Signature · 959 SNAP-authorized stores
Orange County, FL
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Orange 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).
- 22.1%
- low-access pop.
- 33
- food-desert tracts
- 13.7%
- on SNAP
- 1.5M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Orange County, FL
LA-ELEVATED · PHOTO-FINISH · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 22.1% low-access
- PHOTO-FINISH +0.0 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 33 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 13.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 16% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Madison County ( -1.3 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Orange County ranks #1,523 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #44 of 67 counties in FL (22.1% low-access; 33 food-desert tracts).
- #1,523
- national by low-access %
- #44
- in FL
- 90
- low-access tracts
- 82K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 959 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Orange County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Orange County's 22.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 51% of them and ranked #1,523 most-affected nationwide.
Orange County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
206 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 33 LILA.
Orange County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (197 urban, 9 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 9 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Orange County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Hardee
Hardee 24.7%
24.7 % low-access
- Orange 22.1
Orange 22.1%
22.1 % low-access
- Madison 20.8
Madison 20.8%
20.8 % low-access
- Alachua 19.2
Alachua 19.2%
19.2 % low-access
- Hamilton 18.6
Hamilton 18.6%
18.6 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 206 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,145,956 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 90 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 33 |
| Low-Access Population | 253,327 |
| Low-Access Share | 22.1%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 82,280 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,471,937 |
| Median Household Income | $79,719 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 72,240 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.7%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.7%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Orange County
Orange County has 959 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 14 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 456 locations (48% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
22 towns share the 959 authorized stores; Orlando holds 77% of them. 14 of the 22 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Christmas, Zellwood, Edgewood, Lake Buena Vista, Mount Dora, Oakland and 8 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 736 | 187 |
| Apopka | 67 | 18 |
| Winter Garden | 46 | 11 |
| Winter Park | 39 | 13 |
| Ocoee | 38 | 10 |
| Maitland | 5 | 1 |
| Windermere | 5 | 3 |
| Christmas | 3 | none |
| Zellwood | 3 | none |
| Edgewood | 2 | none |
Top 10 of 22 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 456 (250 shown)
- 7 eleven 39430 a, orlando
- 7 eleven 21744a, orlando
- 7 eleven 25089k, orlando
- 7 eleven 32605, orlando
- 7 eleven 32761b, orlando
- 7 eleven store 32221c, orlando
- 7 eleven store 32360b, winter park
- 7 eleven store 36690c, maitland
- 7 eleven store 37924b, orlando
- 7 to 11 food mart, orlando
- 7-eleven 10009b, orlando
- 7-eleven 23349a, orlando
- 7-eleven 23429a, orlando
- 7-eleven 25608, maitland
- 7-eleven 29271a, apopka
- 7-eleven 29789a, orlando
- 7-eleven 30046a, orlando
- 7-eleven 30048j, orlando
