Food Stamps in the Covington Township, Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County and the Covington Township
Covington Township
Lackawanna County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllNot On Food Stamps$62,052.000000$46,673.000000$62,052.000000$62.1k731$62,123.000000$53,272.000000$62,123.000000$62.1k662
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 Lackawanna County and the Covington Township
Covington Township
Lackawanna County
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty249.275362%40.822538%49.275362%49.3%13.439%13.4%5.797101%24.036210%5.797101%5.8%12.903%12.9%31.884058%11.354768%31.884058%31.9%14.474%14.5%55.072464%53.621039%55.072464%55.1%18.627%18.6%52.173913%30.919307%52.173913%52.2%9.863%9.86%34.782609%51.615421%34.782609%34.8%36.364%36.4%
% 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 Lackawanna County and the Covington Township
Covington Township
Lackawanna County
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty233.081571%22.650636%33.081571%33.1%86.561%86.6%4.078550%4.127971%4.078550%4.1%87.097%87.1%19.637462%16.420674%19.637462%19.6%85.526%85.5%25.075529%25.013820%25.075529%25.1%81.373%81.4%49.697885%45.100884%49.697885%49.7%90.137%90.1%6.344411%8.016860%6.344411%6.3%63.636%63.6%
% 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 Lackawanna County and the Covington Township
Covington Township
Lackawanna County
0%5%10%15%Count%All RacesWhite19.439124%15.044497%9.439124%9.4%69100.000000%100%9.439124%12.662575%9.439124%9.4%69100.000000%100%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Scranton Area

There are 139 county subdivisions in the Scranton Area. This section compares the Covington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Scranton Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Covington Township. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 3,033.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of the Covington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Scranton Area, and entities that contain the Covington Township
0%10%20%30%Count#EdwardsvilleWest HazletonWilkes-BarreHazletonFreelandPittstonPlymouthCarbondaleScrantonOlyphantNanticokeHanover TownshipHanoverHazle TownshipHazleTaylorWest PittstonKingstonJessupScranton, Wilkes, Barre, and Hazleton Metro AreaScranton AreaOld ForgeLackawanna CountyLackawannaFoster TownshipFosterNewport TownshipNewportWyomingMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaMoosicSwoyersvilleLarksvilleJenkins TownshipJenkinsDickson CityFairview TownshipFairview112902Tract 112902Jefferson TownshipJeffersonPlains TownshipPlainsForty FortExeterDuryeaArchbaldCovington TownshipCovingtonDunmoreThroopKingston TownshipKingstonNorth Pocono School DistrictNorth PoconoTunkhannock TownshipTunkhannockLehman TownshipLehmanBlakelySugarloaf TownshipSugarloafSalem TownshipSalemScott TownshipScottJackson TownshipJacksonPittston TownshipPittstonWright TownshipWrightDallas TownshipDallasButler TownshipButlerClarks SummitSouth Abington TownshipS AbingtonRice Township35.617104%35.617104%35.6%733131.604637%31.604637%31.6%518230.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,694327.839717%27.839717%27.8%2,522426.503341%26.503341%26.5%357525.425195%25.425195%25.4%882624.380653%24.380653%24.4%620723.820880%23.820880%23.8%899822.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,634922.691183%22.691183%22.7%5431021.383648%21.383648%21.4%9521120.865566%20.865566%20.9%9981220.329670%20.329670%20.3%8141319.101124%19.101124%19.1%4591417.870906%17.870906%17.9%3711517.045649%17.045649%17.0%9971617.034884%17.034884%17.0%2931715.755585%15.755585%15.8%35,21235.2k15.480286%15.480286%15.5%5851815.044497%15.044497%15.0%12,81412.8k13.847203%13.847203%13.8%2031913.667820%13.667820%13.7%2372013.517442%13.517442%13.5%1862113.364894%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%644,209644k12.713631%12.713631%12.7%3052212.565197%12.565197%12.6%2652312.479828%12.479828%12.5%2322412.411154%12.411154%12.4%2272511.603701%11.603701%11.6%3012611.458986%11.458986%11.5%1832711.032657%11.032657%11.0%25010.999329%10.999329%11.0%1642810.394916%10.394916%10.4%4582910.135501%10.135501%10.1%1873010.044916%10.044916%10.0%246319.922179%9.922179%9.9%204329.490085%9.490085%9.5%268339.439124%9.439124%9.4%698.967972%8.967972%9.0%504348.855664%8.855664%8.9%154358.607864%8.607864%8.6%243368.558502%8.558502%8.6%6818.328376%8.328376%8.3%140378.242159%8.242159%8.2%113386.953180%6.953180%7.0%199396.271537%6.271537%6.3%91406.104329%6.104329%6.1%110415.676635%5.676635%5.7%112425.442177%5.442177%5.4%48435.371597%5.371597%5.4%73445.338418%5.338418%5.3%112455.045593%5.045593%5.0%166463.819258%3.819258%3.8%142473.684211%3.684211%3.7%84482.039592%2.039592%2.0%68491.623616%1.623616%1.6%2250
