Orange 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, 66,784 out of 1,057,592 Orange County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 6.32% of Orange 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 45.42%; the Asian Alone racial group constituted 20.57%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 18.70%.

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 26.78%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 46.81%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 4.71% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 6.33% of Asian Alone households received SNAP; and 12.99% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

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

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

White Alone

Asian Alone

Some Other Race Alone

Two or More Races

Black Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

Orange 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

Orange 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	30335	45.42
Asian Alone	13735	20.57
Some Other Race Alone	12486	18.70
Two or More Races	7253	10.86
Black Alone	1887	2.83
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	741	1.11
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	347	0.52

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