Food Stamps in Stamford, 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 Stamford
Stamford
Connecticut
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$81,634.000000$71,755.000000$81,634.000000$81.6k47,70847.7k$21,610.000000$20,807.000000$21,610.000000$21.6k4,285$90,569.000000$80,712.000000$90,569.000000$90.6k43,42343.4k
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 Stamford
Stamford
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty243.873979%42.842042%43.873979%43.9%12.264%12.3%21.773629%26.783774%21.773629%21.8%27.743%27.7%17.596266%11.372207%17.596266%17.6%6.861%6.86%37.316219%42.750589%37.316219%37.3%19.661%19.7%35.682614%32.981181%35.682614%35.7%9.301%9.30%39.556593%43.019603%39.556593%39.6%41.281%41.3%
% 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 Stamford
Stamford
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty230.974368%29.240677%30.974368%31.0%87.736%87.7%5.596113%5.352182%5.596113%5.6%72.257%72.3%23.570458%21.744555%23.570458%23.6%93.139%93.1%15.047325%19.049076%15.047325%15.0%80.339%80.3%34.336642%39.446102%34.336642%34.3%90.699%90.7%5.552357%5.573876%5.552357%5.6%58.719%58.7%
% 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 Stamford
Stamford
Connecticut
0%10%20%30%Count%Black1Mixed1Hispanic2Other1All RacesWhite3Asian126.690986%29.140876%26.690986%26.7%1,756297.170031%297%18.028534%24.884054%18.028534%18.0%139200.724695%201%17.147473%33.165926%17.147473%17.1%743190.915201%191%14.842579%35.875473%14.842579%14.8%594165.253149%165%8.981722%12.430160%8.981722%9.0%4,285100.000000%100%3.497964%7.041319%3.497964%3.5%98838.945362%39%1.720487%5.495028%1.720487%1.7%6519.155425%19%
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 Stamford

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Neighborhood#5

Percentage of households (%):
0.1%4.3%8.4%12.5%16.7%20.8%
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Map of Food Stamps by Tract in Stamford

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#6

Percentage of households (%):
0%6%13%19%25%32%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Stamford

There are 16 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Stamford (14 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 16 of those to each other, Stamford, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Stamford.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Stamford, selected neighborhoods in Stamford, and entities that contain Stamford
0%5%10%15%20%Count#Waterside NeighborhoodWatersideSouth End NeighborhoodSouth EndWest Side NeighborhoodWest SideNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandDowntown NeighborhoodDowntownConnecticutCove - East Side NeighborhoodCove - E SideBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldTown of StamfordStamfordStamford School DistrictStamfordStamfordShippan NeighborhoodShippanRidgeway NeighborhoodRidgewayGlenbrook NeighborhoodGlenbrookSpringdale NeighborhoodSpringdaleNewfield NeighborhoodNewfieldBelltown NeighborhoodBelltownTurn of River NeighborhoodTurn of RiverNorth Stamford NeighborhoodN StamfordPalmers Hill NeighborhoodPalmers HillWestover NeighborhoodWestoverRoxbury NeighborhoodRoxbury20.772704%20.772704%20.8%408409119.288390%19.288390%19.3%220218.133025%18.133025%18.1%781782313.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.562234%12.562234%12.6%1,0811,082412.430160%12.430160%12.4%168,393168k11.988746%11.988746%12.0%58759.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k9.386085%9.386085%9.4%31,46331.5k8.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2857.456723%7.456723%7.5%11666.510746%6.510746%6.5%9776.248913%6.248913%6.2%32585.292451%5.292451%5.3%15195.259862%5.259862%5.3%6970102.728701%2.728701%2.7%47111.292230%1.292230%1.3%5354120.835499%0.835499%0.8%4041130.174927%0.174927%0.2%01140.174927%0.174927%0.2%12150.174927%0.174927%0.2%0116
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 16 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Bridgeport Area

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

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Stamford, selected other places in the Bridgeport Area, and entities that contain Stamford
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#BridgeportNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandConnecticutDanburyBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldStratfordTown of StamfordStamfordStamford School DistrictStamfordStamfordNorwalkSheltonTrumbullGreenwichBethelRiversideByramSouthportWestportRidgefieldCos CobWilton CenterOld GreenwichPemberwickDarienGeorgetownNewtownGlenvilleCannondale28.212562%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%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%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 Stamford to the 50 most populous places in Connecticut and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Stamford. 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 Stamford, selected other places in Connecticut, and entities that contain Stamford
0%10%20%30%40%Count#HartfordWillimanticNew LondonNew BritainWaterburyBridgeportRockvilleNew HavenMeridenAnsoniaEast HartfordThompsonvilleNorwichManchesterWinstedGrotonWest HavenWallingford CenterWallingford CtrPutnamTorringtonBristolDerbyNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesOakvilleMiddletownNew EnglandConnecticutDanburyNaugatuckEast HavenBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldWethersfieldStratfordTown of StamfordStamfordStamford School DistrictStamfordStamfordWest 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%14,20714.2k627.218935%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%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%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 Stamford to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Stamford. 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 Stamford, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Stamford
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCheektowagaNew EnglandConnecticutWarwickDanburyQuincyCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldNew RochelleTown of StamfordStamfordStamford School DistrictStamfordStamfordCambridgeNorwalkToms 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%14,20714.2k1827.864170%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%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%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 Stamford to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Stamford. 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 Stamford, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Stamford
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteNew EnglandConnecticutOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsDenverLos AngelesSeattleBridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk Metro AreaBridgeportFairfield CountyFairfieldRaleighAustinTown of StamfordStamfordStamford School DistrictStamfordStamfordSan 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%70,25070.3k425.907118%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%33,16533.2k468.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2858.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,2857.031769%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:
Stamford
ZIP Codes:
06831, 06901, 06902, 06903, 06905, 06906, 06907
Unified School District:
Stamford
Neighborhoods:
Belltown, Cove - East Side, Downtown, Glenbrook, Newfield, North Stamford, Palmers Hill, Ridgeway, Roxbury, Shippan, South End, Springdale, Turn of River, Waterside, West Side, Westover
Congressional District:
CT-4
State Senate Districts:
CT-27, CT-36
State House Districts:
CT-144, CT-145, CT-146, CT-147, CT-148, CT-149
Neighboring Towns:
New Canaan
Neighboring Unincorporated Places:
Darien, Old Greenwich, Scotts Corners
Nearby Cities:
Norwalk
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Bedford, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Greenwich, Pemberwick, Riverside
Nearby Villages:
Port Chester, Rye Brook