Contra Costa County, CA Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 31, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 27,449 out of 405,106 Contra Costa County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 6.78% of Contra Costa County households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 36.77%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 22.33%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 17.95%.

By Ethnicity: As a percentage of the total number of households that received Food Stamps or SNAP, the Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group constituted 27.91%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 34.35%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 4.32% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 17.02% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 14.63% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Contra Costa County, CA households that received Food Stamps or SNAP per race and ethnicity. Also, see charts below, for the percentage of each race or ethnicity's households that received Food Stamp or SNAP.

You can also see similar information for other California counties and for California.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Contra Costa County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021

White Alone

Black Alone

Some Other Race Alone

Two or More Races

Asian Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

Contra Costa County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021

Hispanic or Latino of All Races

Non-Hispanic White Alone

Contra Costa County, CA Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021

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Race	Num. of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP	Percentage of Total HH that Received Food Stamps or SNAP(%)
White Alone	10093	36.77
Black Alone	6128	22.33
Some Other Race Alone	4928	17.95
Two or More Races	3127	11.39
Asian Alone	2825	10.29
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	255	0.93
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	93	0.34

Contra Costa County, CA Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021