Food Stamps in Bowling Green, Kentucky (City)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Kentucky and Bowling Green
Bowling Green
Kentucky
$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k$50kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$37,183.000000$44,811.000000$37,183.000000$37.2k23,59523.6k$16,974.000000$15,446.000000$16,974.000000$17.0k4,829$44,000.000000$52,424.000000$44,000.000000$44.0k18,76618.8k
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 Kentucky and Bowling Green
Bowling Green
Kentucky
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty259.204804%49.002653%59.204804%59.2%42.374%42.4%28.867260%25.445964%28.867260%28.9%64.358%64.4%21.536550%17.363489%21.536550%21.5%27.770%27.8%44.791882%52.306473%44.791882%44.8%30.887%30.9%13.398219%26.371998%13.398219%13.4%9.807%9.81%60.778629%60.484377%60.778629%60.8%49.695%49.7%
% 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 Kentucky and Bowling Green
Bowling Green
Kentucky
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty220.718320%27.983882%20.718320%20.7%57.626%57.6%4.113823%5.046406%4.113823%4.1%35.642%35.6%14.414366%20.355237%14.414366%14.4%72.230%72.2%25.791325%28.687059%25.791325%25.8%69.113%69.1%31.706277%39.092837%31.706277%31.7%90.193%90.2%15.831824%9.861570%15.831824%15.8%50.305%50.3%
% 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 Kentucky and Bowling Green
Bowling Green
Kentucky
0%10%20%30%40%Count%Black1Asian1Mixed1Other1Hispanic2All RacesWhite343.402880%30.333529%43.402880%43.4%1,477212.071019%212%41.017964%9.785257%41.017964%41.0%274200.418070%200%36.217949%27.042108%36.217949%36.2%113176.964692%177%33.281972%25.337365%33.281972%33.3%216162.619204%163%28.602620%23.778876%28.602620%28.6%131139.755399%140%20.466200%16.893675%20.466200%20.5%4,829100.000000%100%14.460094%15.448611%14.460094%14.5%2,61870.653534%71%
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 Tract in Bowling Green

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#5

Percentage of households (%):
1%10%19%28%37%46%
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Food Stamps by Place in the Bowling Green Area

There are 11 places in the Bowling Green Area. This section compares Bowling Green to all of the places in the Bowling Green Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bowling Green.

Most Food Stamps by Place#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bowling Green, selected other places in the Bowling Green Area, and entities that contain Bowling Green
0%10%20%30%Count#MorgantownScottsvilleBrownsvilleBowling GreenKentuckyEast South CentralBowling Green Metro AreaBowling GreenWarren CountyWarrenSouthUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWoodburySmiths GroveWoodburnPlum SpringsOaklandPlanoRochester35.607477%35.607477%35.6%381129.353524%29.353524%29.4%504227.930175%27.930175%27.9%112320.466200%20.466200%20.5%4,829416.893675%16.893675%16.9%290,270290k16.605281%16.605281%16.6%1,193,9671.19M15.526250%15.526250%15.5%9,86614.717014%14.717014%14.7%6,76614.207441%14.207441%14.2%6,266,2326.27M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M10.869565%10.869565%10.9%5510.576923%10.576923%10.6%3368.823529%8.823529%8.8%978.556150%8.556150%8.6%1688.536585%8.536585%8.5%796.398104%6.398104%6.4%27100.990099%0.990099%1.0%111
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 11 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in Kentucky

There are 540 places in Kentucky. This section compares Bowling Green to the 50 most populous places in Kentucky and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bowling Green. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 8,688.

Most Food Stamps by Place#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bowling Green, selected other places in Kentucky, and entities that contain Bowling Green
0%10%20%30%Count#MiddlesboroughMayfieldSomersetGlasgowParisHopkinsvilleCovingtonWinchesterMaysvilleShivelyAshlandCampbellsvilleHendersonPaducahNicholasvilleRichmondNewportVersaillesBowling GreenShelbyvilleBereaDanvilleBardstownFranklinRadcliffMadisonvilleElizabethtownOwensboroKentuckyEast South CentralFrankfortShepherdsvilleLouisvilleBowling Green Metro AreaBowling GreenWarren CountyWarrenGeorgetownSouthMurrayUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesLexington-FayetteLawrenceburgBurlingtonErlangerHillviewMount WashingtonMt WashingtonFlorenceFort ThomasIndependenceLyndonJeffersontownFort Campbell NorthFort Campbell NAlexandriaSt. MatthewsFort KnoxEdgewoodFrancisville37.973438%37.973438%38.0%1,544129.975369%29.975369%30.0%1,217229.383603%29.383603%29.4%1,473326.491372%26.491372%26.5%1,612424.762381%24.762381%24.8%990524.320684%24.320684%24.3%3,070624.006359%24.006359%24.0%4,077723.921824%23.921824%23.9%1,836823.644933%23.644933%23.6%903923.506714%23.506714%23.5%1,5231023.119808%23.119808%23.1%2,1151122.716267%22.716267%22.7%1,0321222.215026%22.215026%22.2%2,7441322.084130%22.084130%22.1%2,5411421.992533%21.992533%22.0%2,4151521.773573%21.773573%21.8%2,8311621.696912%21.696912%21.7%1,3631720.753687%20.753687%20.8%7601820.466200%20.466200%20.5%4,8291919.224497%19.224497%19.2%1,0612019.053977%19.053977%19.1%9992118.689818%18.689818%18.7%1,1842218.588771%18.588771%18.6%9802318.443558%18.443558%18.4%6472418.278959%18.278959%18.3%1,6082517.923057%17.923057%17.9%1,3792617.651855%17.651855%17.7%2,1652717.471983%17.471983%17.5%4,3032816.893675%16.893675%16.9%290,270290k16.605281%16.605281%16.6%1,193,9671.19M16.161450%16.161450%16.2%1,9622916.109927%16.109927%16.1%6803015.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k3115.526250%15.526250%15.5%9,86614.717014%14.717014%14.7%6,76614.562858%14.562858%14.6%1,7043214.207441%14.207441%14.2%6,266,2326.27M14.126186%14.126186%14.1%1,0123313.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.205886%12.205886%12.2%15,43315.4k3412.074444%12.074444%12.1%5323511.715976%11.715976%11.7%6933611.258375%11.258375%11.3%7733710.291708%10.291708%10.3%314389.563253%9.563253%9.6%508397.534770%7.534770%7.5%986407.519142%7.519142%7.5%491417.299021%7.299021%7.3%641427.117636%7.117636%7.1%383436.737281%6.737281%6.7%776446.336996%6.336996%6.3%173455.383663%5.383663%5.4%174465.110930%5.110930%5.1%440474.819277%4.819277%4.8%108483.195374%3.195374%3.2%105492.463567%2.463567%2.5%7150
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the South

