Households Receiving Cash Public Assistance or Food Stamps (Census ACS)

Households Receiving Cash Public Assistance or Food Stamps (Census ACS), Percentage of Households

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Households Receiving Cash Public Assistance or Food Stamps (Census ACS), Percentage of Estimated Households

Households Receiving Cash Public Assistance or Food Stamps (Census ACS), Percentage of Households
	2023		2022		2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		2015		2014
County	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)	Count	Percent (%)
Florida	1,156,958	13.5	1,160,632	13.9	1,151,577	14.1	1,098,966	13.9	1,093,078	14.1	1,122,809	14.7	1,126,772	15.0	1,134,522	15.3	1,121,232	15.4	1,076,560	14.9
Alachua	11,298	10.0^*	10,824	10.0^*	10,642	10.1^*	11,332	11.1^*	10,309	10.5^*	10,637	11.0^*	11,297	11.6^*	11,394	11.8^*	11,401	11.8^*	11,690	12.2^*
Baker	1,675	18.6^*	1,776	19.7^*	1,458	17.1^*	1,398	15.8^*	1,427	16.4^*	1,590	18.4^*	1,426	17.2^*	1,699	20.5^*	1,806	22.0^*	1,641	19.7^*
Bay	10,349	13.6	10,278	13.8	10,282	14.1	10,287	14.0	9,917	13.9	10,114	14.4	10,438	15.2	10,865	16.0^*	11,071	16.3^*	10,287	15.3^*
Bradford	1,766	19.4^*	1,729	19.1^*	1,470	16.4^*	1,654	17.8^*	1,706	18.7^*	1,774	19.7^*	1,699	18.9^*	1,789	20.6^*	1,742	19.9^*	1,757	19.9^*
Brevard	25,749	10.2^*	26,977	10.9^*	26,671	11.0^*	25,581	10.8^*	24,259	10.5^*	25,916	11.3^*	26,943	11.9^*	27,383	12.2^*	27,616	12.4^*	27,266	12.3^*
Broward	104,835	14.0^*	107,264	14.5^*	104,837	14.3^*	95,619	13.6^*	93,363	13.5^*	95,980	14.1^*	94,775	14.0^*	94,540	14.0^*	93,813	14.0^*	88,390	13.2^*
Calhoun	1,077	23.3^*	1,024	23.0^*	950	21.1^*	986	21.9^*	1,098	24.4^*	922	20.2^*	1,054	23.0^*	1,073	23.6^*	1,188	24.8^*	1,127	23.7^*
Charlotte	7,324	8.4^*	7,781	9.2^*	7,639	9.2^*	6,860	8.6^*	6,854	8.9^*	6,836	9.0^*	7,059	9.4^*	7,312	10.0^*	7,596	10.6^*	7,717	10.9^*
Citrus	9,020	12.9^*	9,085	13.4^*	8,308	12.6^*	8,361	12.9^*	8,207	12.9^*	8,423	13.4^*	8,962	14.3^*	9,077	14.8^*	9,138	15.0^*	8,905	14.7
Clay	7,920	9.7^*	8,095	10.2^*	8,021	10.4^*	7,338	9.7^*	7,883	10.6^*	8,311	11.3^*	8,346	11.6^*	8,382	11.9^*	8,116	11.8^*	7,678	11.3^*
Collier	10,822	6.7^*	11,118	7.1^*	12,200	7.9^*	11,267	7.6^*	11,366	7.9^*	11,800	8.4^*	11,578	8.4^*	12,077	9.1^*	12,329	9.5^*	11,874	9.4^*
Columbia	5,437	20.3^*	5,338	20.2^*	5,056	19.7^*	4,869	19.3^*	4,891	19.5^*	5,045	20.2^*	4,709	19.0^*	4,726	19.8^*	4,854	20.5^*	4,653	19.6^*
Miami-Dade	230,274	23.9^*	233,752	24.5^*	234,824	25.1^*	224,027	24.8^*	222,276	25.2^*	225,092	25.9^*	222,898	26.0^*	221,280	25.9^*	214,686	25.5^*	203,454	24.4^*
