San Luis Obispo 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, 5,178 out of 106,790 San Luis Obispo County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 4.85% of San Luis Obispo 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 74.33%; the Two or More Races racial group constituted 12.57%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 6.53%.

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 59.29%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 33.39%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 4.20% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 9.45% of Two or More Races households received SNAP; and 10.04% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo 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 3849 74.33
Two or More Races 651 12.57
Some Other Race Alone 338 6.53
Black Alone 152 2.94
Asian Alone 116 2.24
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 72 1.39
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 0 0.00
San Luis Obispo 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 3070 59.29
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 1729 33.39
San Luis Obispo County, CA Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Black Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two or More Races
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
White Alone
Asian Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
San Luis Obispo 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