There are 9,693 places in the South. This section compares Bowling Green to the 50 most populous places in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bowling Green. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 188,973.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bowling Green, selected other places in the South, and entities that contain Bowling Green
0%10%20%30%40%Count#HialeahMiamiLaredoBaltimoreBirminghamMemphisAugusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance)Augusta-Richmon…El PasoMontgomeryBaton RougeMobileBowling GreenNew OrleansTampaColumbusShreveportOrlandoFayettevilleAtlantaNorfolkRichmondKentuckyEast South CentralJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaCorpus ChristiWinston-SalemLouisvilleBowling Green Metro AreaBowling GreenFort WorthGreensboroHoustonWashingtonNashville-DavidsonWarren CountyWarrenOklahoma CityGarlandSt. PetersburgSouthLubbockArlingtonHuntsvilleUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesAmarilloDurhamCharlotteLexington-FayetteLittle RockIrvingRaleighAustinChesapeakeVirginia BeachVirginia BchArlingtonPlano45.835581%45.835581%45.8%32,28232.3k132.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k230.191719%30.191719%30.2%20,42520.4k325.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k425.192586%25.192586%25.2%22,79422.8k524.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k622.323973%22.323973%22.3%15,82115.8k721.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k820.911491%20.911491%20.9%16,78916.8k920.734944%20.734944%20.7%18,20318.2k1020.530853%20.530853%20.5%15,64815.6k1120.466200%20.466200%20.5%4,82920.073752%20.073752%20.1%31,08331.1k1219.843304%19.843304%19.8%28,72128.7k1319.447508%19.447508%19.4%14,28414.3k1419.293425%19.293425%19.3%14,88714.9k1517.921547%17.921547%17.9%19,44919.4k1617.373445%17.373445%17.4%13,70413.7k1717.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1817.203292%17.203292%17.2%15,03015.0k1917.012523%17.012523%17.0%15,13415.1k2016.893675%16.893675%16.9%290,270290k16.605281%16.605281%16.6%1,193,9671.19M16.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k2116.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2216.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2316.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2415.991109%15.991109%16.0%18,56218.6k2515.962416%15.962416%16.0%15,06915.1k2615.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2715.526250%15.526250%15.5%9,86615.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2815.092426%15.092426%15.1%17,26017.3k2915.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k3014.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k3114.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3214.717014%14.717014%14.7%6,76614.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3314.336851%14.336851%14.3%10,81410.8k3414.218281%14.218281%14.2%15,15115.2k3514.207441%14.207441%14.2%6,266,2326.27M13.688267%13.688267%13.7%12,53912.5k3613.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3713.091250%13.091250%13.1%10,47310.5k3813.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M13.011500%13.011500%13.0%9,7303912.904071%12.904071%12.9%13,30113.3k4012.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k4112.205886%12.205886%12.2%15,43315.4k4212.105243%12.105243%12.1%9,6484311.568203%11.568203%11.6%9,769449.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k468.197595%8.197595%8.2%6,769476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k483.877585%3.877585%3.9%3,905493.803630%3.803630%3.8%4,00150
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 Bowling Green to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Bowling Green. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#9

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Bowling Green, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Bowling Green
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoBowling GreenNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaKentuckyEast South CentralPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleBowling Green Metro AreaBowling GreenFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonWarren CountyWarrenOklahoma CityLas VegasSouthSacramentoArlingtonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsDenverLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinSan 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%48,37948.4k920.466200%20.466200%20.5%4,82920.381006%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%32,70532.7k1716.893675%16.893675%16.9%290,270290k16.605281%16.605281%16.6%1,193,9671.19M16.536703%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%39,29539.3k2415.526250%15.526250%15.5%9,86615.408373%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%38,46438.5k3014.717014%14.717014%14.7%6,76614.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3214.207441%14.207441%14.2%6,266,2326.27M13.904317%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%19,60619.6k3512.867008%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%19,61419.6k4110.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%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%33,16533.2k467.031769%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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  • 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:
Kentucky
County:
Warren
Metro Area:
Bowling Green Area
ZIP Codes:
42101, 42102, 42103, 42104, 42122
Unified School Districts:
Bowling Green, Warren County
Congressional District:
KY-2
State Senate District:
KY-32
State House Districts:
KY-16, KY-17, KY-19, KY-20, KY-22
Neighboring Cities:
Plum Springs
Nearby Cities:
Auburn, Brownsville, Franklin, Morgantown, Oakland, Scottsville, Smiths Grove, Woodburn, Woodbury
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Plano