverAustinLos AngelesHarrisburg and Carlisle Metro AreaHarrisburgAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…Upper Dauphin Area School DistrictUpper Dauphin025200Tract 025200OntarioSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityNorthwest HarrisNW HarrisEast San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlySan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlySan DiegoNortheast TarrantNE TarrantTown of HempsteadHempsteadSeattle EastOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…San FranciscoSan JoseWashington TownshipWashingtonPlano42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k136.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k230.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k326.918616%26.918616%26.9%90,50990.5k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.474984%24.474984%24.5%44,95145.0k724.405515%24.405515%24.4%55,00155.0k823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k920.437953%20.437953%20.4%45,71545.7k1020.198587%20.198587%20.2%44,63144.6k1119.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1219.710216%19.710216%19.7%44,79644.8k1319.376055%19.376055%19.4%50,49450.5k1419.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1517.573826%17.573826%17.6%58,55358.6k1617.250632%17.250632%17.3%55,99456.0k1715.901493%15.901493%15.9%47,09147.1k1815.784743%15.784743%15.8%39,68639.7k1915.004424%15.004424%15.0%35,78335.8k2014.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2114.937099%14.937099%14.9%51,79251.8k2214.236256%14.236256%14.2%164,852165k2313.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k2413.780346%13.780346%13.8%91,44191.4k2513.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k2613.554775%13.554775%13.6%55,27855.3k2713.433314%13.433314%13.4%153,787154k2813.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.071915%13.071915%13.1%30,77930.8k2913.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.939884%12.939884%12.9%73,75173.8k3012.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3112.839009%12.839009%12.8%14,15014.2k11.909058%11.909058%11.9%52,40752.4k3210.963747%10.963747%11.0%21,74121.7k3310.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k3410.290689%10.290689%10.3%34,30034.3k3510.248119%10.248119%10.2%95,93595.9k3610.193905%10.193905%10.2%22,89522.9k9.585555%9.585555%9.6%46,82446.8k379.447265%9.447265%9.4%3359.318498%9.318498%9.3%1348.572006%8.572006%8.6%16,53316.5k388.561760%8.561760%8.6%27,90827.9k398.134682%8.134682%8.1%20,38620.4k407.755337%7.755337%7.8%20,50120.5k417.739421%7.739421%7.7%47,77847.8k427.450825%7.450825%7.5%60,92860.9k436.406793%6.406793%6.4%13,11413.1k446.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k456.012518%6.012518%6.0%13,74613.7k465.795555%5.795555%5.8%12,81612.8k475.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k484.968853%4.968853%5.0%29,11429.1k494.719388%4.719388%4.7%373.859381%3.859381%3.9%7,72150
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Pennsylvania
County:
Dauphin
Metro Area:
Harrisburg Area
ZIP Codes:
17023, 17048, 17061
Unified School District:
Upper Dauphin
Congressional District:
PA-11
State Senate District:
PA-15
State House District:
PA-125
Neighboring Boroughs:
Elizabethville
Neighboring Townships:
Jackson, Lykens, Mifflin, Upper Paxton, Wiconisco
Nearby Townships:
Halifax, Jefferson, Jordan, Lower Mahanoy, Wayne