Food Stamps in Bridgeport, Connecticut (City)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Connecticut and Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Connecticut
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$43,137.000000$71,755.000000$43,137.000000$43.1k50,35750.4k$19,082.000000$20,807.000000$19,082.000000$19.1k14,20714.2k$53,320.000000$80,712.000000$53,320.000000$53.3k36,15036.2k
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 Connecticut and Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty250.446963%42.842042%50.446963%50.4%38.816%38.8%32.744422%26.783774%32.744422%32.7%56.096%56.1%12.338988%11.372207%12.338988%12.3%21.478%21.5%42.366439%42.750589%42.366439%42.4%43.912%43.9%29.210952%32.981181%29.210952%29.2%25.427%25.4%49.123671%43.019603%49.123671%49.1%64.614%64.6%
% 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 Connecticut and Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty231.250346%29.240677%31.250346%31.3%61.184%61.2%10.071923%5.352182%10.071923%10.1%43.904%43.9%17.728907%21.744555%17.728907%17.7%78.522%78.5%21.266943%19.049076%21.266943%21.3%56.088%56.1%33.668050%39.446102%33.668050%33.7%74.573%74.6%10.572614%5.573876%10.572614%10.6%35.386%35.4%
% 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 Connecticut and Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%Count%Other1Hispanic2Mixed1Black1All RacesAsian1White339.294854%35.875473%39.294854%39.3%2,764139.281406%139%38.851427%33.165926%38.851427%38.9%3,457137.709673%138%34.596140%24.884054%34.596140%34.6%484122.626721%123%31.876592%29.140876%31.876592%31.9%5,631112.987228%113%28.212562%12.430160%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k100.000000%100%13.217993%5.495028%13.217993%13.2%19146.851445%47%12.072435%7.041319%12.072435%12.1%1,68042.790990%43%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1including Hispanic 2white Hispanic 3non-Hispanic white

Map of Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Bridgeport

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Neighborhood#5

Percentage of households (%):
11%19%27%34%42%50%
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Map of Food Stamps by Tract in Bridgeport

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#6

Percentage of households (%):
4%21%37%53%68%85%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Bridgeport

There are 11 neighborhoods in Bridgeport. This section compares all 11 of those to each other, Bridgeport, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bridgeport.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bridgeport, selected neighborhoods in Bridgeport, and entities that contain Bridgeport
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Hollow NeighborhoodHollowDowntown NeighborhoodDowntownWest Side/ West End NeighborhoodW Side/ W EndEast End NeighborhoodEast EndMill Hill NeighborhoodMill HillSouth End NeighborhoodSouth EndTown of BridgeportBridgeportBridgeport School DistrictBridgeportBridgeportEnterprise NeighborhoodEnterpriseResevoir NeighborhoodResevoirBrooklawn/ St. Vincent's NeighborhoodBrooklawn/ St. Vin…NortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNorth End NeighborhoodNorth EndNew EnglandConnecticutBlack Rock NeighborhoodBlack RockBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfield49.121295%49.121295%49.1%1,462143.660856%43.660856%43.7%438242.995625%42.995625%43.0%2,186335.879147%35.879147%35.9%994431.335970%31.335970%31.3%1,4271,428529.914144%29.914144%29.9%562563628.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k27.753613%27.753613%27.8%5960726.268116%26.268116%26.3%791817.859037%17.859037%17.9%1,588913.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.789636%12.789636%12.8%9589591012.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k11.736868%11.736868%11.7%473119.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 11 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Bridgeport Area

There are 23 places in the Bridgeport Area. This section compares Bridgeport to all of the places in the Bridgeport Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bridgeport.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bridgeport, selected other places in the Bridgeport Area, and entities that contain Bridgeport
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Town of BridgeportBridgeportBridgeport School DistrictBridgeportBridgeportNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandConnecticutDanburyBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldStratfordStamfordNorwalkSheltonTrumbullGreenwichBethelRiversideByramSouthportWestportRidgefieldCos CobWilton CenterOld GreenwichPemberwickDarienGeorgetownNewtownGlenvilleCannondale28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k113.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k11.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,35429.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.191821%9.191821%9.2%1,88838.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,28547.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,60056.017845%6.017845%6.0%95165.299003%5.299003%5.3%63875.228873%5.228873%5.2%29784.549975%4.549975%4.5%18393.664346%3.664346%3.7%100103.534031%3.534031%3.5%54113.485255%3.485255%3.5%26123.465347%3.465347%3.5%336133.008547%3.008547%3.0%88141.842546%1.842546%1.8%44151.709402%1.709402%1.7%6161.691815%1.691815%1.7%37171.492537%1.492537%1.5%21181.299486%1.299486%1.3%86190.852273%0.852273%0.9%6200.715308%0.715308%0.7%5210.000000%0.000000%0.0%0220.000000%0.000000%0.0%023
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 23 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in Connecticut

There are 143 places in Connecticut. This section compares Bridgeport to the 50 most populous places in Connecticut and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bridgeport. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 7,129.

