Merced 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, 15,599 out of 81,618 Merced County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 19.11% of Merced 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 46.94%; the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 32.32%, and the Asian Alone racial group constituted 7.61%.

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 26.68%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 57.86%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 16.31% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 22.46% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP; and 22.41% of Asian Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Merced 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.

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

White Alone

Some Other Race Alone

Asian Alone

Two or More Races

Black Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

Merced 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

Merced 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	7322	46.94
Some Other Race Alone	5042	32.32
Asian Alone	1187	7.61
Two or More Races	933	5.98
Black Alone	828	5.31
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	273	1.75
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	14	0.09

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