Food Stamps in Merriam, Kansas (City)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Kansas and Merriam
Merriam
Kansas
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$57,281.000000$53,571.000000$57,281.000000$57.3k5,157$15,597.000000$18,778.000000$15,597.000000$15.6k329$60,863.000000$57,770.000000$60,863.000000$60.9k4,828
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 Kansas and Merriam
Merriam
Kansas
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty237.082067%54.050675%37.082067%37.1%11.434%11.4%14.285714%28.045635%14.285714%14.3%19.262%19.3%16.717325%19.521006%16.717325%16.7%7.422%7.42%61.398176%48.426980%61.398176%61.4%17.657%17.7%41.641337%23.164153%41.641337%41.6%7.838%7.84%45.896657%54.071347%45.896657%45.9%34.009%34.0%
% 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 Kansas and Merriam
Merriam
Kansas
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty219.573322%30.114467%19.573322%19.6%88.566%88.6%4.080365%5.069853%4.080365%4.1%80.738%80.7%14.208782%22.282430%14.208782%14.2%92.578%92.6%19.511185%22.884242%19.511185%19.5%82.343%82.3%33.367854%36.551214%33.367854%33.4%92.162%92.2%6.068766%8.602246%6.068766%6.1%65.991%66.0%
% 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 Kansas and Merriam
Merriam
Kansas
0%5%10%15%20%Count%Mixed1White2All RacesBlack1Hispanic3Asian1Other123.076923%19.243105%23.076923%23.1%15361.725509%362%6.872465%7.225376%6.872465%6.9%305107.724323%108%6.379678%9.104026%6.379678%6.4%329100.000000%100%2.922078%24.288260%2.922078%2.9%945.802905%46%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%15.103586%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%9.133897%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%15.562939%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

Map of Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Merriam

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Neighborhood#5

Percentage of households (%):
7.42%7.70%7.98%8.25%8.53%8.81%
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Map of Food Stamps by Tract in Merriam

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#6

Percentage of households (%):
1.8%3.8%5.8%7.7%9.7%11.7%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Merriam

There are 2 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Merriam (0 fully and 2 partially). This section compares all 2 of those to each other, Merriam, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Merriam.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Merriam, selected neighborhoods in Merriam, and entities that contain Merriam
0%5%10%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesMidwestWest North CentralKansas City Metro AreaKansas CityKansasArrowhead Trails NeighborhoodArrowhead TrlsCrestview NeighborhoodCrestviewMerriamShawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee MissionJohnson CountyJohnson13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.923568%12.923568%12.9%3,403,3563.40M10.556917%10.556917%10.6%870,571871k9.876350%9.876350%9.9%79,65879.7k9.104026%9.104026%9.1%101,588102k8.802817%8.802817%8.8%585917.425308%7.425308%7.4%4326.379678%6.379678%6.4%3294.798988%4.798988%4.8%4,6653.969072%3.969072%4.0%8,814
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 2 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Kansas City Area

There are 169 places in the Kansas City Area. This section compares Merriam to all of the places in the Kansas City Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Merriam.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Merriam, selected other places in the Kansas City Area, and entities that contain Merriam
0%10%20%30%40%Count#RayvilleGunn CityAullvilleMayviewExcelsior EstatesExcelsior EstsLake LafayetteLk LafayetteCowgillRockvilleLake AnnetteEast LynneTurneyBaldwin ParkGarden CityMerwinHillsdaleCreightonEastonRich HillHenriettaPassaicStrasburgBlackburnMosbyParkerAmoretOdessaOaksHomesteadButlerHarrisonvilleKansas CityPoloKansas CityMound CityFerrelviewUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMidwestLevasyWest North CentralKansas City Metro AreaKansas CityNorthmoorKansasEdgertonGrain ValleyMerriamOlatheLee's SummitShawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee MissionJohnson CountyJohnsonOverland ParkGreenwoodWeatherby LakeWeatherby LkMission WoodsRiverview EstatesRiverview EstsElmiraRandolphRiver Bend48.148148%48.148148%48.1%26142.424242%42.424242%42.4%14240.000000%40.000000%40.0%14333.980583%33.980583%34.0%35433.846154%33.846154%33.8%22530.555556%30.555556%30.6%44630.555556%30.555556%30.6%22730.232558%30.232558%30.2%13828.571429%28.571429%28.6%20926.262626%26.262626%26.3%261026.229508%26.229508%26.2%161125.925926%25.925926%25.9%71225.037258%25.037258%25.0%1681325.000000%25.000000%25.0%51424.468085%24.468085%24.5%231524.242424%24.242424%24.2%321623.913043%23.913043%23.9%221723.316913%23.316913%23.3%1421823.275862%23.275862%23.3%271923.076923%23.076923%23.1%32022.916667%22.916667%22.9%112121.052632%21.052632%21.1%322221.052632%21.052632%21.1%162320.855615%20.855615%20.9%392420.689655%20.689655%20.7%122520.106589%20.106589%20.1%4152620.000000%20.000000%20.0%102719.696970%19.696970%19.7%132819.607843%19.607843%19.6%3302919.437531%19.437531%19.4%7813018.089572%18.089572%18.1%9,9123715.916955%15.916955%15.9%464914.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k5814.588859%14.588859%14.6%556113.106796%13.106796%13.1%277313.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.923568%12.923568%12.9%3,403,3563.40M11.538462%11.538462%11.5%38510.556917%10.556917%10.6%870,571871k9.876350%9.876350%9.9%79,65879.7k9.803922%9.803922%9.8%15979.104026%9.104026%9.1%101,588102k7.692308%7.692308%7.7%171096.503042%6.503042%6.5%3101216.379678%6.379678%6.4%3291225.134959%5.134959%5.1%2,3591305.051204%5.051204%5.1%1,7511334.798988%4.798988%4.8%4,6653.969072%3.969072%4.0%8,8143.544646%3.544646%3.5%2,6991433.058954%3.058954%3.1%551450.534759%0.534759%0.5%41570.000000%0.000000%0.0%01650.000000%0.000000%0.0%01660.000000%0.000000%0.0%01670.000000%0.000000%0.0%01680.000000%0.000000%0.0%0169
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 169 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in Kansas

