County food-access profile · Georgia
Richmond County, GA
Richmond County sits among the counties with the widest food-access gaps the USDA tracks, most residents here live well outside a comfortable walk or drive to a supermarket. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 47.6%
- low-access pop.
- 25
- food-desert tracts
- 21.1%
- on SNAP
- 206K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
47.6% of Richmond County residents live in a low-access area, and 25 of its 47 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 37
- low-access tracts
- 42K
- food-desert residents
- 9.9%
- households, no vehicle
- 20.0%
- 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).
Richmond County carries one of the more serious food-access burdens the USDA Atlas tracks: its low-access share of 47.6% is well above the national share. 37 of the county's 47 census tracts fall into that category, areas where residents live far from a supermarket, covering about 95,414 people. 25 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 42,202 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 Richmond County compares nationally
Richmond County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 47.6% low-access share outpaces 93% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #233 most-affected nationwide.
Richmond County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 47 census tracts in Richmond County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Richmond County vs. other Georgia counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Georgia
- Richmond
Richmond County, GA
47.6 % 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 | 47 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 200,549 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 37 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 25 |
| Low-Access Population | 95,414 |
| Low-Access Share | 47.6%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 42,202 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 206,069 |
| Median Household Income | $55,637 |
| Poverty Rate | 20.0%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 16,177 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 21.1%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 9.9%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 4.5% |
About 21.1% of Richmond County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 47.6% of residents are low-access, well above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 21.1% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 16,177 households here.
- 9.9% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 25 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 Richmond County
well above the national share
25 of Richmond County's 47 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 53.2% of all its tracts.
A further 12 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 37.
An estimated 95,414 residents, roughly 47.6% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 42,202 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 10 tracts (21.3%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Richmond County
Richmond County has 237 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 134 locations (57% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 134
- a 1 stop, augusta
- a-one stores, hephzibah
- am-pm convenience store, augusta
- aggies, augusta
- aggies ii convenience store, augusta
- am pm truckstop5, augusta
- am-pm travel center, blythe
- aman food mart, augusta
- amex mart, hephzibah
- andy foodmart, augusta
- boundary market, augusta
- bp national hills, augusta
- c mart, augusta
- c's corner conveniece store llc, augusta
- circle k 05372, augusta
- circle k 2705378, augusta
- circle k 3170, hephzibah
- circle k 3171, augusta
- circle k 3174, augusta
- circle k 3180, augusta
- circle k 5341, augusta
- circle k store 3168, augusta
- circle k stores inc. 2707036, augusta
- central mart, augusta
- chevron food mart, augusta
- chevron food mart, augusta
- circle k 2703175, augusta
- circle k 2703271, augusta
- circle k 2705334, augusta
- circle k 2723264, augusta
- circle k 2723266, augusta
- circle k 2723737, augusta
- circle k 4463, augusta
- circle k 5337, augusta
- circle k 5365, augusta
- circle k store 3178, augusta
- circle k store 3179, augusta
- circle k store 5373, augusta
- circle k store 5581, augusta
- circle k store 5582, augusta
- citgo gas station, hephzibah
- coliseum, augusta
- corner mini mart, augusta
- corner store, augusta
- country corner # 11, augusta
- country corner 10, augusta
- discount food stop, augusta
- downtown corner store, augusta
- downtown smoke shop, augusta
- express mart, augusta
- ez go, augusta
- ez stop & shop, augusta
- five star fuels, augusta
- flowers bakery outlet 630, augusta
- food mart, augusta
- forest hill's market, augusta
- fortune lottery, augusta
- gas express, augusta
- gas express llc 288, augusta
- gas pro travel center 203, hephzibah
- gas world #3, augusta
- gasworld 13, augusta
- gasworld 17, augusta
- gasworld 9, augusta
- get it to go, augusta
- get n go, augusta
- good to go 6, augusta
- goshen grocery, augusta
- h and a sales enterprises llc, augusta
- highway 1 food mart, hephzibah
- in-n-out market, augusta
- in-n-out market lottery store, augusta
- in-n-out market lottery store, augusta
- jones corner, augusta
- joy food mart, augusta
- king food mart, augusta
