Food Stamps in Tract 001500, Mercer County, West Virginia (Tract)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Mercer County and Tract 001500
Tract 001500
Mercer County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$49,734.000000$37,255.000000$49,734.000000$49.7k2,278$8,922.000000$15,915.000000$8,922.000000$8.9k322$61,159.000000$45,443.000000$61,159.000000$61.2k1,956
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Mercer County and Tract 001500
Tract 001500
Mercer County
0%20%40%60%80%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty257.453416%45.309735%57.453416%57.5%24.151%24.2%48.447205%23.638151%48.447205%48.4%44.571%44.6%4.347826%16.361849%4.347826%4.3%3.618%3.62%90.993789%59.606686%90.993789%91.0%27.878%27.9%32.608696%30.717797%32.608696%32.6%9.342%9.34%75.776398%56.774828%75.776398%75.8%65.768%65.8%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Mercer County and Tract 001500
Tract 001500
Mercer County
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty229.703476%24.383040%29.703476%29.7%75.849%75.8%9.918200%5.170947%9.918200%9.9%55.429%55.4%19.069530%16.604095%19.069530%19.1%96.382%96.4%38.752556%39.760725%38.752556%38.8%72.122%72.1%52.096115%48.625920%52.096115%52.1%90.658%90.7%6.492843%11.388096%6.492843%6.5%34.232%34.2%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Mercer County and Tract 001500
Tract 001500
Mercer County
0%10%20%30%40%Count%White1All RacesMixed2Black2Asian214.825046%18.636107%14.825046%14.8%322104.880295%105%14.135206%20.289682%14.135206%14.1%322100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%33.701657%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%42.838457%00.000000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%00.000000%0%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2including Hispanic 3white Hispanic

Food Stamps by Tract in Mercer County

There are 16 tracts in Mercer County. This section compares Tract 001500 to all of the tracts in Mercer County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 001500.

Most Food Stamps by Tract#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Tract 001500, selected other tracts in Mercer County, and entities that contain Tract 001500
0%10%20%30%40%Count#001900Tract 001900002000Tract 002000001800Tract 001800001300Tract 001300001600Tract 001600002300Tract 002300001700Tract 001700002200Tract 002200Mercer CountyMercerMercer County School DistrictMercer County000900Tract 000900Bluefield Metro AreaBluefieldWest Virginia001000Tract 001000001400Tract 001400002100Tract 002100South001500Tract 001500South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited States001200Tract 001200002400Tract 002400001100Tract 00110042.774566%42.774566%42.8%296136.702650%36.702650%36.7%374228.598131%28.598131%28.6%765328.350515%28.350515%28.4%495424.460432%24.460432%24.5%136524.051233%24.051233%24.1%507623.002681%23.002681%23.0%429721.834289%21.834289%21.8%419820.289682%20.289682%20.3%5,08520.289682%20.289682%20.3%5,08519.455894%19.455894%19.5%236919.277024%19.277024%19.3%8,22316.404043%16.404043%16.4%121,291121k16.201717%16.201717%16.2%3021016.069490%16.069490%16.1%1481115.201315%15.201315%15.2%1851214.207441%14.207441%14.2%6,266,2326.27M14.135206%14.135206%14.1%3221313.769190%13.769190%13.8%3,206,9913.21M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M11.460380%11.460380%11.5%175149.435626%9.435626%9.4%107158.118557%8.118557%8.1%18916
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of tract out of 16 by percentage on food stamps

Definitions

  • Food Stamps: formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a program to provide monetary assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing food

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State:
West Virginia
County:
Mercer
Metro Area:
Bluefield Area
City:
Princeton
Districts:
II, III
ZIP Codes:
24701, 24740
Unified School District:
Mercer County
Congressional District:
WV-3
State Senate District:
WV-6
State House District:
WV-27
Block Groups:
Block Group 001500-1, Block Group 001500-2, Block Group 001500-3
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 001000, Tract 001300, Tract 001400, Tract 001600, Tract 001800