County food-access profile · Nevada
Clark County, NV
Clark 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.
- 19.0%
- low-access pop.
- 30
- food-desert tracts
- 13.6%
- on SNAP
- 2.3M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
19.0% of Clark County residents live in a low-access area, and 30 of its 487 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 148
- low-access tracts
- 101K
- food-desert residents
- 7.6%
- households, no vehicle
- 13.0%
- 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).
Clark County's low-access share sits near the national share, at 19.0% per the USDA Atlas. 148 of the county's 487 census tracts are flagged low-access, covering roughly 371,217 residents who live far from a supermarket. 30 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 101,209 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 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 #1,769).
Clark County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 487 census tracts in Clark County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Clark County vs. other Nevada counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Nevada
- Clark 19
Clark County, NV
19 % low-access
- Carson City 14.3
Carson City, NV
14.3 % low-access
- Churchill 18.9
Churchill County, NV
18.9 % low-access
- Douglas
Douglas County, NV
50.1 % low-access
- Elko 16.1
Elko County, NV
16.1 % low-access
- Esmeralda
Esmeralda County, NV
97.2 % 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 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| 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% |
About 13.6% of Clark County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 19.0% of residents are low-access, near the national share for U.S. counties.
- 13.6% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 117,447 households here.
- 7.6% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 30 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 Clark County
near the national share
30 of Clark County's 487 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 6.2% of all its tracts.
A further 118 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 148.
An estimated 371,217 residents, roughly 19.0% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 101,209 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 339 tracts (69.6%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Clark County
Clark County has 1,385 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 243 locations (18% of the total), followed by bakery specialty.
Combination Grocery/Other · 243
- african/carribean international market llc, las vegas
- aladdin international market, las vegas
- ariana market 1, las vegas
- asian sari-sari market, las vegas
- bally market, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy # 10472 10472, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 10348, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 10861, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 121, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 1507, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2928, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2929, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2930, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2955, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2989, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 2990, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 3210, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 4495, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 5043, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 5068, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 5113, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 5286, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 5792, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 5942, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 6717, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 6867, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 7251, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 7252, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 82, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8780, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8784, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8787, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 8790, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8791, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8794, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8795, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 8798, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8800, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8803, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8804, north las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8805, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8807, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8808, n las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8809, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8813, boulder city
- cvs pharmacy 8814, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8821, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 8822, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 8824, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 9548, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 9770, henderson
- cvs pharmacy 9965, las vegas
- cvs pharmacy 9967, las vegas
- carniceria los primos llc, las vegas
- dollar general 13303, north las vegas
- dollar general 13321, las vegas
- dollar general 13657, las vegas
- dollar general 13745, las vegas
- dollar general 14258, mesquite
- dollartree 10272, las vegas
- dollartree 10385, henderson
- dollartree 10424, las vegas
- dollartree 10573, las vegas
- dollartree 10585, boulder city
- dollartree 6986, las vegas
- dollartree 8651, las vegas
- dollartree 8664, north las vegas
- dollartree 8669, las vegas
- dollartree 8780, las vegas
- dollartree 9046, las vegas
- deez snack, las vegas
- dollar general 25980, henderson
- dollar tree 1595, las vegas
- dollar tree 1734, henderson
- dollar tree 2416, henderson
- dollar tree 2628, las vegas
- dollar tree 2647, las vegas
- dollar tree 2790, n las vegas
- dollar tree 2874, henderson
- dollar tree 2879, las vegas
- dollar tree 3640, las vegas
- dollar tree 3714, mesquite
- dollar tree 3767, las vegas
- dollar tree 3812, las vegas
- dollar tree 3913, las vegas
- dollar tree 3935, north las vegas
- dollar tree 5008, las vegas
- dollar tree 5183, las vegas
- dollar tree 5304, henderson
- dollar tree 5790, las vegas
- dollar tree 6244, north las vegas
- dollar tree 6288, las vegas
- dollar tree 6308, las vegas
- dollar tree 6321, las vegas
- dollar tree 6325, las vegas
- dollar tree 7010, henderson
- dollar tree 7048, las vegas
- dollar tree 7070, north las vegas
- dollar tree 7204, las vegas
- dollar tree 7274, las vegas
- dollar tree 7470, las vegas
- dollar tree 8321, las vegas
- dollar tree 9049, henderson
- dollar tree 9429, henderson
- dollartree 8561, las vegas
- enjera house., las vegas
- ethio mart, las vegas
- family dollar 11741, laughlin
- family dollar 11828, las vegas
- family dollar 12038, las vegas
- family dollar 12051, north las vegas
- family dollar 12065, las vegas
- family dollar 12076, las vegas
- family dollar 12085, north las vegas
- family dollar 12117, las vegas
- family dollar 12259, las vegas
- family dollar 12271, sandy valley
- family dollar 6795, laughlin
- family dollar 8384, overton
- family dollar 8541, las vegas
- family dollar 8640, las vegas
- family dollar 8875, las vegas
- family dollar store 12018, indian springs
- family dollar store 5283, las vegas
- family dollar store 5354, las vegas
- family dollar store 5390, las vegas
- family dollar store 5427, las vegas
- family dollar store 5576, las vegas
- family dollar store 5681, las vegas
- family dollar store 5699, las vegas
- family dollar store 5818, mesquite
- family dollar store 6042, north las vegas
- family dollar store 6099, las vegas
- family dollar store 6300, las vegas
- family dollar store 6312, las vegas
- family dollar store 6414, las vegas
- herbst market 342, las vegas
- herbst market 371, las vegas
- la favorita ranch market, las vegas
- la herradero meat market llc 2, las vegas
- laos asia market, las vegas
- las carnes carniceria, las vegas
- marketon 4, las vegas
- mizan market, las vegas
- mulgra boutique, las vegas
- noosh bakery llc, las vegas
- terrible's 118, las vegas
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- terrible's 176, mesquite
- terrible's 177, laughlin
- terrible's 178, las vegas
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- terrible's 191, henderson
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- terrible's 243, searchlight
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- terrible's 327, laughlin
- terrible's 328, las vegas
- terrible's 329, mesquite
- terrible's 330, henderson
- terrible's 331, las vegas
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- terrible's 336, las vegas
- terrible's 337, boulder city
- terrible's 338, boulder city
Bakery Specialty · 7
- bakery panaderia latina llc, las vegas
- caren's cakes cindy's cookies, las vegas
- papa murphy's nv034, north las vegas
- papa murphy's pizza nv038, las vegas
- papa murphy's pizza nv047, las vegas
- papa murphy's pizza nv051, henderson
- papa murphys take n bake pizza nv015, las vegas
Showing 250 of 1,385 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Nevada
Compare Clark County vs Carson City → · All Nevada counties →
Food access nationally, Nevada in context
Clark County sits inside Nevada (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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.