- la casa latina, augusta
- lotto market, augusta
- lotto market, hephzibah
- lotto shine, augusta
- lucky 7 0, augusta
- mom & pop convenience store, augusta
- macks kuntry store 1, blythe
- masters food mart, augusta
- masters xpress, augusta
- murphy usa 7639, augusta
- neighborhood store, augusta
- ok mart, augusta
- olde town bp, augusta
- on track fuel, hephzibah
- p j store, augusta
- parker's 110, augusta
- parker's 118, augusta
- parker's 125, hephzibah
- parker's 132, augusta
- pic n mov, augusta
- pick n pay, hephzibah
- pine hill food store, hephzibah
- pops lucky shop, hephzibah
- presidential mart, augusta
- quickstop hephzibah, hephzibah
- richmond hill market, augusta
- raceway 6812, augusta
- raceway 868, augusta
- raceway921, augusta
- sai balaji inc, hephzibah
- savin haven, augusta
- shell quick stop, augusta
- shoppers stop, augusta
- short stop, augusta
- smart grocery, augusta
- smile grocery, augusta
- south pole llc, augusta
- split stop 2161, augusta
- split stop 3745, augusta
- sprint 900701, augusta
- sprint 900709, hephzibah
- sprint 900712, hephzibah
- sprint 900715, augusta
- sprint 900716, augusta
- sprint 900732, augusta
- sun food mart, augusta
- super express 3, augusta
- super express 6, augusta
- super express 7, augusta
- texaco food mart, augusta
- the station house, augusta
- thriftee supermarket, augusta
- time saver gro, augusta
- time saver gro #3, augusta
- town & country store, hephzibah
- victor investments 2022, augusta
- wally's, hephzibah
- yogi convenience store, augusta
Combination Grocery/Other · 65
- cvs pharmacy 3378, augusta
- cvs pharmacy 4119, augusta
- cvs pharmacy 4583, augusta
- cvs pharmacy 7746, augusta
- crab king southgate, augusta
- dollar general 13846, augusta
- dollar general 18535, augusta
- dollar general 2714, augusta
- dollar general 3877, augusta
- dollar general 6880, hephzibah
- dollar general 7732, augusta
- dollar general 9523, hephzibah
- dollar tree 0108, augusta
- dollartree 10795, augusta
- dollartree 8902, augusta
- dollartree 9351, augusta
- dollartree 9738, hephzibah
- dollar general 10550, hephzibah
- dollar general 12473, augusta
- dollar general 16666, blythe
- dollar general 17818, augusta
- dollar general 20015, augusta
- dollar general 21393, hephzibah
- dollar general 21487, augusta
- dollar general 22343, augusta
- dollar general 23723, augusta
- dollar general 23879, hephzibah
- dollar general 25328, augusta
- dollar general 25930, hephzibah
- dollar general store 18030, augusta
- dollar tree 3292, augusta
- dollar tree 4500, augusta
- dollar tree 565, augusta
- dollar tree 7431, augusta
- dollar tree 8285, hephzibah
- dollar tree 9531, augusta
- express lottery, augusta
- family dollar store 5438, augusta
- family dollar store 6058, augusta
- family dollar 11528, augusta
- family dollar 11533, augusta
- family dollar 11567, augusta
- family dollar 13105, hephzibah
- family dollar 13763, augusta
- family dollar 139, augusta
- family dollar 1471, augusta
- family dollar 3008, augusta
- family dollar 3854, augusta
- family dollar 4344, augusta
- family dollar 9308, augusta
- family dollar store 3485, augusta
- family dollar store 374, augusta
- family dollar store 4383, hephzibah
- family dollar store 4402, augusta
- family dollar store 6060, augusta
- family dollar store 6612, hephzibah
- family dollar store 8564, augusta
- good earth produce and garden center, augusta
- jaho market, augusta
- oriental food & gift, augusta
- walgreen 06632, augusta
- walgreens 11827, augusta
- walgreens 11836, augusta
- walgreens 15333, hephzibah
- walgreens 19793, augusta
Super Store · 14
- augusta iga 655, augusta
- costco wholesale 1102, augusta
- freshtake grocery 650, augusta
- kj's market - tobacco rd 613, hephzibah
- kroger store 676, augusta
- kj' market-hephzibah 649, hephzibah
- kj's market-peach orchard 606, augusta
- kroger 664, augusta
- lanier's fresh meat market llc, augusta
- lild 1052, augusta
- target store t-1090, augusta
- walmart 1293, augusta
- walmart neighborhood market 2465, hephzibah
- walmart supercenter 4144, augusta
Supermarket · 7
- aldi 76115, augusta
- food lion 1447, augusta
- food lion 1540, augusta
- food lion 2860, augusta
- harveys supermarket 1682, augusta
- publix 0525, augusta
- the fresh market 015, augusta
Medium Grocery Store · 6
- bourda green international market, augusta
- cilantros latin market, augusta
- green street super market, augusta
- kingrich african international market and cafe, hephzibah
- radha indian asian grocers, augusta
- salva-mex tienda latina 1, augusta
Farmers' Market · 4
- garden city farmers market, augusta
- golden camp market, augusta
- laney walker farner's market 1, augusta
- south augusta - journey sherwood 30906, augusta
Seafood Specialty · 3
- carolina blue crab and shrimps llc 1, grovetown
- crab king ii, hephzibah
- island seafood, augusta
Small Grocery Store · 2
- mi lindo guanajuato tienda mexicana, llc, augusta
- prabish food mart, augusta
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- knights meat company inc, augusta
Military Commissary · 1
- fort gordon commissary 315, fort gordon
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Georgia
Compare Richmond County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
Richmond 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
Understand the Data
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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.