Signature · 1,057 SNAP-authorized stores
Hillsborough County, FL
Hillsborough County sits in the upper national band on low-access (29.9%, +7.8 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 29.9%
- low-access pop.
- 45
- food-desert tracts
- 13.3%
- on SNAP
- 1.5M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Hillsborough County, FL
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 29.9% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +7.8 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 45 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 14% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Taylor County ( -0.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Hillsborough County sits in the upper national band (29.9%, #936 of 3,079) with 45 LILA tracts.
- #936
- national by low-access %
- #35
- in FL
- 153
- low-access tracts
- 101K
- 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: 1,057 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Hillsborough County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Hillsborough County's 29.9% low-access share is elevated, higher than 70% of them and ranked #936 most-affected nationwide.
Hillsborough County's elevated USDA tier split
316 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 45 LILA.
Hillsborough County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (292 urban, 24 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 24 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Hillsborough County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Hillsborough
Hillsborough 29.9%
29.9 % low-access
- Taylor
Taylor 29.7%
29.7 % low-access
- Duval
Duval 29.4%
29.4 % low-access
- Seminole
Seminole 29.3%
29.3 % low-access
- St. Johns
St. Johns 28.6%
28.6 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 316 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,229,226 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 153 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 45 |
| Low-Access Population | 366,983 |
| Low-Access Share | 29.9%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 101,032 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,522,748 |
| Median Household Income | $79,540 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.7%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 77,704 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.3%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.8%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.9% |
Thick SNAP store book in Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County has 1,057 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 14 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 504 locations (48% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
21 towns share the 1,057 authorized stores; Tampa holds 61% of them. 3 of the 21 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Bradenton, Crystal Springs, Sun City Ctr.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa | 642 | 174 |
| Plant City | 77 | 14 |
| Riverview | 69 | 18 |
| Brandon | 57 | 22 |
| Seffner | 27 | 6 |
| Valrico | 27 | 8 |
| Lutz | 25 | 8 |
| Ruskin | 22 | 5 |
| Temple Terrace | 20 | 7 |
| Gibsonton | 15 | 1 |
Top 10 of 21 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 504 (250 shown)
- 14k food mart, tampa
- 2 k express no 2, tampa
- 22nd food max inc, tampa
- 24k express, tampa
- 301 petrol mart, thonotosassa
- 50th street texaco, tampa
- 6503 truck stop, tampa
- 7 days food mart, tampa
- 7 eleven, gibsonton
- 7 eleven 24305a, tampa
- 7 eleven 33018a, tampa
- 7 eleven store 23403b, lutz
- 7 eleven store 41528a, riverview
- 7- eleven 32799a, tampa
- 7-eleven 10202b, tampa
- 7-eleven 22836a, tampa
- 7-eleven 24451a, tampa
- 7-eleven 25060a, tampa
- 7-eleven 32328a, tampa
- 7-eleven 32702a, dover
- 7-eleven 32744 a, tampa
- 7-eleven 32854a, riverview
- 7-eleven 32973a, tampa
- 7-eleven 32984 a, riverview
- 7-eleven 33105a, valrico
- 7-eleven 23397a, tampa
- 7-eleven 23770j, brandon
- 7-eleven 23979k, tampa
- 7-eleven 24223h, tampa
- 7-eleven 26641k, tampa
- 7-eleven 27216l, tampa
- 7-eleven 27320a, tampa
- 7-eleven 27859a, tampa
- 7-eleven 32634 a, riverview
- 7-eleven 32802j, lithia
- 7-eleven 32854j, riverview
- 7-eleven 32983j, tampa
- 7-eleven 37149a, tampa
- 7-eleven 38090b, brandon
- 7-eleven 38682h, tampa
- 7-eleven 41949h, brandon
- 7-eleven 42102h, tampa
- 7-eleven store 25370b, tampa
- 7-eleven store 33019b, tampa
- 7-eleven store 33272b, brandon
- 7-eleven store 35005a, tampa
- 7-eleven store 38029h, tampa
- 7-eleven store 38437h, tampa
- 7-eleven store 42050h, tampa
- 7-eleven #38282, tampa
- 7-eleven #38720a, tampa
- 7-eleven #38845a, ruskin
- 7-eleven #38858a, tampa
- 7-eleven 10326b, temple terrace
- 7-eleven 22724a, tampa
- 7-eleven 23741c, tampa
- 7-eleven 24059a, tampa
- 7-eleven 24504b, tampa
- 7-eleven 25715b, tampa
- 7-eleven 26339a, tampa
- 7-eleven 27097a, tampa
- 7-eleven 27433b, tampa
- 7-eleven 32733b, plant city
- 7-eleven 35618b, riverview
- 7-eleven 35646a, tampa
- 7-eleven 36759b, tampa
- 7-eleven 37659a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37660a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37665a, lutz
- 7-eleven 37667a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37668a, apollo beach
- 7-eleven 37671a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37675a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37678a, temple terrace
- 7-eleven 37682a, tampa
- 7-eleven 37747a, tampa
- 7-eleven 38247a, riverview
- 7-eleven 38452, riverview
- 7-eleven 38769a, tampa
- 7-eleven 38874a, ruskin
- 7-eleven 39268b, lithia
- 7-eleven 40346a, tampa
- 7-eleven 40404a, tampa
- 7-eleven 40420a, tampa
