County food-access profile · Florida
Broward County, FL
Broward County's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 9.4%
- low-access pop.
- 18
- food-desert tracts
- 13.2%
- on SNAP
- 2.0M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
9.4% of Broward County residents live in a low-access area, and 18 of its 361 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 72
- low-access tracts
- 42K
- food-desert residents
- 6.8%
- households, no vehicle
- 12.2%
- below poverty line
Low access = living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket. Food deserts add a low-income condition (USDA LILA, 1-and-10-mile measure).
Broward County's low-access share sits near the national share, at 9.4% per the USDA Atlas. 72 of the county's 361 census tracts are flagged low-access, covering roughly 164,286 residents who live far from a supermarket. 18 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 41,583 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Broward County compares nationally
Broward County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 9.4% low-access share that beats 19% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,532).
Broward County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 361 census tracts in Broward County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Broward County vs. other Florida counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Florida
- Broward 9.4
Broward County, FL
9.4 % low-access
- Alachua 19.2
Alachua County, FL
19.2 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, FL
55.6 % low-access
- Bay
Bay County, FL
31.5 % low-access
- Bradford 1.1
Bradford County, FL
1.1 % low-access
- Brevard
Brevard County, FL
41.8 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 361 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,748,066 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 72 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 18 |
| Low-Access Population | 164,286 |
| Low-Access Share | 9.4%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 41,583 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,977,129 |
| Median Household Income | $77,633 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.2%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 99,630 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.2%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.8%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.9% |
About 13.2% of Broward County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 9.4% of residents are low-access, near the national share for U.S. counties.
- 13.2% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 99,630 households here.
- 6.8% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 18 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Broward County
near the national share
18 of Broward County's 361 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 5.0% of all its tracts.
A further 54 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 72.
An estimated 164,286 residents, roughly 9.4% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 41,583 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 289 tracts (80.1%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Broward County
Broward County has 1,063 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 245 locations (23% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 245
- 3400 am llc/bravo supermarket, oakland park
- bliss place, davie
- cvs 10078, hallandale beach
- cvs pharmacy 1147, pembroke pines
- cvs pharmacy 3261, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 3263, plantation
- cvs pharmacy 3291, davie
- cvs pharmacy 3330, pembroke pines
- cvs pharmacy 3607, pembroke pines
- cvs pharmacy 3905, pompano beach
- cvs pharmacy 3982, hollywood
- cvs pharmacy 4681, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 4797, coconut creek
- cvs pharmacy 4808, coral springs
- cvs pharmacy 5182, miramar
- cvs pharmacy 5966, hollywood
- cvs pharmacy 981, ft lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 03265, deerfield beach
- cvs pharmacy 0367, lighthouse point
- cvs pharmacy 1081, miramar
- cvs pharmacy 1302, lauderhill
- cvs pharmacy 2732, hollywood
- cvs pharmacy 2747, plantation
- cvs pharmacy 2848, pompano beach
- cvs pharmacy 2849, pembroke pines
- cvs pharmacy 3273, lauderhill
- cvs pharmacy 3285, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 3287, pompano beach
- cvs pharmacy 3609, weston
- cvs pharmacy 3627, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 3635, pompano beach
- cvs pharmacy 3961, deerfield beach
- cvs pharmacy 4069, lauderdale by the sea
- cvs pharmacy 4201, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 440, margate
- cvs pharmacy 4659, pembroke pines
- cvs pharmacy 5056, sunrise
- cvs pharmacy 5079, plantation
- cvs pharmacy 5083, weston
- cvs pharmacy 5084, coral springs
- cvs pharmacy 5115, davie
- cvs pharmacy 5117, hollywood
- cvs pharmacy 5142, hollywood
- cvs pharmacy 5174, wilton manors
- cvs pharmacy 5247, coral springs
- cvs pharmacy 5250, oakland park
- cvs pharmacy 5919, tamarac
- cvs pharmacy 5929, tamarac
- cvs pharmacy 5930, coral springs
- cvs pharmacy 6037, fort lauderdale
- cvs pharmacy 7887, miramar
- cvs pharmacy 7933, cooper city
- cvs pharmacy 8378, miramar
- cvs pharmacy 990, tamarac
- cvs/pharmacy 410, fort lauderdale
- dollar general 10061, pompano beach
- dollar general 1095, pembroke pines
- dollar general 1521, hollywood
- dollar general 17690, sunrise
- dollar general 19067, dania
- dollar general 19070, hollywood
- dollar general 24304, hallandale beach
- dollar general 6712, oakland park
- dollar general 7856, pembroke pines
- dollar general 7916, sunrise
- dollar general 8797, margate
- dollar general 9012, hollywood
- dollar tree 6691, deerfield beach
- dollartree 10351, cooper city
- dollartree 10826, miramar
- dollartree 10867, hollywood
- dollartree 11028, coral springs
- dollartree 8034, pompano beach
- dollartree 8748, fort lauderdale
- dollartree 9294, lauderdale lakes
- dollartree 9709, sunrise
- dollar general 10452, pompano beach
- dollar general 11291, coral springs
- dollar general 12724, miramar
