San Francisco 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, 24,779 out of 361,222 San Francisco County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 6.86% of San Francisco County households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the Asian Alone racial group constituted 38.98%; the White Alone racial group constituted 27.48%, and the Black Alone racial group constituted 15.05%.

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 24.79%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 14.27%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 8.63% of Asian Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 3.65% of White Alone households received SNAP; and 20.79% of Black Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of San Francisco 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 Francisco County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
Asian Alone
White Alone
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two or More Races
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
San Francisco 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
San Francisco 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(%)
Asian Alone 9659 38.98
White Alone 6809 27.48
Black Alone 3730 15.05
Some Other Race Alone 2355 9.50
Two or More Races 1578 6.37
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 534 2.15
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 114 0.46
San Francisco 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 6143 24.79
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 3535 14.27
San Francisco County, CA Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Asian Alone
Two or More Races
White Alone
San Francisco 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