- 7-eleven 41178a, wimauma
- 7-eleven 41709a, odessa
- 7-eleven store #34349b 34349b, seffner
- 7-eleven store #42163a 42163a, lutz
- 7-eleven store #42331a 42331a, gibsonton
- 7-eleven store 37012c, tampa
- 7th heaven food mart, tampa
- aa royalty capital, tampa
- albany supermarket and more, tampa
- alexander mobil, plant city
- am.pm food mart inc, brandon
- americana energy holdings, tampa
- antioch food store, plant city
- ara food store, tampa
- arifa fresh market, tampa
- armenia sunoco, tampa
- b & r market inc, tampa
- big bend fuel, gibsonton
- buddy and danny grocery, tampa
- balm mobil, riverview
- balm river gas & food, riverview
- baraka tampa, tampa
- bayside deli inc, tampa
- bearss exxon, tampa
- bearss quick mart, tampa
- bela & abi mart, tampa
- bellshoals circle k, valrico
- beverage castle, plant city
- bigbend marathon, riverview
- black radish bodega, tampa
- blueberry food mart, plant city
- boyette shell, riverview
- branch forbes shell, plant city
- broadway mobil 39500a, tampa
- broadway quick mart, tampa
- brummeyer's one stop, plant city
- bulls chevron, tampa
- bulls citgo, tampa
- bulls marathon, tampa
- chevron food mart, tampa
- circle citgo, tampa
- circle k 2700159, tampa
- circle k 2701690, tampa
- circle k 2701866, tampa
- circle k 2704131, tampa
- circle k 2704146, tampa
- circle k 2704440, apollo beach
- circle k 2704875, tampa
- circle k 2705075, seffner
- circle k 2707032, gibsonton
- circle k 2707058, tampa
- circle k 2707074, thonotosassa
- circle k 2707106, tampa
- circle k 2707108, dover
- circle k 2707109, riverview
- circle k 2707112, thonotosassa
- circle k 2707149, riverview
- circle k 2707153, crystal springs
- circle k 2707169, wimauma
- circle k 2707187, plant city
- circle k 2707202, lithia
- circle k 2707358, plant city
- circle k 2707435, tampa
- circle k 2707443, tampa
- circle k 2707474, tampa
- circle k 2707494, tampa
- circle k 2707550, plant city
- circle k 2707556, plant city
- circle k 2707557, plant city
- circle k 2707558, plant city
- circle k 2707561, plant city
- circle k 2707563, plant city
- circle k 2707566, brandon
- circle k 2707567, tampa
- circle k 2707630, ruskin
- circle k 2707681, tampa
- circle k 2707961, tampa
- circle k 2708531, tampa
- circle k 2708536, tampa
- circle k 2708626, tampa
- circle k 2708802, tampa
- circle k 2708811, tampa
- circle k 2709708, ruskin
- circle k 2709776, tampa
- circle k 2709777, tampa
- circle k 2709778, brandon
- circle k 2709780, seffner
- circle k 2709789, tampa
- circle k 2709791, temple terrace
- circle k 2709792, tampa
- circle k 2709793, tampa
- circle k 2709796, odessa
- circle k 2709797, tampa
- circle k 2709801, tampa
- circle k 2709835, tampa
- circle k 2709908, tampa
- city discount food mart, tampa
- circle k 9826, brandon
- causeway food, tampa
- causeway marathon 1, riverview
- causeway mobil, brandon
- causeway sunoco, tampa
- channel side food mart, tampa
- charlies express mart, plant city
- charlies market, tampa
- chevron, tampa
- chevron food mart, tampa
- chevron of hillsborough, tampa
- chevron of pebble creek, tampa
- chidos store, plant city
- circle k 2707062, tampa
- circle k 2726539, tampa
- circle k 5045, apollo beach
- circle k 7017, plant city
- circle k 7053, lutz
- circle k 7642, gibsonton
- circle k 7645, riverview
- circle k 9203, tampa
- circle k 9214, lutz
- circle k egypt lake, tampa
- citgo, plant city
- citgo food mart, tampa
- citgo foods, seffner
- city life food mart, tampa
- columbus mobil, tampa
- convenience king, brandon
- corner store, tampa
- corner store, tampa
- corner store, tampa
- corner store, plant city
- cross creek mobil, tampa
- cross creek shell, tampa
- d & d grocery, lithia
- delta food mart, seffner
- david and hana community mkt, tampa
- daybreak market d1147, riverview
- dee's food corner, tampa
- deli food store, plant city
- desi food mart, tampa
- discount food mart, tampa
- discount food store, tampa
- dollar to go n/a, tampa
- dover arco, dover
- dover shell circlek, dover
- durant food mart, plant city
- east waters citgo, tampa
- el famoso borinquen meat market, tampa
- el rincon oaxaqueno, gibsonton
- el vecino market and deli, tampa
- emanuel marathon, tampa
- emanuel marathon of 50th st, inc, tampa
- emanuel shell 37653, tampa
- european flavors, brandon
- excel food & gas, tampa
- food and things store, plant city
- fort lonesome food mart, lithia
- fairview amoco, tampa
- farm store drive thru, tampa
- farmer food mart, plant city
- fat boy, tampa
- five flags corporation, tampa
- flatwood marathon, tampa
- fletcher chevron, tampa
- fletcher food mart llc, temple terrace
- fletcher mobil, tampa
- florida mobil, tampa
Showing 250 of 1,057 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 Florida
One of 66 counties in Florida, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Hillsborough County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Hillsborough County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside FL (29.9% here).
- Whitfield County, GA · 29.9% low-access
- Prowers County, CO · 29.9% low-access
- McDonough County, IL · 29.9% low-access
- Richland County, ND · 29.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (13.3% here).
- Hancock County, IL · 13.3% SNAP
- Henry County, IL · 13.3% SNAP
- Appanoose County, IA · 13.3% SNAP
- Tallapoosa County, AL · 13.3% 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.
Florida among South Atlantic states
Florida ranks 4th of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Hillsborough County, at 29.9%, runs 4.8 pts above the Florida rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
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 .
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