Signature · 8.7% low-access (17th pct)
Orange County, CA
Orange County lands in the lower national band on low-access (8.7%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 8.7%
- low-access pop.
- 6
- food-desert tracts
- 8.5%
- on SNAP
- 3.2M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Orange County, CA
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 8.7% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -13.4 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 6 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 8.5% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 1% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Santa Clara County ( -0.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Orange County lands in the lower national band (8.7%, #2,584 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,584
- national by low-access %
- #50
- in CA
- 115
- low-access tracts
- 34K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 8.7% low-access (17th pct) (-13.4 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Orange County compares nationally
Orange County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 8.7% low-access share that beats 17% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,586).
Orange County's lower-band USDA tier split
582 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 6 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Orange County has 579 urban and 3 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.
Orange County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in California, not a full county-board reprint
- Sierra
Sierra 88.2%
88.2 % low-access
- Stanislaus 9.7
Stanislaus 9.7%
9.7 % low-access
- Orange 8.7
Orange 8.7%
8.7 % low-access
- Santa Clara 8.5
Santa Clara 8.5%
8.5 % low-access
- Alameda 8.1
Alameda 8.1%
8.1 % low-access
- Mariposa 8.1
Mariposa 8.1%
8.1 % low-access
- Amador 0.2
Amador 0.2%
0.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 582 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 3,010,232 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 115 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 6 |
| Low-Access Population | 261,041 |
| Low-Access Share | 8.7%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 33,752 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 3,165,820 |
| Median Household Income | $116,289 |
| Poverty Rate | 9.5%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 91,924 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 8.5%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.8%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Orange County
Orange County has 1,496 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 205 locations (14% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 205
- afrikana market, anaheim
- ambala sweets & spices, anaheim
- anh minh supermarket, westminster
- best vegetarian world, santa ana
- boutique samoa market 3, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 09758, la habra
- cvs pharmacy 10223, la habra
- cvs pharmacy 10225, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 10806, tustin
- cvs pharmacy 11111, brea
- cvs pharmacy 3057, laguna niguel
- cvs pharmacy 4043, los alamitos
- cvs pharmacy 5837, buena park
- cvs pharmacy 5841, santa ana
- cvs pharmacy 6710, ladera ranch
- cvs pharmacy 6768, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 6770, rancho santa margarita
- cvs pharmacy 6782, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 7079, fullerton
- cvs pharmacy 7088, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 819, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 8830, costa mesa
- cvs pharmacy 8834, foothill ranch
- cvs pharmacy 8843, seal beach
- cvs pharmacy 8846, trabuco canyon
- cvs pharmacy 8849, santa ana
- cvs pharmacy 8850, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 8855, santa ana
- cvs pharmacy 8861, buena park
- cvs pharmacy 8862, garden grove
- cvs pharmacy 8863, laguna niguel
- cvs pharmacy 8869, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 8872, aliso viejo
- cvs pharmacy 8874, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 8877, tustin
- cvs pharmacy 8880, laguna niguel
- cvs pharmacy 8881, newport beach
