Riverside 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, 71,762 out of 740,506 Riverside County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 9.69% of Riverside 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 46.92%; the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 24.41%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 13.26%.

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 28.42%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 54.70%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 7.70% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 12.46% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP; and 15.45% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

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

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

White Alone

Some Other Race Alone

Two or More Races

Black Alone

Asian Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

Riverside 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

Riverside 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	33673	46.92
Some Other Race Alone	17516	24.41
Two or More Races	9512	13.26
Black Alone	7218	10.06
Asian Alone	2807	3.91
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	682	0.95
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	354	0.49

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