Signature · 13.6% SNAP (81st pct in NV)
Clark County, NV
Clark County stands out on SNAP (13.6%, +1.5 pts vs U.S.) with 19.0% low-access from USDA FARA 2019.
- 19.0%
- low-access pop.
- 30
- food-desert tracts
- 13.6%
- on SNAP
- 2.3M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Clark County, NV
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 19.0% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -3.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 30 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 13.6% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 7.6% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 6% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Churchill County ( -0.1 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Clark County ranks #1,762 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #10 of 17 counties in NV (19.0% low-access; 30 food-desert tracts).
- #1,762
- national by low-access %
- #10
- in NV
- 148
- low-access tracts
- 101K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 13.6% SNAP (81st pct in NV) (+1.5 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Clark County compares nationally
Clark County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 19.0% low-access share that beats 44% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,762).
Clark County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
487 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 30 LILA.
Clark County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (469 urban, 18 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 18 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Clark County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Nevada, not a full county-board reprint
- Esmeralda
Esmeralda 97.2%
97.2 % low-access
- Clark 19
Clark 19%
19 % low-access
- Churchill 18.9
Churchill 18.9%
18.9 % low-access
- Elko 16.1
Elko 16.1%
16.1 % low-access
- Humboldt 15.7
Humboldt 15.7%
15.7 % low-access
- Pershing 15.3
Pershing 15.3%
15.3 % low-access
- Storey 0.4
Storey 0.4%
0.4 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 487 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,951,269 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 148 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 30 |
| Low-Access Population | 371,217 |
| Low-Access Share | 19.0%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 101,209 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 2,329,548 |
| Median Household Income | $76,472 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 117,447 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.6%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.6%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Clark County
Clark County has 1,385 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 13 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 689 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
16 towns share the 1,385 authorized stores; Las Vegas holds 75% of them. 8 of the 16 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Indian Springs, Moapa, N. Las Vegas, Sandy Valley, Searchlight, Jean and 2 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | 1,040 | 215 |
| Henderson | 156 | 38 |
| North Las Vegas | 126 | 23 |
| Mesquite | 16 | 3 |
| N Las Vegas | 14 | 3 |
| Boulder City | 9 | 1 |
| Laughlin | 8 | 1 |
| Overton | 3 | 1 |
| Indian Springs | 2 | none |
| Moapa | 2 | none |
Top 10 of 16 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 689 (250 shown)
- 2 if by sea asian market llc, las vegas
- 24/7 xpress, henderson
- 24x7 mini mart, las vegas
- 7 - eleven 17262b, las vegas
- 7 - eleven stores 29644c, north las vegas
- 7 eleven 13681b, las vegas
- 7 eleven 29652b, las vegas
- 7 eleven 29995c, las vegas
- 7 eleven 34033a 34033a, las vegas
- 7 eleven 34704h, las vegas
- 7 eleven 39562a, las vegas
- 7 eleven 42096, las vegas
- 7 eleven 420964a, las vegas
- 7 eleven store 29667c, las vegas
- 7 eleven store 41270a, north las vegas
- 7- eleven store 26395d, las vegas
- 7-eleven #18404d (colucci), las vegas
- 7-eleven #21850 (finnegan), n las vegas
- 7-eleven (essex) 13690, las vegas
- 7-eleven (finnegan) 24209, n las vegas
- 7-eleven 15449 e, las vegas
- 7-eleven 18382 c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 22579 b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 23129 d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29638 b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29643, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32294 b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 13693a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 13694c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 13699d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 13706 g, las vegas
- 7-eleven 15815f, las vegas
- 7-eleven 15974, las vegas
- 7-eleven 18198, las vegas
- 7-eleven 19588f, las vegas
- 7-eleven 20379e, las vegas
- 7-eleven 20855, las vegas
- 7-eleven 21037g, las vegas
- 7-eleven 22293d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 25586, las vegas
- 7-eleven 25759d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 26873c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 27071b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 27228e, las vegas
- 7-eleven 27866d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 27904c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29407h, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29637c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29639d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29646, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29658d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29661d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29666b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29932b, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 32194, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 32224c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32227, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 32246, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32745, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32823, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32826c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 34000 t, las vegas
- 7-eleven 34007a, las vegas
- 7-eleven 34080a, las vegas
- 7-eleven 36016b, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 39385, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39401, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39454, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 39463, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39487, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39597, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39598, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39599, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39600, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39601, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39602, henderson
- 7-eleven 39603, henderson
- 7-eleven 39604, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39605, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39606, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39607, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 39840a, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39841a, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39842, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39843a, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39844, las vegas
- 7-eleven 39991, las vegas
- 7-eleven inc 24564c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 13703b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 15478g, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 16370d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 18203d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 20145c, henderson
- 7-eleven store 20593f, boulder city
