Food Assistance Program recipients

Table: HWF-1
1995-2007
Number of households

County ID	Area Name	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
19000	Iowa	76,008	76,113	69,394	60,502	54,881	52,785	53,553	59,101	68,106	80,964	92,670	103,126
19001	Adair County	182	201	187	152	134	132	131	141	156	185	193	211
19003	Adams County	145	146	132	113	98	86	87	92	87	94	105	109
19005	Allamakee County	254	239	242	215	196	167	150	162	187	299	328	376
19007	Appanoose County	733	785	727	641	601	575	572	602	674	767	813	890
19009	Audubon County	116	113	103	86	81	77	84	85	87	100	126	142
19011	Benton County	424	427	377	353	290	263	286	327	392	485	566	644
19013	Black Hawk County	5,128	5,155	4,819	4,374	3,978	3,780	3,692	4,027	4,523	5,141	5,690	6,060
19015	Boone County	597	581	517	427	372	346	362	395	510	598	660	724
19017	Bremer County	323	308	270	232	218	230	253	285	304	340	353	389
19019	Buchanan County	440	443	395	330	308	285	283	275	321	396	435	450
19021	Buena Vista County	364	322	354	325	317	309	300	307	311	396	435	466
19023	Butler County	303	307	243	212	204	181	189	174	216	278	302	314
19025	Calhoun County	269	258	245	208	196	186	199	189	211	222	241	272
19027	Carroll County	361	359	332	289	282	282	304	347	373	424	442	470
19029	Cass County	379	360	325	273	240	250	256	266	328	389	431	484
19031	Cedar County	351	348	334	272	234	192	192	203	213	246	267	287
19033	Cerro Gordo County	1,368	1,382	1,264	1,076	987	937	943	1,023	1,132	1,344	1,548	1,822
19035	Cherokee County	230	223	209	189	174	177	185	200	203	243	253	277
19037	Chickasaw County	199	208	183	148	150	162	180	186	173	197	210	240
19039	Clarke County	317	326	278	244	220	218	210	221	248	283	345	376
19041	Clay County	377	369	337	294	293	295	283	340	381	426	450	501
19043	Clayton County	243	252	224	195	188	169	169	186	218	291	356	370
19045	Clinton County	1,885	1,917	1,757	1,498	1,403	1,370	1,372	1,549	1,748	2,064	2,345	2,646
19047	Crawford County	462	482	411	352	326	298	292	294	339	430	508	588
19049	Dallas County	554	582	497	430	388	346	346	371	496	637	713	825
19051	Davis County	232	211	192	162	143	132	128	154	138	173	193	211
19053	Decatur County	469	460	415	373	358	313	326	337	344	409	449	476
19055	Delaware County	332	332	299	252	241	242	228	247	289	355	397	417
19057	Des Moines County	1,510	1,571	1,451	1,372	1,222	1,208	1,279	1,443	1,689	1,958	2,162	2,372
19059	Dickinson County	272	274	249	227	216	201	199	223	216	275	312	325
19061	Dubuque County	1,682	1,764	1,645	1,509	1,401	1,294	1,346	1,524	1,686	2,035	2,414	2,735
19063	Emmet County	294	263	220	191	176	160	159	185	180	206	208	229
19065	Fayette County	590	594	555	492	484	483	508	577	636	731	796	808
19067	Floyd County	499	470	408	366	343	331	355	423	439	479	543	587
19069	Franklin County	251	257	233	205	170	144	132	142	152	185	244	261
19071	Fremont County	273	277	249	229	208	188	197	177	197	228	254	286
19073	Greene County	240	263	226	198	191	201	200	208	210	226	236	278
19075	Grundy County	125	141	125	113	94	87	80	91	115	140	157	169
19077	Guthrie County	286	277	244	205	184	177	176	162	177	207	219	227
19079	Hamilton County	340	343	315	277	249	231	271	296	326	372	404	432
19081	Hancock County	199	204	171	139	130	115	113	110	133	143	175	205
19083	Hardin County	516	478	418	350	289	289	299	321	388	460	496	535
19085	Harrison County	438	461	405	351	318	289	289	311	370	450	504	523
19087	Henry County	491	482	450	412	360	354	352	406	419	497	579	712
19089	Howard County	200	189	162	138	130	126	128	135	138	163	179	211
19091	Humboldt County	226	213	193	162	158	147	148	150	165	214	254	292
19093	Ida County	112	129	104	106	102	93	82	89	102	114	135	163
19095	Iowa County	186	188	168	157	127	118	127	142	178	235	279	306
19097	Jackson County	554	539	479	396	391	349	373	420	453	532	628	699
19099	Jasper County	666	665	608	552	527	483	506	596	643	738	909	1,109
19101	Jefferson County	558	554	508	431	408	391	397	449	491	623	695	798
19103	Johnson County	1,352	1,423	1,430	1,258	1,141	1,224	1,302	1,506	1,943	2,340	2,822	3,167
19105	Jones County	363	379	329	298	258	256	253	282	326	367	407	447