There are 671 places in Kansas. This section compares Merriam to the 50 most populous places in Kansas and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Merriam. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 6,598.

Most Food Stamps by Place#9

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Merriam, selected other places in Kansas, and entities that contain Merriam
0%5%10%15%Count#IndependenceArkansas CityCoffeyvilleAtchisonKansas CityFort ScottChanuteWellingtonEl DoradoHutchinsonParsonsGreat BendPittsburgOttawaWinfieldTopekaEmporiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesAugustaWichitaMidwestAbileneGarden CitySalinaDodge CityJunction CityLeavenworthLiberalNewtonWest North CentralHaysvilleKansas City Metro AreaKansas CityKansasBonner SpringsBonner SpgsFort RileyPark CityHaysMcPhersonPrattLansingLawrenceMerriamShawneeOlatheManhattanShawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee MissionGardnerMissionJohnson CountyJohnsonRoeland ParkDerbyOverland ParkLenexaAndoverBel AirePrairie VillagePrairie VlgLeawood19.524439%19.524439%19.5%739119.509572%19.509572%19.5%907219.074262%19.074262%19.1%750318.773946%18.773946%18.8%686418.089572%18.089572%18.1%9,912517.635844%17.635844%17.6%555617.339149%17.339149%17.3%636717.087621%17.087621%17.1%548816.228551%16.228551%16.2%889915.763308%15.763308%15.8%2,6001015.139733%15.139733%15.1%6231114.492528%14.492528%14.5%9311214.196891%14.196891%14.2%1,0961313.986296%13.986296%14.0%6941413.632346%13.632346%13.6%6171513.568773%13.568773%13.6%7,1541613.513789%13.513789%13.5%1,3281713.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M13.021563%13.021563%13.0%4651812.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k1912.923568%12.923568%12.9%3,403,3563.40M12.867133%12.867133%12.9%3682012.830271%12.830271%12.8%1,1802112.209692%12.209692%12.2%2,3712212.130111%12.130111%12.1%1,0742311.593235%11.593235%11.6%1,0422411.437068%11.437068%11.4%1,4232511.410913%11.410913%11.4%7572610.844616%10.844616%10.8%8412710.556917%10.556917%10.6%870,571871k10.009790%10.009790%10.0%409289.876350%9.876350%9.9%79,65879.7k9.104026%9.104026%9.1%101,588102k8.245166%8.245166%8.2%226298.203800%8.203800%8.2%95308.109177%8.109177%8.1%205317.856643%7.856643%7.9%673327.619388%7.619388%7.6%426337.148148%7.148148%7.1%193347.066052%7.066052%7.1%230356.887805%6.887805%6.9%2,444366.379678%6.379678%6.4%329375.507331%5.507331%5.5%1,326385.134959%5.134959%5.1%2,359395.019286%5.019286%5.0%1,041404.798988%4.798988%4.8%4,6654.747605%4.747605%4.7%332414.615385%4.615385%4.6%225423.969072%3.969072%4.0%8,8143.713355%3.713355%3.7%114433.668297%3.668297%3.7%330443.544646%3.544646%3.5%2,699452.945668%2.945668%2.9%598462.813653%2.813653%2.8%122472.746845%2.746845%2.7%74481.490529%1.490529%1.5%144490.912689%0.912689%0.9%11350
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Midwest

There are 9,721 places in the Midwest. This section compares Merriam to the 50 most populous places in the Midwest and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Merriam. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 95,520.

