County food-access profile · Georgia
Fulton County, GA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Fulton County residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 29.5%
- low-access pop.
- 44
- food-desert tracts
- 11.6%
- on SNAP
- 1.1M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
29.5% of Fulton County residents live in a low-access area, and 44 of its 202 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 99
- low-access tracts
- 82K
- food-desert residents
- 10.0%
- households, no vehicle
- 12.3%
- 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).
USDA data puts Fulton County's low-access share at 29.5%, above the national share. 99 of the county's 202 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 271,720 people. 44 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 82,462 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 Fulton County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Fulton County's 29.5% low-access share is elevated, higher than 69% of them and ranked #967 most-affected nationwide.
Fulton County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 202 census tracts in Fulton County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Fulton County vs. other Georgia counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Georgia
- Fulton
Fulton County, GA
29.5 % low-access
- Appling
Appling County, GA
47.8 % low-access
- Atkinson 23.5
Atkinson County, GA
23.5 % low-access
- Bacon 3.3
Bacon County, GA
3.3 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, GA
61.3 % low-access
- Baldwin
Baldwin County, GA
24.6 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 202 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 920,581 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 99 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 44 |
| Low-Access Population | 271,720 |
| Low-Access Share | 29.5%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 82,462 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,076,561 |
| Median Household Income | $95,292 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.3%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 53,763 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 11.6%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.0%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.9% |
About 11.6% of Fulton County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 29.5% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 11.6% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 53,763 households here.
- 10.0% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 44 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 Fulton County
above the national share
44 of Fulton County's 202 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 21.8% of all its tracts.
A further 55 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 99.
An estimated 271,720 residents, roughly 29.5% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 82,462 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 103 tracts (51.0%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Fulton County
Fulton County has 670 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 127 locations (19% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 127
- 12hours food mart, atlanta
- 2 ray's mart, atlanta
- 24 hour food mart, atlanta
- 24/7 food mart, atlanta
- 3 way grocery, atlanta
- 3939 food inc, fairburn
- 4410 roosevelt amoco, college park
- 448 qm llc, atlanta
- 490 fairburn rd llc 0, atlanta
- a & m corner, atlanta
- a food mart, atlanta
- a&b foodmart 1, atlanta
- aaa 2317 inc, atlanta
- abernathy bp, atlanta
- ak food store, atlanta
- alison food mart, atlanta
- amigo food mart, atlanta
- amina mart 1, atlanta
- ans three d inc 0, atlanta
- atlanta food mart, atlanta
- atlanta texaco/ ez market 0, atlanta
- b and e food mart, atlanta
- bk food mart, atlanta
- bp cleveland, atlanta
- bp convenience store, atlanta
- bp food shop, union city
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food shop, east point
- bp gas station, atlanta
- bankhead shell, atlanta
- bengal green enterprises, atlanta
- benz food mart, atlanta
- best 4 less, atlanta
- best for less, atlanta
- best for less, atlanta
- big a food mart, atlanta
- big a food mart, atlanta
- big aj store 2, atlanta
- big brother mini supermarket, atlanta
- big h food mart, atlanta
- bingo food mart, atlanta
- boulevard lotto grocery, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, union city
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart, atlanta
- bp food mart 0, atlanta
- bp foodmart corner, atlanta
- bp old national, atlanta
- buckhead shoppe, atlanta
- buffington food mart, atlanta
- busy bee grocery, atlanta
- c & s groceries, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, east point
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- camp food mart, atlanta
- cascade food mart, atlanta
- cascade food mart, atlanta
- cascade shell, atlanta
- cascade shell food mart, atlanta
- cedar grove shell, fairburn
- cedar grove valero 0, fairburn
- chappell road inc, atlanta
- cheveron food mart, alpharetta
- chevron, atlanta
- chevron, atlanta
- chevron buckhead, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, alpharetta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, union city
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, college park
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, fairburn
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart 0, atlanta
- chevron foodmart, atlanta
- chevron foodmart, union city
- circle k, atlanta
- circle k #183, atlanta
- circle k #185, atlanta
- circle k #251, atlanta
- circle k 26655984, atlanta
- circle k 2704721, roswell
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- citgo food mart, fairburn
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- citgo food shop, atlanta
- citgo roosevelt, atlanta
- cleveland foodmart & grocery llc, atlanta
- cleveland stop, atlanta
- clifton station inc, atlanta
- community kitchen n pantry, atlanta
- conley food mart, atlanta
- corner food mart, atlanta
- corner grocery, atlanta
- cousins texaco, atlanta
- crabapple food mart, roswell
- discount food mart, atlanta
- discount food mart, atlanta
- discount food mart, college park
- discount mart llc, atlanta
- donnelly food mart, atlanta
- donnelly provisions, atlanta
- doo drop inn marketplace & beauty supply, inc., atlanta
- ds food mart, atlanta
- ez shoper, atlanta
- east point convenience, atlanta
- east point food market, atlanta
Combination Grocery/Other · 123
- cvs 10043, atlanta
- cvs 2178, roswell
- cvs 2185, alpharetta
- cvs pharmacy 2082, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 2186, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 2945, milton
- cvs pharmacy 2965, roswell
- cvs pharmacy 3878, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4747, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 5731, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 7974, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 02757, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 04409, alpharetta
- cvs pharmacy 04718, alpharetta
- cvs pharmacy 2081, alpharetta
- cvs pharmacy 2213, riverdale
- cvs pharmacy 2227, roswell
- cvs pharmacy 2943, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 3125, roswell
- cvs pharmacy 4147, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4178, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4424, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4504, sandy springs
- cvs pharmacy 4604, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4661, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4665, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4709, fairburn
- cvs pharmacy 4717, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4720, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4729, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 5395, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 5411, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 5621, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 5725, union city
- cvs pharmacy 7336, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 81, atlanta
- dollar general 1492, palmetto
- dollar general 8143, atlanta
- dollar general 8589, atlanta
- dollar tree 3403, east point
- dollar tree 4152, alpharetta
- dollar tree 4527, atlanta
- dollartree 9726, roswell
- dollar general 12311, east point
- dollar general 13836, atlanta
- dollar general 14282, fairburn
- dollar general 15425, college park
- dollar general 17866, atlanta
- dollar general 19011, atlanta
- dollar general 19080, atlanta
- dollar general 19083, atlanta
- dollar general 21743, atlanta
- dollar general 21822, atlanta
- dollar general 22316, atlanta
- dollar general 23998, oakwood
- dollar general 30920, roswell
- dollar general 9725, union city
- dollar tree 1400, atlanta
- dollar tree 1795, roswell
- dollar tree 1967, alpharetta
- dollar tree 2230, atlanta
- dollar tree 2323, atlanta
- dollar tree 318, union city
- dollar tree 3220, duluth
- dollar tree 4247, alpharetta
- dollar tree 4296, alpharetta
- dollar tree 4772, roswell
- dollar tree 5242, atlanta
- dollar tree 5779, atlanta
- dollar tree 6839, atlanta
- dollar tree 7375, atlanta
- dollar tree 7560, atlanta
- dollar tree 7888, alpharetta
- fulton bay seafood, atlanta
- family dollar 10676, atlanta
- family dollar 10677, atlanta
- family dollar 11425, atlanta
- family dollar 11580, union city
- family dollar 11615, east point
- family dollar 11634, fairburn
- family dollar 11696, east point
- family dollar 11892, atlanta
- family dollar 12070, atlanta
- family dollar 12249, atlanta
- family dollar 1725, red oak
- family dollar 1728, atlanta
- family dollar 1788, atlanta
- family dollar 2349, atlanta
- family dollar 235, atlanta
- family dollar 499, fairburn
- family dollar 5059, hapeville
- family dollar 5675, palmetto
- family dollar 6030, atlanta
- family dollar 634, atlanta
- family dollar 6501, atlanta
- family dollar 6509, atlanta
- family dollar 7189, atlanta
- family dollar 8385, atlanta
- family dollar store 10654, atlanta
- family dollar store 2641, atlanta
- garden market atl, atlanta
- grant park market, atlanta
- green 4 life, atlanta
- india plaza, alpharetta
- louisiana atlanta seafood market, atlanta
- walgreen 09630, union city
- walgreens 6032, atlanta
- walgreens 05903, alpharetta
- walgreens 07394, atlanta
- walgreens 09303, atlanta
- walgreens 09451, alpharetta
- walgreens 10265, atlanta
- walgreens 10422, atlanta
- walgreens 11488, atlanta
- walgreens 11796, atlanta
- walgreens 17037, atlanta
- walgreens 19047, atlanta
- walgreens 5605, roswell
- walgreens 5760, alpharetta
- walgreens 6204, atlanta
- walgreens 6999, alpharetta
- walgreens 7395, duluth
- walgreens 9620, atlanta
Showing 250 of 670 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Georgia
Compare Fulton County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
Fulton County sits inside Georgia (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
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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.