19107	Keokuk County	317	355	348	311	272	283	252	275	295	336	372	397
19109	Kossuth County	323	309	264	247	219	203	194	203	250	297	347	388
19111	Lee County	1,344	1,349	1,264	1,138	1,053	1,036	1,095	1,243	1,369	1,504	1,648	1,846
19113	Linn County	4,580	4,494	4,196	3,629	3,287	3,060	3,092	3,643	4,734	5,942	7,245	8,059
19115	Louisa County	344	356	321	277	223	214	225	242	262	305	342	406
19117	Lucas County	388	381	351	301	278	240	255	275	300	353	387	392
19119	Lyon County	153	161	127	109	103	103	91	78	116	155	144	137
19121	Madison County	236	229	202	159	140	153	161	169	202	240	285	305
19123	Mahaska County	641	689	662	621	531	507	502	606	688	787	907	1,042
19125	Marion County	657	632	564	475	412	415	412	452	547	616	702	810
19127	Marshall County	1,218	1,265	1,220	1,081	970	956	945	1,015	1,230	1,520	1,779	1,922
19129	Mills County	356	355	304	264	235	216	202	234	255	311	343	376
19131	Mitchell County	137	138	131	107	94	87	57	75	117	137	159	155
19133	Monona County	321	316	276	244	227	211	211	208	235	266	311	349
19135	Monroe County	313	316	290	252	241	237	216	221	243	273	303	342
19137	Montgomery County	373	385	334	324	311	312	301	322	370	415	468	514
19139	Muscatine County	1,316	1,379	1,289	1,126	990	954	968	1,143	1,255	1,458	1,614	1,730
19141	O'Brien County	206	221	198	169	159	137	153	168	211	245	276	289
19143	Osceola County	100	103	95	73	55	55	42	45	59	72	82	90
19145	Page County	530	515	502	480	469	444	455	478	455	499	558	618
19147	Palo Alto County	279	240	219	183	171	168	166	124	165	176	190	211
19149	Plymouth County	279	292	278	255	241	250	236	214	257	297	330	348
19151	Pocahontas County	208	203	182	160	155	170	161	181	207	216	216	223
19153	Polk County	10,747	10,597	9,527	8,082	7,144	6,876	7,109	7,882	9,111	11,064	13,058	14,988
19155	Pottawattamie County	3,031	2,912	2,594	2,337	2,087	1,988	1,999	2,259	2,727	3,183	3,628	3,917
19157	Poweshiek County	364	371	328	290	252	229	233	272	315	373	421	459
19159	Ringgold County	184	192	179	170	157	144	131	135	136	156	161	178
19161	Sac County	236	248	222	196	177	170	168	175	163	184	191	214
19163	Scott County	6,519	6,498	5,792	4,738	4,375	4,338	4,400	4,783	5,457	6,538	7,457	8,403
19165	Shelby County	247	238	211	186	176	178	172	190	221	259	324	373
19167	Sioux County	255	278	237	199	185	173	174	197	193	243	243	280
19169	Story County	1,109	1,090	966	857	753	720	745	886	1,048	1,184	1,347	1,537
19171	Tama County	311	288	274	237	227	230	235	246	307	313	391	421
19173	Taylor County	213	229	203	167	140	135	141	165	137	155	170	191
19175	Union County	490	499	415	343	303	295	285	310	384	459	509	570
19177	Van Buren County	180	184	167	159	138	151	172	185	192	209	231	243
19179	Wapello County	1,852	1,904	1,859	1,678	1,522	1,421	1,446	1,531	1,779	1,965	2,230	2,515
19181	Warren County	651	564	499	430	360	321	330	354	441	582	684	770
19183	Washington County	362	387	355	307	290	285	291	301	343	399	452	536
19185	Wayne County	243	258	232	199	186	197	192	203	209	222	238	252
19187	Webster County	1,544	1,580	1,446	1,248	1,073	1,003	1,062	1,137	1,262	1,511	1,637	1,763
19189	Winnebago County	200	208	193	166	141	140	145	161	209	221	250	276
19191	Winneshiek County	279	271	257	214	188	170	156	169	191	230	272	319
19193	Woodbury County	2,657	2,650	2,426	2,140	1,999	2,019	2,024	2,284	2,740	3,551	4,130	4,504
19195	Worth County	139	128	109	102	83	71	71	82	103	115	134	172
19197	Wright County	321	319	274	231	203	190	210	231	246	304	348	391

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Source: Prepared by the State Library of Iowa, State Data Center Program with data obtained by Iowa Department of Human Services
Release Date: January 2008
Notes:

Households must meet asset and income tests in order to qualify for eligibility in the food assistance program, including gross household income at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty threshold.

The Food Assistance Program was formerly known as known as "Food Stamps."

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Food Assistance Program recipients