Sacramento 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, 65,992 out of 559,036 Sacramento County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 11.81% of Sacramento 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 44.65%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 16.55%, and the Asian Alone racial group constituted 16.14%.

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 36.86%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 23.23%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 8.88% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 19.73% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 13.38% of Asian Alone households received SNAP.

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

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

White Alone

Black Alone

Asian Alone

Some Other Race Alone

Two or More Races

Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone

American Indian & Alaska Native Alone

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

Non-Hispanic White Alone

Hispanic or Latino of All Races

Sacramento 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	29467	44.65
Black Alone	10924	16.55
Asian Alone	10653	16.14
Some Other Race Alone	7468	11.32
Two or More Races	6484	9.82
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone	664	1.01
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone	332	0.50

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