- 7-eleven 32101a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32158a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32183a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32216a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32410a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32669 b, orlando
- 7-eleven 32704 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32798 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33088a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33172a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33186a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33351-b, orlando
- 7-eleven 33974 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 10022, orlando
- 7-eleven 22177a, orlando
- 7-eleven 22720j, orlando
- 7-eleven 24162k, orlando
- 7-eleven 24163a, orlando
- 7-eleven 24275j, orlando
- 7-eleven 25090a, orlando
- 7-eleven 26883k, apopka
- 7-eleven 27165a, orlando
- 7-eleven 27399j, orlando
- 7-eleven 27426b, winter garden
- 7-eleven 27501j, ocoee
- 7-eleven 27508 b, orlando
- 7-eleven 27590a, orlando
- 7-eleven 30045j, orlando
- 7-eleven 32106a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32135, orlando
- 7-eleven 32157b, orlando
- 7-eleven 32749a, winter garden
- 7-eleven 32779c, orlando
- 7-eleven 33230 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 34270b, orlando
- 7-eleven 34768a, orlando
- 7-eleven 34831j, apopka
- 7-eleven 34868, orlando
- 7-eleven 34880a, orlando
- 7-eleven 35747, orlando
- 7-eleven 36000h, orlando
- 7-eleven 36012b, orlando
- 7-eleven 36041j, orlando
- 7-eleven 36475j, orlando
- 7-eleven 36694a, orlando
- 7-eleven 37203h, orlando
- 7-eleven 37245h, orlando
- 7-eleven 38077h, orlando
- 7-eleven 38458a, orlando
- 7-eleven 39318j, edgewood
- 7-eleven 39368j, orlando
- 7-eleven 41280, winter garden
- 7-eleven 41544h, orlando
- 7-eleven 41953h, orlando
- 7-eleven store 17179b, orlando
- 7-eleven store 25295j, orlando
- 7-eleven store 26801j, orlando
- 7-eleven store 27236j, orlando
- 7-eleven store 27509, orlando
- 7-eleven store 37008a, orlando
- 7-eleven store 39285b, orlando
- 7-eleven store 41954a, orlando
- 7-eleven, inc. 25495j, orlando
- 7-eleven, inc. 37242h, orlando
- 7-eleven, inc. 38307j, orlando
- 7-eleven, inc. 41318h, apopka
- 7-eleven, inc. 41521h, winter garden
- 7-eleven #34778a, apopka
- 7-eleven #35766b, orlando
- 7-eleven #37611a, orlando
- 7-eleven #38218a, orlando
- 7-eleven #38377a, orlando
- 7-eleven #38860a, orlando
- 7-eleven #41149a, orlando
- 7-eleven 24607b, orlando
- 7-eleven 25081b, winter park
- 7-eleven 25088b, orlando
- 7-eleven 25967b, orlando
- 7-eleven 26830b, apopka
- 7-eleven 27121b, orlando
- 7-eleven 27504c, orlando
- 7-eleven 27505b, orlando
- 7-eleven 27506c, maitland
- 7-eleven 32244b, orlando
- 7-eleven 32690c, orlando
- 7-eleven 32698c, orlando
- 7-eleven 32838b, orlando
- 7-eleven 32862b, orlando
- 7-eleven 33059b, orlando
- 7-eleven 33353b, orlando
- 7-eleven 34828a, ocoee
- 7-eleven 34845b, orlando
- 7-eleven 34846a, orlando
- 7-eleven 34872b, orlando
- 7-eleven 34881a, orlando
- 7-eleven 34912a, winter garden
- 7-eleven 35277a, orlando
- 7-eleven 35307a, orlando
- 7-eleven 35322b, winter garden
- 7-eleven 35328a, orlando
- 7-eleven 35465a, orlando
- 7-eleven 35825a, orlando
- 7-eleven 36806a, orlando
- 7-eleven 37232a, orlando
- 7-eleven 37567a, orlando
- 7-eleven 37691a, orlando
- 7-eleven 38082a, orlando
- 7-eleven 38204a, gotha
- 7-eleven 38317a, orlando
- 7-eleven 38323a, orlando
- 7-eleven 39186b, winter garden
- 7-eleven 39299b, orlando
- 7-eleven 41597a, orlando
- 7-eleven store #27503b 27503, orlando
- 7-eleven store #29331b 29331b, orlando
- 7-eleven store #41948a 41948, orlando
- 7-eleven store #42362a 42362a, ocoee
- 7-eleven store 10017b, winter park
- 7-eleven store 29775b, orlando
- 7-eleven store 35733b 35733b, orlando
- 77 food & lotto, orlando
- 7_eleven 32895 a, orlando
- american eagle food mart, orlando
- ami 83 food mart, orlando
- amrut grocery, orlando
- anny food mart, orlando
- apopka quick mart, apopka
- apopka quick mart, apopka
- apopka vape & mini mart, apopka
