Ohio 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, 587,542 out of 4,754,161 Ohio households received Food Stamps or SNAP in the last 12 months (i.e. 12.36% of Ohio households).

By Race: As a percentage of the total number of households that received SNAP or Food Stamps, the White Alone racial group constituted 63.70%; the Black Alone racial group constituted 28.42%, and the Two or More Races racial group constituted 4.79%.

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 61.61%, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group constituted 4.80%.

Percentage of Each Racial Group's Households that Received SNAP: 9.63% of White Alone households received Food Stamps or SNAP; 28.28% of Black Alone households received SNAP; and 21.58% of Two or More Races households received SNAP.

The charts and tables below shows the number and percentage of Ohio 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 states and for the United States.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ohio Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Race in 2021
White Alone
Black Alone
Two or More Races
Some Other Race Alone
Asian Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
Ohio Percentage of Total Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hispanic White Alone
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Ohio 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 374254 63.70
Black Alone 166975 28.42
Two or More Races 28154 4.79
Some Other Race Alone 9217 1.57
Asian Alone 7002 1.19
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone 1787 0.30
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone 153 0.03
Ohio 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 361995 61.61
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 28190 4.80
Ohio Percentage of Each Race's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Black Alone
American Indian & Alaska Native Alone
Two or More Races
Some Other Race Alone
Native Hawaiian & Pac. Islander Alone
White Alone
Asian Alone
Ohio Percentage of Each Ethnicity's Households that Received Food Stamps or SNAP in 2021
Hispanic or Latino of All Races
Non-Hispanic White Alone