Santa Clara 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, 28,546 out of 646,847 Santa Clara County, CA households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 4.41% of Santa Clara 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 32.37%; the White Alone racial group constituted 30.32%, and the Some Other Race Alone racial group constituted 18.05%.

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 18.28%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 40.18%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 3.85% of Asian Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 2.93% of White Alone households received SNAP; and 11.26% of Some Other Race Alone households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara County, CA Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
Asian Alone
White Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Two or More Races
Black Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Santa Clara 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
Santa Clara 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 9240 32.37
White Alone 8656 30.32
Some Other Race Alone 5152 18.05
Two or More Races 3230 11.32
Black Alone 1567 5.49
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 486 1.70
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 215 0.75
Santa Clara 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 5219 18.28
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 11470 40.18
Santa Clara County, CA Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Some Other Race Alone
Black Alone
Two or More Races
Asian Alone
White Alone
Santa Clara 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