- asha food mart, orlando
- b&m 99 cents & up store, orlando
- basic needs food mart 01, orlando
- beer wine sub smokes and lotto, orlando
- beggs mart, orlando
- bens market, orlando
- best food market, orlando
- bonneville marathon, orlando
- buddy's food & lotto, orlando
- circle k 2704110, orlando
- circle k 2704955, orlando
- circle k 2707303, orlando
- circle k 2707340, bithlo
- circle k 2707432, orlando
- circle k 2707440, ocoee
- circle k 2707456, orlando
- circle k 2707490, winter garden
- circle k 2707510, orlando
- circle k 2707514, christmas
- circle k 2707787, orlando
- circle k 2708529, winter garden
- circle k 2708613, orlando
- circle k 2708615, orlando
- circle k 2708953, orlando
- circle k 2708954, orlando
- circle k 2708955, orlando
- circle k 2708956, orlando
- circle k 2708960, orlando
- circle k 2708961, orlando
- circle k 2708963, winter park
- circle k 2708964, orlando
- circle k 2708965, orlando
- circle k 2708969, orlando
- circle k 2708972, orlando
- circle k 2708974, ocoee
- circle k 2708975, orlando
- circle k 2708980, ocoee
- circle k 2709741, orlando
- circle k 2709742, winter park
- circle k 2709744, orlando
- circle k 2709745, orlando
- circle k 2709747, orlando
- circle k 2709754, orlando
- circle k 2709755, orlando
- circle k 2709756, orlando
- circle k 2709758, orlando
- circle k 2709760, orlando
- chevron, orlando
- chevron food mart, winter garden
- christmas grocery, christmas
- circle k, apopka
- circle k 2721063, zellwood
- circle k 2721276, orlando
- circle k 2721288, apopka
- circle k 2722103, ocoee
- circle k 2722106, orlando
- circle k 2722116, oakland
- circle k 2722207, orlando
- circle k 2722334, apopka
- circle k 2722404, apopka
- circle k 2722504, orlando
- circle k 2722805, ocoee
- circle k 2726189, orlando
- circle k 2726294, ocoee
- circle k 2726532, orlando
- circle k 5846, apopka
- circle k 7218, apopka
- circle k shell on edgewater, orlando
- citgo, orlando
- citgo / krave station, orlando
- citgo food mart, orlando
- citgo rightway food store, orlando
- city store, orlando
- city street market, orlando
- colonial plaza citgo, orlando
- corner grocery store, orlando
- curry ford shell, orlando
- diamond food store, orlando
- eastside asian market, orlando
- flowers bakery outlet 0031, winter park
- flowers bakery outlet 32, orlando
- food mart, orlando
- food mart, orlando
- food mart, orlando
- forsyth marathon, orlando
- fresh produce fruits meat and grocery, winter park
- fresh stop #1412 1416, orlando
- full service, orlando
- gas food & go, orlando
- gas n shop i, orlando
- goldenrod food mart, orlando
- goodies food mart, orlando
- gore street station, orlando
- grand market n/a, orlando
- griffin's general store, apopka
- guatemex llc, orlando
- hi-way mart, orlando
- hinal nelson inc, winter garden
- hud hud grocers, orlando
- itig quick mart, orlando
- indo super mart, apopka
- island food mart, orlando
- jai santram inc, winter garden
Showing 250 of 959 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.
Compare Orange County vs Alachua County → · All Florida counties →
Nationwide peers for Orange County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Orange 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 (22.1% here).
- Dallas County, IA · 22.1% low-access
- Conway County, AR · 22.1% low-access
- Union County, IA · 22.1% low-access
- Douglas County, KS · 22.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (13.7% here).
- Screven County, GA · 13.7% SNAP
- Kent County, DE · 13.7% SNAP
- Crawford County, IL · 13.7% SNAP
- Madison County, IL · 13.7% 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%). Orange County, at 22.1%, runs 3.0 pts below 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 .
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, FL are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 12095. 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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