Signature · 9.0% low-access (18th pct)
Cooke County, TX
Cooke County lands in the lower national band on low-access (9.0%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 9.0%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 9.4%
- on SNAP
- 43K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Cooke County, TX
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 9.0% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -13.1 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.4% SNAP
- VEH-OK 3.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 13% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Liberty County (+ 0.3 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Cooke County lands in the lower national band (9.0%, #2,559 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,559
- national by low-access %
- #229
- in TX
- 3
- low-access tracts
- 1K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 9.0% low-access (18th pct) (-13.1 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Cooke County compares nationally
Cooke County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 9.0% low-access share that beats 18% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,566).
Cooke County's lower-band USDA tier split
8 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Cooke County has 4 urban and 4 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Cooke County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Liberty 9.3
Liberty 9.3%
9.3 % low-access
- Cooke 9
Cooke 9%
9 % low-access
- Kendall 8.6
Kendall 8.6%
8.6 % low-access
- Hays 8.3
Hays 8.3%
8.3 % low-access
- Ward 8.3
Ward 8.3%
8.3 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 8 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 38,437 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 3 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 3,454 |
| Low-Access Share | 9.0%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1,040 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 43,046 |
| Median Household Income | $73,932 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.5%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 1,561 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.4%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.9%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.4% |
Thick SNAP store book in Cooke County
Cooke County has 43 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 7 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 22 locations (51% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 22
- 82 travel center, gainesville
- bayers bakery, muenster
- gainesville truck stop, gainesville
- get n go, gainesville
- grand central express 1, gainesville
- grand food mart, gainesville
- highway 51 quick stop, gainesville
- hwy 82 kountry korner, muenster
- lone star food store 4486, gainesville
- lone star food store 4487, gainesville
- lama 111 001, gainesville
- murphy usa 7741, gainesville
- mushi's #2, era
- q stop, gainesville
- quiktrip 1883, gainesville
- red river stop, gainesville
- road ranger llc 282, gainesville
- runnin' red food store, gainesville
- south grand xpress, gainesville
- valero corner 2744503, gainesville
- valley view station 2, valley view
- xpress way, gainesville
Combination Grocery/Other · 13
- braum's 65, gainesville
- cvs pharmacy inc 6901, gainesville
- dollar general 10607, muenster
- dollar general 4215, gainesville
- dollar tree 2549, gainesville
- dollar general 11585, valley view
- dollar general 17609, gainesville
- dollar general 17810, gainesville
- dollar general 22840, lindsay
- family dollar 13561, muenster
- family dollar 13606, valley view
- family dollar 13778, gainesville
- family dollar 2229, gainesville
Large Grocery Store · 2
- mi pueblito meat market llc 4, gainsville
- scivally's grocery, gainesville
Super Store · 2
- fischer's meat market gp llc, muenster
- walmart supercenter 185, gainesville
Supermarket · 2
- lowes 169, gainesville
- tom thumb 2557, gainesville
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- la villa meat market 1, gainesville
Small Grocery Store · 1
- hess meat market & grocery, valley view
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Cooke County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Counties near Cooke County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Cooke County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (9.0% here).
- Lincoln County, MO · 9.0% low-access
- Lincoln County, MO · 9.0% low-access
- Vermilion Parish, LA · 9.0% low-access
- Vermilion Parish, LA · 9.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (9.4% here).
- Hamilton County, TN · 9.4% SNAP
- Hamilton County, TN · 9.4% SNAP
- Stutsman County, ND · 9.4% SNAP
- Stutsman County, ND · 9.4% 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.
Cooke County inside a lower low-access state context
Cooke County sits inside Texas (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
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 Cooke County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48097. 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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