Most Food Stamps by Place#10

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Merriam, selected other places in the Midwest, and entities that contain Merriam
0%10%20%30%40%Count#FlintDetroitClevelandMilwaukeeDaytonToledoAkronLansingRockfordSt. LouisDearbornCincinnatiGrand RapidsDes MoinesSouth BendKenoshaChicagoWarrenSt. PaulGreen BayKansas CityPeoriaEvansvilleColumbusIndianapolisJolietMinneapolisElginDavenportFort WayneAuroraSpringfieldKansas CitySpringfieldIndependenceCedar RapidsTopekaSterling HeightsSterling HtsUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaMidwestOmahaSioux FallsWest North CentralFargoColumbiaLincolnKansas City Metro AreaKansas CityMadisonKansasRochesterMerriamAnn ArborOlatheShawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee MissionJohnson CountyJohnsonOverland ParkNaperville44.156720%44.156720%44.2%17,68317.7k142.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k235.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k430.167851%30.167851%30.2%17,32617.3k526.494500%26.494500%26.5%31,38331.4k625.676364%25.676364%25.7%21,66721.7k725.332756%25.332756%25.3%12,27612.3k824.305567%24.305567%24.3%14,28914.3k923.895915%23.895915%23.9%33,48233.5k1023.734774%23.734774%23.7%7,4241123.210148%23.210148%23.2%31,25231.3k1222.607708%22.607708%22.6%16,51916.5k1322.595350%22.595350%22.6%18,78618.8k1421.553181%21.553181%21.6%8,2901521.172456%21.172456%21.2%7,9421619.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1719.312353%19.312353%19.3%10,27910.3k1818.694868%18.694868%18.7%21,04521.0k1918.369747%18.369747%18.4%7,8112018.089572%18.089572%18.1%9,9122117.902324%17.902324%17.9%8,4202217.722583%17.722583%17.7%9,0692317.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k2417.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k2516.121135%16.121135%16.1%7,6392615.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2715.789177%15.789177%15.8%5,6022815.665784%15.665784%15.7%6,3862915.384393%15.384393%15.4%15,98916.0k3015.367696%15.367696%15.4%9,5023115.315709%15.315709%15.3%7,7113214.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k3314.489011%14.489011%14.5%10,43610.4k3413.670269%13.670269%13.7%6,6163513.590974%13.590974%13.6%7,3363613.568773%13.568773%13.6%7,1543713.206978%13.206978%13.2%6,5713813.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3912.923568%12.923568%12.9%3,403,3563.40M12.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k4010.705207%10.705207%10.7%7,1594110.556917%10.556917%10.6%870,571871k10.392569%10.392569%10.4%5,3374210.016456%10.016456%10.0%4,626439.986905%9.986905%10.0%10,90610.9k449.876350%9.876350%9.9%79,65879.7k9.645615%9.645615%9.6%10,20410.2k459.104026%9.104026%9.1%101,588102k9.008704%9.008704%9.0%3,985466.379678%6.379678%6.4%3296.357941%6.357941%6.4%3,004475.134959%5.134959%5.1%2,359484.798988%4.798988%4.8%4,6653.969072%3.969072%4.0%8,8143.544646%3.544646%3.5%2,699493.521473%3.521473%3.5%1,79050
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 Merriam to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Merriam. 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 Merriam, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Merriam
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoArlingtonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaMidwestCharlotteOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsWest North CentralDenverKansas City Metro AreaKansas CityLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinKansasSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoMerriamSan FranciscoShawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee MissionJohnson CountyJohnson42.327373%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%17,94217.9k3413.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.923568%12.923568%12.9%3,403,3563.40M12.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.344705%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%19,61419.6k4110.556917%10.556917%10.6%870,571871k10.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.876350%9.876350%9.9%79,65879.7k9.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k469.104026%9.104026%9.1%101,588102k7.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k496.379678%6.379678%6.4%3295.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k504.798988%4.798988%4.8%4,6653.969072%3.969072%4.0%8,814
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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  • Food Stamps: formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a program to provide monetary assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing food

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State:
Kansas
County:
Johnson
Metro Area:
Kansas City Area
ZIP Codes:
66202, 66203, 66204
Unified School District:
Shawnee Mission
Neighborhoods:
Arrowhead Trails, Crestview
Congressional District:
KS-3
State Senate Districts:
KS-6, KS-10
State House District:
KS-24
Neighboring Cities:
Kansas City, Overland Park, Shawnee
Nearby Cities:
Fairway, Lake Quivira, Lenexa, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills