San Diego 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, 86,524 out of 1,139,899 San Diego County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 7.59% of San Diego 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 55.71%; the Two or More Races racial group constituted 12.28%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 11.93%.

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 33.68%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 43.92%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 6.21% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 10.69% of Two or More Races households received SNAP; and 15.39% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of San Diego 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.
San Diego County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Two or More Races
Some Other Race Alone
Black Alone
Asian Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
San Diego 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
San Diego 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 48204 55.71
Two or More Races 10628 12.28
Some Other Race Alone 10320 11.93
Black Alone 9660 11.17
Asian Alone 6097 7.05
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 1099 1.27
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 516 0.60
San Diego County, CA Number and Percentage of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
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Ethnicity Num. of Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP Percentage of Total HH that Received Food Stamps or SNAP(%)
Non-Hispanic White Alone 29143 33.68
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 38004 43.92
San Diego County, CA Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Two or More Races
White Alone
Asian Alone
San Diego County, CA Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone