Signature · 670 SNAP-authorized stores
Fulton County, GA
Fulton County sits in the upper national band on low-access (29.5%, +7.4 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 29.5%
- low-access pop.
- 44
- food-desert tracts
- 11.6%
- on SNAP
- 1.1M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Fulton County, GA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 29.5% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +7.4 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 44 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 11.6% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 22% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Colquitt County (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Fulton County sits in the upper national band (29.5%, #965 of 3,079) with 44 LILA tracts.
- #965
- national by low-access %
- #55
- in GA
- 99
- low-access tracts
- 82K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 670 SNAP-authorized stores .
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's elevated USDA tier split
202 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 44 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Fulton County has 202 urban and 0 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.
Fulton County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Ben Hill 30.1
Ben Hill 30.1%
30.1 % low-access
- Whitfield 29.9
Whitfield 29.9%
29.9 % low-access
- Washington 29.8
Washington 29.8%
29.8 % low-access
- Fulton 29.5
Fulton 29.5%
29.5 % low-access
- Colquitt 29.5
Colquitt 29.5%
29.5 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| 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 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| 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% |
Thick SNAP store book 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 stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Georgia
One of 158 counties in Georgia, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Fulton County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Fulton County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside GA (29.5% here).
- Carroll County, MD · 29.5% low-access
- Carroll County, MD · 29.5% low-access
- Crenshaw County, AL · 29.5% low-access
- Crenshaw County, AL · 29.5% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (11.6% here).
- Fayette County, IL · 11.6% SNAP
- Fayette County, IL · 11.6% SNAP
- Miami County, IN · 11.6% SNAP
- Miami County, IN · 11.6% 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.
Fulton County inside a higher low-access state context
Fulton County sits inside Georgia (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 .
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