Most Food Stamps by Place#9

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bridgeport, selected other places in Connecticut, and entities that contain Bridgeport
0%10%20%30%40%Count#HartfordWillimanticNew LondonNew BritainWaterburyTown of BridgeportBridgeportBridgeport School DistrictBridgeportBridgeportRockvilleNew HavenMeridenAnsoniaEast HartfordThompsonvilleNorwichManchesterWinstedGrotonWest HavenWallingford CenterWallingford CtrPutnamTorringtonBristolDerbyNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesOakvilleMiddletownNew EnglandConnecticutDanburyNaugatuckEast HavenBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldWethersfieldStratfordStamfordWest HartfordGlastonbury CenterGlastonbury CtrNorwalkWindsor LocksNewingtonSheltonMilfordTrumbullNorth HavenGreenwichBethelSouthwood AcresKensingtonConning Towers Nautilus ParkConning Towers N…RiversideWestportRidgefieldStorrsOrangeDarien41.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k136.394316%36.394316%36.4%2,049233.216981%33.216981%33.2%3,521331.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,780430.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k528.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k627.218935%27.218935%27.2%874726.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k825.003971%25.003971%25.0%6,296923.720458%23.720458%23.7%1,6361023.071011%23.071011%23.1%4,5031121.780467%21.780467%21.8%7561221.614535%21.614535%21.6%3,4621321.132287%21.132287%21.1%2,6391419.466004%19.466004%19.5%6271518.638077%18.638077%18.6%7911618.085266%18.085266%18.1%3,6101715.872163%15.872163%15.9%1,1821815.589226%15.589226%15.6%4631914.850081%14.850081%14.9%2,1992014.624775%14.624775%14.6%3,6542114.609012%14.609012%14.6%7232213.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.976023%12.976023%13.0%4602312.914304%12.914304%12.9%2,4822412.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k11.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3542511.318220%11.318220%11.3%1,3482611.094306%11.094306%11.1%1,247279.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.242144%9.242144%9.2%1,000289.191821%9.191821%9.2%1,888298.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285308.518669%8.518669%8.5%2,099317.996379%7.996379%8.0%265327.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600337.435090%7.435090%7.4%378346.705239%6.705239%6.7%846356.017845%6.017845%6.0%951365.585094%5.585094%5.6%1,166375.299003%5.299003%5.3%638385.294610%5.294610%5.3%443395.228873%5.228873%5.2%297404.549975%4.549975%4.5%183414.298874%4.298874%4.3%126424.222094%4.222094%4.2%146434.175729%4.175729%4.2%96443.664346%3.664346%3.7%100453.465347%3.465347%3.5%336463.008547%3.008547%3.0%88472.300995%2.300995%2.3%37481.809311%1.809311%1.8%89491.299486%1.299486%1.3%8650
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Bridgeport to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bridgeport. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Most Food Stamps by Place#10

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bridgeport, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Bridgeport
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportBridgeport School DistrictBridgeportBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCheektowagaNew EnglandConnecticutWarwickDanburyQuincyCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldNew RochelleStamfordCambridgeNorwalkToms RiverNewton44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k143.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k243.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k341.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k439.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k537.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k634.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k734.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k832.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k931.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,7801030.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k1130.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k1229.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731329.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1429.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k1628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181728.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1827.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1927.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,4652026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k2126.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k2225.954060%25.954060%26.0%7,1412325.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k2423.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742522.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6342622.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2721.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242820.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2919.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8073019.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k3118.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3933217.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k3316.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k3416.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k3514.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663613.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.970071%12.970071%13.0%4,3253712.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k11.472754%11.472754%11.5%4,0363811.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3543910.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2324010.439867%10.439867%10.4%3,1784110.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,981429.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401439.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119449.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.304714%9.304714%9.3%2,627458.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285468.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666477.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346494.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,31050
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Bridgeport to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bridgeport. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#11

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bridgeport, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Bridgeport
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeTown of BridgeportBridgeportBridgeport School DistrictBridgeportBridgeportBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteNew EnglandConnecticutOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsDenverLos AngelesSeattleBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldRaleighAustinSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoSan Francisco42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k135.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k232.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k428.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k28.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k25.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k723.459108%23.459108%23.5%38,49138.5k821.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k920.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k1019.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1119.541946%19.541946%19.5%40,58140.6k1219.219520%19.219520%19.2%49,28549.3k1319.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1417.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k1517.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k1617.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1716.536703%16.536703%16.5%89,11189.1k1816.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k1916.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2016.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2116.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2215.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2315.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2415.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2515.230887%15.230887%15.2%33,70933.7k2615.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k2714.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2814.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k2914.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3014.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3213.904317%13.904317%13.9%25,00925.0k3313.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k12.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k3711.829013%11.829013%11.8%19,39019.4k3811.614665%11.614665%11.6%18,46018.5k3911.059321%11.059321%11.1%19,10019.1k4011.033109%11.033109%11.0%19,61419.6k4110.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k467.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k50
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Connecticut
County:
Fairfield
Metro Area:
Bridgeport Area
Town:
Bridgeport
ZIP Codes:
06604, 06605, 06606, 06607, 06608, 06610, 06611
Unified School District:
Bridgeport
Neighborhoods:
Black Rock, Brooklawn/ St. Vincent's, Downtown, East End, Enterprise, Hollow, Mill Hill, North End, Resevoir, South End, West Side/ West End
Congressional District:
CT-4
State Senate Districts:
CT-22, CT-23
State House Districts:
CT-124, CT-126, CT-127, CT-128, CT-129, CT-130
Neighboring Unincorporated Places:
Stratford, Trumbull
Nearby Boroughs:
Woodmont
Nearby Cities:
Ansonia, Derby, Shelton
Nearby Places:
Milford
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Cannondale, Orange, Southport, Westport, Wilton Center