San Mateo 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, 9,045 out of 264,892 San Mateo County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 3.42% of San Mateo 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 35.62%; the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 23.73%, and the Asian Alone racial group constituted 22.13%.

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 21.64%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 47.01%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 2.26% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 10.15% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP; and 2.67% of Asian Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of San Mateo 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 Mateo County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Asian Alone
Two or More Races
Black Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
San Mateo 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 Mateo 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 3222 35.62
Some Other Race Alone 2146 23.73
Asian Alone 2002 22.13
Two or More Races 1023 11.31
Black Alone 456 5.04
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 124 1.37
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 72 0.80
San Mateo 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 1957 21.64
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 4252 47.01
San Mateo County, CA Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Some Other Race Alone
Black Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Two or More Races
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Asian Alone
White Alone
San Mateo 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