- cvs pharmacy 8882, san clemente
- cvs pharmacy 8883, santa ana
- cvs pharmacy 8885, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 8890, tustin
- cvs pharmacy 8891, mission viejo
- cvs pharmacy 8893, san clemente
- cvs pharmacy 9119, orange
- cvs pharmacy 9242, mission viejo
- cvs pharmacy 9246, laguna woods
- cvs pharmacy 9373, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 9481, stanton
- cvs pharmacy 9483, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 9484, costa mesa
- cvs pharmacy 9485, mission viejo
- cvs pharmacy 9486, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 9491, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 9492, yorba linda
- cvs pharmacy 9497, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 9510, westminster
- cvs pharmacy 9540, newport beach
- cvs pharmacy 9551, seal beach
- cvs pharmacy 9555, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9560, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9561, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 9562, irvine
- cvs pharmacy 9569, fountain valley
- cvs pharmacy 9575, cypress
- cvs pharmacy 9577, huntington beach
- cvs pharmacy 9581, dana point
- cvs pharmacy 9583, santa ana
- cvs pharmacy 9587, lake forest
- cvs pharmacy 9591, laguna beach
- cvs pharmacy 9598, fullerton
- cvs pharmacy 9725, orange
- cvs pharmacy 9744, orange
- cvs pharmacy 9747, placentia
- cvs pharmacy 9753, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9759, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9760, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9762, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9774, anaheim
- cvs pharmacy 9831, la habra
- cvs pharmacy 9863, costa mesa
- cvs pharmacy 9905, yorba linda
- cvs pharmacy 9912, dana point
- cvs pharmacy 9924, laguna niguel
- cvs pharmacy cvs11420, corona del mar
- cali foodies wholesale, garden grove
- carniceria la costenita, santa ana
- cecinas perez 1, santa ana
- chung's grocery, garden grove
- corredor oaxaqueno oc, anaheim
- dollartree 10421, anaheim
- dollartree 10494, cypress
- dollartree 10498, brea
- dollartree 10520, huntington beach
- dollartree 10537, huntington beach
- dollartree 10542, placentia
- dollartree 10552, huntington beach
- dollartree 10556, orange
- dollartree 10564, tustin
- dollartree 10571, tustin
- dollartree 10572, santa ana
- dollartree 10891, orange
- dollartree 8702, aliso viejo
- dollartree 8775, la habra
- dollartree 8867, anaheim
- dollartree 8918, orange
- dollartree 9636, la palma
- dollartree 9670, fullerton
- dale mini market 1, anaheim
- dollar tree 1823, cypress
- dollar tree 1924, anaheim
- dollar tree 1954, la habra
- dollar tree 2039, fullerton
- dollar tree 2053, garden grove
- dollar tree 2325, orange
- dollar tree 2474, westminster
- dollar tree 3262, buena park
- dollar tree 4021, mission viejo
- dollar tree 4307, westminster
- dollar tree 4370, fountain valley
- dollar tree 4437, fullerton
- dollar tree 4525, capistrano beach
- dollar tree 4530, santa ana
- dollar tree 4678, garden grove
- dollar tree 4714, santa ana
- dollar tree 4725, garden grove
- dollar tree 4758, tustin
- dollar tree 4788, buena park
- dollar tree 4933, orange
- dollar tree 5010, fountain valley
- dollar tree 5023, seal beach
- dollar tree 5053, huntington beach
- dollar tree 5131, anaheim
- dollar tree 5335, costa mesa
- dollar tree 5341, san juan capistrano
- dollar tree 5706, mission viejo
- dollar tree 5862, santa ana
- dollar tree 5864, buena park
- dollar tree 7201, laguna woods
- dollar tree 7374, fountain valley
- dollar tree 7741, trabuco canyon
- dollar tree 8282, foothill ranch
- dollar tree 8283, placentia
- dollar tree 8293, westminster
- dollar tree 8611, san clemente
- dollar tree 8622, lake forest
- dollar tree 8623, anaheim
- dollartree 9135, lake forest
- el toro meat market, santa ana
- el pollotote pollo fresco 2, anaheim
- ha met jackfruit, garden grove
- india spices and groceries inc., tustin
- international india bazaar, fullerton
- kotto market, fullerton
- la aguila market, westminster
- la bahia de acapulco market, santa ana
- little india 1, fullerton
- maponaru, garden grove
- mother's market & kitchen, anaheim
- mother's market & kitchen, brea