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 Covington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Covington 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 Covington Township, selected other county subdivisions in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain the Covington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterYorkHarrisburgLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonBethlehemPittsburghScranton, Wilkes, Barre, and Hazleton Metro AreaScranton AreaPenn Hills TownshipPenn HlsLackawanna CountyLackawannaUpper Darby TownshipUpper DarbyMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaBristol TownshipBristol112902Tract 112902Bensalem TownshipBensalemRidley TownshipRidleyCovington TownshipCovingtonMillcreek TownshipMillcreekHempfield TownshipHempfieldNorth Pocono School DistrictNorth PoconoFalls TownshipFallsYork TownshipMonroevilleCheltenham TownshipCheltenhamAbington TownshipAbingtonWarminster TownshipWarminsterPlumRoss TownshipLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonNorth Huntingdon TownshipN HuntingdonMiddletown TownshipMiddletownSpring TownshipSpgState CollegeManheim 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%23,03323.0k1515.755585%15.755585%15.8%35,21235.2k15.213388%15.213388%15.2%2,8091615.044497%15.044497%15.0%12,81412.8k13.818242%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%644,209644k11.671811%11.671811%11.7%2,2691811.032657%11.032657%11.0%25010.120105%10.120105%10.1%2,393199.597783%9.597783%9.6%1,143209.439124%9.439124%9.4%698.762521%8.762521%8.8%1,977218.695652%8.695652%8.7%1,468228.558502%8.558502%8.6%6818.314395%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%577354.613900%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 Covington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Covington 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 Covington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the Northeast, and entities that contain the Covington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Town of HartfordHartfordPatersonSpringfieldBronxRochesterBuffaloProvidenceSyracuseTown of WaterburyWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportErieTown of New HavenNew HvnNew BedfordPhiladelphiaBrooklynLakewood TownshipLakewoodLowellWorcesterAlbanyElizabethTown of RamapoRamapoBostonPittsburghYonkersJersey CityScranton, Wilkes, Barre, and Hazleton Metro AreaScranton AreaLackawanna CountyLackawannaManchesterQueensManhattanMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaStaten Island112902Tract 112902QuincyCovington TownshipCovingtonTown of IslipTown of StamfordStamfordTown of GreeceGreeceNorth Pocono School DistrictNorth PoconoCambridgeTown of BabylonBabylonTown of AmherstAmherstTown of BrookhavenBrookhavenToms River TownshipToms RivTown of HempsteadHempsteadWoodbridge TownshipWoodbridgeTown 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%16,13316.1k2915.755585%15.755585%15.8%35,21235.2k15.044497%15.044497%15.0%12,81412.8k14.949843%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%644,209644k12.543520%12.543520%12.5%20,82420.8k3311.032657%11.032657%11.0%25010.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,232349.439124%9.439124%9.4%699.145754%9.145754%9.1%9,111358.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285368.722887%8.722887%8.7%3,551378.558502%8.558502%8.6%6818.428167%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%1,845444.454109%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 Covington Township to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with the Covington 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 Covington Township, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain the Covington Township
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitBronxMilwaukeeMiamiBaltimorePhiladelphiaEl PasoSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBrooklynFresnoOrlandoChicagoSan BernardinoTampaBostonColumbusSouthwest DallasSW DallasFort WorthAlbuquerqueScranton, Wilkes, Barre, and Hazleton Metro AreaScranton AreaLackawanna CountyLackawannaAtlantaWashingtonTucsonHoustonQueensLas VegasManhattanSacramentoPhoenixMiddle AtlanticNortheastTulsaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheast DallasNE DallasTownship 1:Charlotte1, CharlotteSeattle112902Tract 112902Long Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodDenverAustinLos AngelesAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…Covington TownshipCovingtonOntarioSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityNorth Pocono School DistrictNorth PoconoNorthwest HarrisNW HarrisEast San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlySan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlySan DiegoNortheast TarrantNE TarrantTown of HempsteadHempsteadSeattle EastOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…San FranciscoSan JosePlano42.327373%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%39,68639.7k1915.755585%15.755585%15.8%35,21235.2k15.044497%15.044497%15.0%12,81412.8k15.004424%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%39,89339.9k3111.909058%11.909058%11.9%52,40752.4k3211.032657%11.032657%11.0%25010.963747%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%95,93595.9k369.585555%9.585555%9.6%46,82446.8k379.439124%9.439124%9.4%698.572006%8.572006%8.6%16,53316.5k388.561760%8.561760%8.6%27,90827.9k398.558502%8.558502%8.6%6818.134682%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%29,11429.1k493.859381%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:
Lackawanna
Metro Area:
Scranton Area
Unincorporated Places:
Big Bass Lake, Eagle Lake
ZIP Codes:
18424, 18444
Unified School District:
North Pocono
Congressional District:
PA-10
State Senate District:
PA-22
State House District:
PA-118
Neighboring Townships:
Clifton, Madison, Spring Brook, Sterling
Nearby Townships:
Coolbaugh, Dreher, Elmhurst, Jefferson, Lehigh, Roaring Brook, Salem, Thornhurst