DeSoto	2,931	23.2^*	2,601	21.1^*	2,539	20.8^*	2,657	21.4^*	2,526	20.9^*	2,549	21.2^*	2,556	21.8^*	2,511	22.0^*	2,522	22.4^*	2,271	20.7^*
Dixie	1,292	21.1^*	1,432	23.2^*	1,406	23.2^*	1,439	23.1^*	2,018	31.0^*	1,898	29.1^*	1,729	26.9^*	1,618	26.0^*	1,336	22.1^*	1,060	17.6^*
Duval	61,345	15.1^*	63,054	15.9^*	62,758	16.2^*	57,434	15.5^*	56,672	15.8^*	59,699	16.8^*	56,243	16.2^*	56,709	16.6^*	56,360	16.7^*	54,359	16.2^*
Escambia	19,784	15.4^*	19,886	15.7^*	19,162	15.4^*	18,014	14.7^*	17,470	14.5^*	17,683	14.9^*	17,968	15.2	18,515	16.0^*	18,324	16.1^*	18,061	16.1^*
Flagler	3,992	7.9^*	3,540	7.4^*	3,948	8.7^*	3,733	8.5^*	3,904	9.3^*	3,878	9.5^*	4,082	10.4^*	3,867	10.1^*	3,956	10.7^*	3,869	10.8^*
Franklin	887	18.0^*	977	20.5^*	854	18.7^*	942	20.1^*	789	17.8^*	677	15.8^*	801	18.5^*	800	18.8^*	821	18.9^*	775	18.2^*
Gadsden	4,220	25.6^*	3,978	25.0^*	3,818	24.2^*	4,348	25.1^*	4,247	24.8^*	4,257	24.9^*	4,500	26.0^*	4,532	26.8^*	4,540	26.8^*	4,455	26.2^*
Gilchrist	1,200	17.4^*	1,308	19.0^*	1,209	18.2^*	1,172	17.5^*	1,257	19.4^*	1,273	19.6^*	1,227	19.2^*	1,226	19.6^*	1,081	17.5^*	1,099	17.5^*
Glades	830	18.2^*	722	15.6^*	634	13.9	906	18.6^*	714	15.2^*	711	16.0^*	767	17.8^*	667	16.6^*	459	11.7^*	422	11.0^*
Gulf	806	13.9	884	15.7^*	809	14.7	960	16.3^*	834	14.5	596	11.1^*	698	13.2^*	886	16.6^*	887	16.6^*	852	15.8
Hamilton	1,411	32.4^*	1,376	32.0^*	1,237	29.4^*	1,446	33.0^*	1,326	30.3^*	1,448	32.3^*	1,424	31.3^*	1,501	31.8^*	1,382	29.5^*	1,310	27.8^*
Hardee	2,278	28.0^*	2,341	28.8^*	2,138	26.6^*	2,059	25.8^*	1,825	23.2^*	1,897	24.4^*	1,961	25.4^*	1,906	25.2^*	1,866	24.5^*	1,973	26.2^*
Hendry	2,616	18.8^*	2,695	20.3^*	2,852	22.2^*	3,049	23.7^*	3,202	25.6^*	3,454	28.7^*	3,240	26.8^*	3,325	28.1^*	3,152	27.8^*	3,126	28.0^*
Hernando	11,070	13.7	11,796	14.9^*	12,027	15.4^*	11,513	15.0^*	11,549	15.3^*	11,567	15.7^*	11,335	15.7^*	11,127	15.7^*	11,308	16.1^*	11,440	16.3^*
Highlands	7,210	15.7^*	6,972	15.6^*	6,666	15.2^*	6,517	15.3^*	6,264	15.0^*	5,883	14.3^*	6,038	14.6^*	5,971	14.7^*	5,968	14.8^*	5,860	14.7
Hillsborough	79,031	13.9^*	76,711	13.7^*	76,180	13.9^*	75,305	13.9	76,227	14.5^*	79,699	15.4^*	81,544	16.1^*	82,764	16.7^*	82,020	16.9^*	78,160	16.4^*
Holmes	979	13.8	1,114	15.8^*	1,215	17.4^*	1,271	17.8^*	1,496	21.1^*	1,585	22.6^*	1,573	22.4^*	1,455	21.4^*	1,467	21.5^*	1,472	21.8^*
Indian River	5,876	8.6^*	5,555	8.5^*	5,644	8.9^*	5,026	8.2^*	5,478	9.3^*	5,870	10.2^*	6,497	11.2^*	6,967	12.0^*	7,369	12.7^*	7,477	13.0^*
Jackson	3,533	20.7^*	3,229	19.1^*	3,269	19.4^*	3,500	20.0^*	3,283	19.1^*	3,101	18.4^*	3,072	18.0^*	3,014	18.0^*	3,079	18.9^*	2,915	18.3^*