- 7-eleven store 25785b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 26751d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29384c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29647c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29664b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29972c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 32113b 32113b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 32195d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 33993b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 33994a 33994a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 34040b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38470a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 39138b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 39837a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 41837a, n. las vegas
- 7-eleven store 41998a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 13698f, las vegas
- 7-eleven 18088d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 18113, las vegas
- 7-eleven 20826d, las vegas
- 7-eleven 26994b, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29633, las vegas
- 7-eleven 29660, las vegas
- 7-eleven 32943d, north las vegas
- 7-eleven 33240c, las vegas
- 7-eleven 33677b, henderson
- 7-eleven 36700a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 13685b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 13691e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 13700f, henderson
- 7-eleven store 13702d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 13705g, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 15829e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 15889a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 16052f, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 16186f, henderson
- 7-eleven store 16657e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 16671c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 16896e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 17256b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 18565c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 19332g, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 19653e, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 20084c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 20687a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 21039f, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 22070e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 22272e, henderson
- 7-eleven store 22416g, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 22722d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 22804c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 22939f, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 23192e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 24799c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 24823d, henderson
- 7-eleven store 25123b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 25156d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 25578f, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 25610e, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 26174d, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 26627d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27190c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27327b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27361b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27438d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27452b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27607b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 27700c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29627c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29636f, henderson
- 7-eleven store 29642c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29645f, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29656d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29659c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29662c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29663e, henderson
- 7-eleven store 29665d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29732d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29767b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 29979b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 32404c, henderson
- 7-eleven store 32649c, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 32780c, henderson
- 7-eleven store 33497d, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 33674b, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 36011b, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38276a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38280a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38301a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 38315a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38362a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38370a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38394a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 38408a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 38415a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38496a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38531a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38554a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38584a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38645a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38695a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38749a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38760c, boulder city
- 7-eleven store 38817a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38840a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38852a, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 38994a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 39275, north las vegas
- 7-eleven store 39867a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 41125a, henderson
- 7-eleven store 41354a, las vegas
- 7-eleven store 42064a, las vegas
- 702 mart, las vegas
- ab market, las vegas
- abc store 115, las vegas
- abc store 101, las vegas
- abc store 103, las vegas
- abc store 104, las vegas
- abc store 109, las vegas
- abc stores 102, las vegas
- americana market, las vegas
- arco am pm 83392, las vegas
- arco ampm 42411, las vegas
- ace liquor, las vegas
- all star mini mart, las vegas
- america's mart #2, las vegas
- amigo market, north las vegas
- ampm at russell & i95, henderson
- ampm pecos 83243, las vegas
- arco am pm 42407, las vegas
- arco am/pm, las vegas
- arco am/pm 42917, henderson
- arco am/pm 83199, north las vegas
- arco am pm 66457, north las vegas
- arco am/pm 83197, north las vegas
- arco am/pm #42996 42996, henderson
- arco am/pm #81948, las vegas
- arco am/pm #82070, las vegas
- arco am/pm #82263 82263, las vegas
- arco am/pm 47024, las vegas
- arco am/pm 83293, las vegas
- arco ampm 42713 42713, las vegas
- arco ampm 42726, henderson
- arco ampm 83194, las vegas
- arco ampm 83198, north las vegas
- arcoampm 42493, las vegas
- auntee m's market 2, las vegas
- aunteem's market, las vegas
- avi smoke shop, laughlin
- baja market, north las vegas
- bidi alquosh inc, las vegas
- big v market 1, las vegas
- bob's market, north las vegas
- bonanza dollar discount, las vegas
- boulder food mart, las vegas
- breeze rite in, las vegas
Showing 250 of 1,385 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Nevada
One of 16 counties in Nevada, 6 are shown here.
Compare Clark County vs Carson City → · All Nevada counties →
Nationwide peers for Clark County's low-access or SNAP share
SNAP-led peer set first for Clark County (13.6%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Nevada.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside NV (19.0% here).
- Phelps County, MO · 19.0% low-access
- Larue County, KY · 19.0% low-access
- Sumter County, SC · 19.0% low-access
- Miami County, IN · 19.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside NV (13.6% here).
- Wright County, MO · 13.6% SNAP
- McDonald County, MO · 13.6% SNAP
- Genesee County, NY · 13.6% SNAP
- Alamance County, NC · 13.6% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Nevada among Mountain states
Nevada ranks 6th of 8 Mountain states by population-weighted low-access (23.0%). Clark County, at 19.0%, runs 4.0 pts below the Nevada rate.
- New Mexico 31.7%
- Wyoming 29.7%
- Arizona 26.8%
- Idaho 25.8%
- Utah 23.9%
- Nevada 23.0%
- Montana 22.3%
- Colorado 21.5%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Clark County, NV are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 32003. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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