- mother's market & kitchen, costa mesa
- mother's market & kitchen, santa ana
- mother's market & kitchen, irvine
- mother's market & kitchen, laguna woods
- mother's market & kitchen, huntington beach
- mr pollo fresco, garden grove
- mr. pollo fresco inc., garden grove
- nam hoa market, garden grove
- namaste plaza, irvine
- nina's indian and british grocery, lake forest
- oc mart, garden grove
- pollo fresco llc, anaheim
- santa ana market, santa ana
- tambuli seafood market, cypress
- terrible's 285, newport beach
- thaison noodles, inc., westminster
- urthly vegan market, garden grove
- walgreens 01750, fullerton
- walgreens 02162, westminster
- walgreens 05672, la habra
- walgreens 05744, anaheim
- walgreens 05771, huntington beach
- walgreens 05881, huntington beach
- walgreens 05972, garden grove
- walgreens 06157, anaheim
- walgreens 06187, garden grove
- walgreens 06215, fullerton
- walgreens 06388, santa ana
- walgreens 06954, anaheim
- walgreens 06975, laguna niguel
- walgreens 07286, tustin
- walgreens 07629, cypress
- walgreens 07679, buena park
- walgreens 09089, huntington beach
- walgreens 09197, placentia
- walgreens 09883, irvine
- walgreens 10336, orange
- walgreens 11241, aliso viejo
- walgreens 11652, costa mesa
- walgreens 11786, irvine
- walgreens 12140, huntington beach
- walgreens 12573, fountain valley
- walgreens 12916, rancho santa margarita
- walgreens 9534, fountain valley
- walgreens 9977, anaheim
- young's market, garden grove
Convenience Store · 43
- #1 chilled beer & vino grocery mart, la habra
- .bp ampm arco 42373, buena park
- 10951 imperial hwy inc 47050, stanton
- 17 food store, buena park
- 1st and fairview market, santa ana
- 7 eleven # 25985 25985, yorba linda
- 7 eleven 26846c, irvine
- 7 eleven 34344b, huntington beach
- 7 eleven store 13779 a, garden grove
- 7 eleven store 13794d, costa mesa
- 7 eleven store 13795 b, costa mesa
- 7 eleven store 13801 e, laguna hills
- 7 eleven store 13823 g, fountain valley
- 7 eleven store 14009 a, brea
- 7 eleven store 16927 a, fountain valley
- 7 eleven store 16995 d, fullerton
- 7 eleven store 17032e, anaheim
- 7 eleven store 17171 c, anaheim
- 7 eleven store 17782 f, westminster
- 7 eleven store 17839 e, tustin
- 7 eleven store 17840 e, buena park
- 7 eleven store 17841f, la habra
- 7 eleven store 18040 d, huntington beach
- 7 eleven store 18226e, costa mesa
- 7 eleven store 18771 g, stanton
- 7 eleven store 18838 f, brea
- 7 eleven store 20488 f, la palma
- 7 eleven store 21066 f, santa ana
- 7 eleven store 22080 c, santa ana
- 7 eleven store 22646 b, lake forest
- 7 eleven store 23162 d, anaheim
- 7 eleven store 25242 e, laguna hills
- 7 eleven store 25509 c, anaheim
- 7 eleven store 25703d, newport beach
- 7 eleven store 26073 d, anaheim
- 7 eleven store 26109 b, los alamitos
- 7 eleven store 26185 d, garden grove
- 7 eleven store 26314 d, orange
- 7 eleven store 26659 d, sunset beach
- 7 eleven store 26764 d, orange
- 7 eleven store 26766d, westminster
- 7 eleven store 27265 d, santa ana
- 7 eleven store 27331 c, westminster
Bakery Specialty · 2
- carrusel bakery & raspados, anaheim
- las tres princesas bakery, santa ana
Showing 250 of 1,496 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 California
One of 57 counties in California, 6 are shown here.
Compare Orange County vs Alameda County → · All California counties →
Counties near Orange County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Orange County, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside CA (8.7% here).
- Crawford County, IL · 8.7% low-access
- Crawford County, IL · 8.7% low-access
- Caswell County, NC · 8.7% low-access
- Caswell County, NC · 8.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside CA (8.5% here).
- Baxter County, AR · 8.5% SNAP
- Baxter County, AR · 8.5% SNAP
- Newton County, IN · 8.5% SNAP
- Newton County, IN · 8.5% 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.
Orange County inside a lower low-access state context
Orange County sits inside California (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 Orange County, CA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 06059. 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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