Jefferson	1,302	22.9^*	1,041	18.9^*	782	14.5	691	12.2^*	932	16.2^*	970	16.8^*	983	17.2^*	950	17.1^*	855	15.8	968	18.0^*
Lafayette	487	18.6^*	499	19.5^*	386	15.5^*	487	21.0^*	430	19.8^*	390	18.6^*	380	17.3^*	355	15.3	371	14.9	378	14.0
Lake	16,963	10.6^*	16,978	11.0^*	17,006	11.4^*	15,778	11.5^*	16,159	12.0^*	16,094	12.4^*	17,465	13.7^*	16,885	13.8^*	16,478	13.8^*	15,727	13.4^*
Lee	28,983	9.1^*	28,925	9.3^*	28,754	9.6^*	26,855	9.3^*	27,070	9.8^*	29,278	10.8^*	30,625	11.6^*	31,986	12.4^*	31,460	12.5^*	30,540	12.4^*
Leon	14,689	12.2^*	14,839	12.5^*	14,512	12.3^*	13,920	11.9^*	14,133	12.4^*	14,388	12.7^*	14,629	13.0^*	15,516	14.0^*	15,640	14.1^*	14,812	13.4^*
Levy	3,092	17.2^*	3,141	17.6^*	3,173	18.4^*	3,011	17.7^*	3,022	18.5^*	3,271	19.9^*	3,214	20.3^*	3,190	20.8^*	3,419	22.0^*	3,665	23.4^*
Liberty	759	29.7^*	796	32.5^*	714	31.3^*	667	26.5^*	583	23.7^*	454	19.1^*	406	17.5^*	410	17.4^*	507	20.8^*	489	20.7^*
Madison	1,258	18.0^*	1,193	17.8^*	1,126	17.5^*	1,338	19.4^*	1,371	20.2^*	1,372	20.5^*	1,581	23.4^*	1,555	23.3^*	1,481	22.4^*	1,609	24.2^*
Manatee	14,515	8.6^*	15,012	9.3^*	15,401	9.9^*	15,287	10.2^*	14,207	9.8^*	15,400	10.7^*	15,539	11.1^*	15,235	11.2^*	15,406	11.4^*	15,342	11.5^*
Marion	22,985	14.4^*	22,319	14.4^*	22,443	14.9^*	21,947	15.0^*	22,079	15.9^*	22,174	16.2^*	22,337	16.6^*	22,170	16.8^*	22,740	17.2^*	22,324	16.8^*
Martin	5,009	7.4^*	4,859	7.3^*	4,567	6.9^*	4,363	6.7^*	4,873	7.6^*	4,687	7.3^*	4,773	7.5^*	5,459	8.7^*	5,196	8.4^*	5,293	8.7^*
Monroe	2,908	8.4^*	2,887	8.4^*	2,629	7.8^*	2,442	7.4^*	2,441	7.6^*	2,229	7.2^*	2,294	7.6^*	2,249	7.6^*	2,130	7.4^*	2,359	8.3^*
Nassau	3,061	8.0^*	3,242	8.9^*	3,524	10.2^*	3,128	9.3^*	3,307	10.1^*	3,459	11.1^*	3,350	11.0^*	3,479	11.9^*	3,462	12.2^*	3,305	11.8^*
Okaloosa	6,831	8.1^*	7,368	8.8^*	7,275	8.9^*	6,672	8.4^*	6,941	8.9^*	7,702	10.0^*	7,526	9.8^*	7,716	10.1^*	8,004	10.7^*	8,444	11.5^*
Okeechobee	2,945	19.4^*	3,000	20.1^*	3,059	20.7^*	2,835	19.4^*	2,854	20.5^*	2,658	19.3^*	2,503	18.8^*	2,678	20.8^*	2,732	20.9^*	2,956	22.4^*
Orange	77,647	15.3^*	76,521	15.6^*	76,022	16.0^*	73,052	15.6^*	72,750	15.8^*	75,091	16.4^*	74,158	16.4^*	73,390	16.5^*	69,896	16.1^*	63,932	15.1^*
Osceola	24,285	18.5^*	24,091	20.1^*	23,088	21.0^*	23,502	21.4^*	22,046	21.4^*	22,441	22.6^*	21,731	22.6^*	21,449	23.0^*	20,507	22.2^*	19,116	21.1^*
Palm Beach	64,176	10.7^*	64,408	10.9^*	64,101	11.0^*	57,947	10.2^*	57,575	10.4^*	59,572	10.9^*	59,002	10.9^*	58,762	10.9^*	58,357	10.9^*	54,182	10.2^*
Pasco	28,271	12.3^*	29,287	13.1^*	29,168	13.4^*	28,535	13.6^*	28,558	14.0	29,214	14.7	29,307	15.0	28,794	15.2	28,257	15.2^*	27,923	15.1