- dollar general 12794, lauderdale lakes
- dollar general 12883, lauderhill
- dollar general 14453, deerfield beach
- dollar general 15083, pembroke park
- dollar general 7320, wilton manors
- dollar general store 16640, margate
- dollar tree 1020, deerfield beach
- dollar tree 1167, dania
- dollar tree 1566, pompano beach
- dollar tree 1893, pompano beach
- dollar tree 1961, tamarac
- dollar tree 2192, lighthouse point
- dollar tree 242, hollywood
- dollar tree 2420, miramar
- dollar tree 286, tamarac
- dollar tree 331, pembroke pines
- dollar tree 338, cooper city
- dollar tree 3775, coral springs
- dollar tree 4002, fort lauderdale
- dollar tree 4112, coral springs
- dollar tree 4330, davie
- dollar tree 4365, fort lauderdale
- dollar tree 4368, plantation
- dollar tree 437, sunrise
- dollar tree 4452, davie
- dollar tree 4477, tamarac
- dollar tree 4499, deerfield beach
- dollar tree 4718, hollywood
- dollar tree 4840, west park
- dollar tree 4850, plantation
- dollar tree 4871, dania
- dollar tree 4884, sea ranch lakes
- dollar tree 4890, margate
- dollar tree 5154, lauderhill
- dollar tree 5219, hollywood
- dollar tree 5356, lauderdale lakes
- dollar tree 5408, miramar
- dollar tree 5698, parkland
- dollar tree 5718, hallandale
- dollar tree 574, pembroke pines
- dollar tree 5811, pembroke pines
- dollar tree 5989, hallandale beach
- dollar tree 6045, sunrise
- dollar tree 6371, north lauderdale
- dollar tree 6546, tamarac
- dollar tree 6725, hollywood
- dollar tree 701, oakland park
- dollar tree 709, ft lauderdale
- dollar tree 7212, oakland park
- dollar tree 7236, davie
- dollar tree 7292, dania beach
- dollar tree 7296, coral springs
- dollar tree 7868, oakland park
- dollar tree 7954, pembroke pines
- dollar tree 7976, miramar
- dollar tree 7995, margate
- dollar tree 8392, plantation
- dollar tree 902, margate
- dollartree 8891, coconut creek
- family dollar 10486, fort lauderdale
- family dollar 10515, hollywood
- family dollar 10842, pompano beach
- family dollar 11015, hallandale beach
- family dollar 11433, fort lauderdale
- family dollar 2000, hollywood
- family dollar 2060, fort lauderdale
- family dollar 2243, fort lauderdale
- family dollar 2456, miramar
- family dollar 2486, tamarac
- family dollar 2840, plantation
- family dollar 5351, pompano beach
- family dollar 5462, lauderhill
- family dollar 5608, sunrise
- family dollar 6458, hallandale beach
- family dollar 6608, pembroke park
- family dollar 7960, oakland park
- family dollar 8142, north lauderdale
- family dollar 8250, hollywood
- family dollar 8990, fort lauderdale
- family dollar 9251, fort lauderdale
- family dollar store 7746, davie
- family dollar store 7932, fort lauderdale
- family dollar store 7989, pembroke pines
- family dollar store 8315, fort lauderdale
- family dollar store 8400, ft lauderdale
- family dollar store 8601, hollywood
- florida fresh meat and seafood market, davie
- frank's produce of broward, fort lauderdale
- guida's italian market, pompano beach
- hong kong market, tamarac
- jen-sha oriental grocery, fort lauderdale
- la bodega latina, oakland park
- oriental food market, lauderdale lakes
- oriental mart, lauderhill
- pk oriental mart, pembroke pines
- sitara indian & asian grocery, pembroke pines
- walgreen 04141, lauderdale lakes
- walgreen 04597, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 2838, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 4402, hallandale beach
- walgreens 4591, hallandale beach
- walgreens 4706, coconut creek
- walgreen 15640, pembroke pines
- walgreens 01116, coral springs
- walgreens 01139, deerfield beach
- walgreens 03193, margate
- walgreens 04120, pompano beach
- walgreens 04483, tamarac
- walgreens 04484, tamarac
- walgreens 0456, hollywood
- walgreens 04773, oakland park
- walgreens 06221, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 06352, tamarac
- walgreens 10648, southwest ranches
- walgreens 10830, pembroke pines
- walgreens 10984, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 12724, davie
- walgreens 12808, deerfield beach
- walgreens 1508, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 15137, deerfield beach
- walgreens 16474, sunrise
- walgreens 1681, lauderdale by the sea
- walgreens 2082, pompano beach
- walgreens 2193, davie
- walgreens 2214, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 2443, hollywood
- walgreens 3002, dania
- walgreens 3063, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 3525, hollywood
- walgreens 3626, plantation
- walgreens 3905, weston
- walgreens 3932, pompano beach
- walgreens 3933, coral springs
- walgreens 3935, coral springs
- walgreens 4003, davie
- walgreens 4143, pembroke pines
- walgreens 4178, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 4324, pembroke pines
- walgreens 4386, hollywood
- walgreens 4568, sunrise
- walgreens 4569, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 4766, pembroke pines
- walgreens 4768, ft lauderdale
- walgreens 4803, cooper city
- walgreens 4810, oakland park
- walgreens 5521, miramar
- walgreens 5696, miramar
- walgreens 6011, miramar
- walgreens 6402, dania
- walgreens 6403, weston
- walgreens 6404, davie
- walgreens 6414, margate
- walgreens 6416, pompano beach
- walgreens 6538, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 6772, coconut creek
- walgreens 6941, deerfield beach
- walgreens 7011, coconut creek
- walgreens 7125, fort lauderdale
- walgreens 7322, hollywood
- walgreens 9003, weston
- walgreens 9115, coral springs
- walgreens 9116, coconut creek
- walgreens 9552, plantation
- walgreens 9748, plantation
- walgreens 9915, fort lauderdale
- walgreesn 16354, plantation
Convenience Store · 5
- 10 terrace discount food & deli, fort lauderdale
- 19th street food, fort lauderdale
- 1st food & deli market, deerfield beach
- 24 hours live bait & tackle, fort lauderdale
- 4142 dr, davie
Showing 250 of 1,063 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Florida
Compare Broward County vs Alachua County → · All Florida counties →
Food access nationally, Florida in context
Broward County sits inside Florida (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Understand the Data
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.