Largest share of Americans with SNAP benefits are white

About 35% of the Americans who get benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are white, around 26% are Black and 16% are Hispanic. SNAP helps low-income Americans buy groceries.

Donut chart showing how SNAP rose sharply from 2009-2013, declined, then rose again from 2020 to 2022, before declining again.

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This data is from 2023. The white, Black, Native American and multiracial categories exclude people who identify as Hispanic. The Hispanic category includes people who identify as being of any race.

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