Pinellas	40,408	9.5^*	40,800	9.7^*	41,398	10.0^*	41,742	10.1^*	43,758	10.7^*	46,629	11.4^*	49,395	12.1^*	51,184	12.6^*	51,612	12.8^*	51,353	12.8^*
Polk	42,402	15.3^*	40,234	15.2^*	39,319	15.5^*	37,009	15.4^*	36,919	15.7^*	37,024	16.0^*	37,099	16.4^*	37,669	16.9^*	36,942	16.7^*	35,888	16.3^*
Putnam	6,957	22.7^*	6,703	22.5^*	6,431	22.0^*	6,119	20.5^*	6,260	21.6^*	6,245	22.1^*	6,353	22.7^*	6,378	23.4^*	6,509	23.5^*	6,270	22.5^*
St. Johns	5,879	5.4^*	6,153	6.0^*	5,972	6.2^*	5,838	6.4^*	5,712	6.4^*	5,641	6.5^*	6,125	7.3^*	6,373	7.8^*	6,541	8.3^*	6,276	8.1^*
St. Lucie	17,659	13.4	17,846	14.1	17,696	14.5^*	17,126	14.4^*	15,517	13.5^*	15,303	13.6^*	14,864	13.5^*	15,189	14.0^*	15,273	14.2^*	14,814	13.8^*
Santa Rosa	7,133	10.0^*	7,408	10.7^*	7,220	10.7^*	6,944	10.6^*	6,727	10.6^*	7,437	12.1^*	7,604	12.5^*	7,568	12.7^*	7,469	12.7^*	7,094	12.3^*
Sarasota	12,653	6.2^*	11,819	5.9^*	12,428	6.4^*	12,123	6.4^*	11,475	6.3^*	12,142	6.7^*	13,360	7.5^*	14,374	8.2^*	14,631	8.4^*	15,050	8.7^*
Seminole	18,775	10.1^*	18,203	9.9^*	16,924	9.4^*	15,414	8.7^*	15,806	9.1^*	15,517	9.3^*	15,225	9.4^*	15,297	9.8^*	14,804	9.7^*	13,741	9.3^*
Sumter	3,751	5.6^*	3,571	5.6^*	3,461	5.6^*	3,135	5.3^*	2,985	5.3^*	2,783	5.1^*	2,826	5.4^*	2,994	6.1^*	3,134	6.5^*	3,199	7.0^*
Suwannee	2,716	17.4^*	2,850	18.4^*	2,754	18.2^*	2,757	18.2^*	3,242	21.8^*	3,694	24.5^*	3,554	23.2^*	3,684	24.1^*	3,621	23.1^*	3,498	22.4^*
Taylor	1,396	18.4^*	1,184	15.9^*	1,276	17.6^*	1,263	17.6^*	1,547	20.9^*	1,691	23.0^*	1,657	22.4^*	1,660	22.0^*	1,887	24.8^*	1,678	22.5^*
Union	854	20.4^*	797	19.5^*	788	19.4^*	740	18.5^*	856	21.6^*	801	20.6^*	811	20.6^*	811	20.8^*	867	22.3^*	709	18.6^*
Volusia	31,157	13.1^*	31,415	13.5^*	31,600	13.8^*	29,823	13.5^*	30,121	13.9^*	30,734	14.4^*	31,128	14.8	31,845	15.5	31,540	15.8^*	30,338	15.4^*
Wakulla	1,830	15.0^*	1,631	13.7	1,346	11.9^*	1,198	10.5^*	1,556	13.9	1,448	13.1^*	1,605	14.5	1,612	15.0	1,660	15.5	1,456	13.4^*
Walton	3,136	9.6^*	2,836	9.0^*	3,114	10.3^*	2,901	10.1^*	2,883	10.5^*	2,959	11.2^*	3,202	12.6^*	2,935	12.1^*	2,886	12.3^*	2,854	12.6^*
Washington	1,249	13.5	1,564	17.2^*	1,397	15.8^*	1,507	16.7^*	1,746	19.8^*	1,752	20.7^*	1,722	20.1^*	1,763	21.1^*	1,705	20.7^*	1,583	18.9^*

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Data Source: United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19058

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Households Receiving Cash Public Assistance or Food Stamps (Census ACS), Percentage of Households

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