Signature · 1,055 SNAP-authorized stores
Sacramento County, CA
Sacramento County's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 16.8%
- low-access pop.
- 25
- food-desert tracts
- 14.2%
- on SNAP
- 1.6M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Sacramento County, CA
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 16.8% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -5.3 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 25 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 14.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.6% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 8% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Monterey County ( -0.2 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Sacramento County ranks #1,966 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #32 of 58 counties in CA (16.8% low-access; 25 food-desert tracts).
- #1,966
- national by low-access %
- #32
- in CA
- 89
- low-access tracts
- 60K
- 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: 1,055 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Sacramento County compares nationally
Sacramento County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 16.8% low-access share that beats 37% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,966).
Sacramento County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
317 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 25 LILA.
Sacramento County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (304 urban, 13 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 13 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Sacramento County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in California, not a full county-board reprint
- Sierra
Sierra 88.2%
88.2 % low-access
- San Benito 17.9
San Benito 17.9%
17.9 % low-access
- Imperial 17.6
Imperial 17.6%
17.6 % low-access
- Trinity 17.6
Trinity 17.6%
17.6 % low-access
- Sacramento 16.8
Sacramento 16.8%
16.8 % low-access
- Monterey 16.6
Monterey 16.6%
16.6 % low-access
- Amador 0.2
Amador 0.2%
0.2 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 317 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,418,788 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 89 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 25 |
| Low-Access Population | 238,548 |
| Low-Access Share | 16.8%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 59,972 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,594,006 |
| Median Household Income | $92,175 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.5%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 81,145 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.2%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.6%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Sacramento County
Sacramento County has 1,055 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 548 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
21 towns share the 1,055 authorized stores; Sacramento holds 58% of them. 6 of the 21 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Elverta, Isleton, Mcclellan, Wilton, Courtland, Herald.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento | 617 | 173 |
| Elk Grove | 78 | 30 |
| Citrus Heights | 67 | 18 |
| Rancho Cordova | 61 | 19 |
| Folsom | 46 | 16 |
| Carmichael | 43 | 11 |
| North Highlands | 34 | 13 |
| Fair Oaks | 28 | 6 |
| Galt | 18 | 5 |
| Orangevale | 18 | 4 |
Top 10 of 21 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 548 (250 shown)
- 1 stop food & liquor 1, orangevale
- 21st amendment liquor, sacramento
- 5 star liquor & food, carmichael
- 5th st market, sacramento
- 6/49 liquors, north highlands
- 65th stockton shell, sacramento
- 7 eleven 14068e, orangevale
- 7 eleven 14098a, rancho cordova
- 7 eleven 14107f, sacramento
- 7 eleven 23265d, sacramento
- 7 eleven 24815 b, citrus heights
- 7 eleven 23015g 23015g, north highlands
- 7 eleven 2364 14060g, citrus heights
- 7 eleven 2364-37217a 37217a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 2365 35347 35347, rancho cordova
- 7 eleven 2365-18185d 18185d, sacramento
- 7 eleven 2365-24604c 24604c, sacramento
- 7 eleven 2365-39573a 39573a, elk grove
- 7 eleven 24276f, sacramento
- 7 eleven 34575a, citrus heights
- 7 eleven 34677a, citrus heights
- 7 eleven 37620a 37620a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 38424a 38424a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 38703b 38703b, orangevale
- 7 eleven 39155b 39155b, sacramento
- 7 eleven 39207b, gold river
- 7 eleven 39425c 39425c, sacramento
- 7 eleven 39572c, sacramento
- 7 eleven 39887a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 41227a 41227a, elk grove
- 7 eleven 41228a, elk grove
- 7 eleven 41251a 41251a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 41288a, sacramento
- 7 eleven 42175a, sacramento
- 7 eleven store 23233d, sacramento
- 7 eleven store 35351a, sacramento
- 7 eleven store 36868a, sacramento
- 7 stop foodmart, rancho cordova
- 7-eleven #18328 e 18328e, fair oaks
- 7-eleven (gill) 23226 b, sacramento
- 7-eleven (singh) 24147 c, sacramento
- 7-eleven 14119f, sacramento
- 7-eleven 16350 d, sacramento
- 7-eleven 19156 d, citrus heights
- 7-eleven 22979 t, citrus heights
- 7-eleven 26598 c, sacramento
- 7-eleven 29253 c, sacramento
- 7-eleven 16081 e, north highlands
- 7-eleven 23040d, sacramento
- 7-eleven 34492a, sacramento
- 7-eleven 34629a, sacramento
- 7-eleven 35491a, sacramento
- 7-eleven 59099, sacramento
- 7-eleven inc - 7 eleven 33315a, sacramento
- 7-eleven store 23010, carmichael
- 7-eleven store 32836a, sacramento
- 7-eleven store 35481a, sacramento
- 7-eleven store 39576a, galt
- 7-eleven store 42143h, rancho cordova
- 7-eleven, inc. 42011h, sacramento
- 7-eleven store 23615, rio linda
- 99 plus mart, sacramento
- a&m food and liquor, sacramento
- a1 market, sacramento
- a1 mart, sacramento
- a1marketplace, sacramento
- afg kabul market & ice cream, sacramento
- ace liquor, sacramento
- aery's market, sacramento
- aj mini mart and more, carmichael
- all nation market, sacramento
- am pm 2126, fair oaks
- american food store, orangevale
- anatolia chevron 6068, rancho cordova
- antelope & roseville road chevron, sacramento
- antelope 76 martket, citrus heights
- antelope food & gas, antelope
- antelope liquors, antelope
- antelope shell 10, citrus heights
- archway market, rio linda
- arco 83950, rancho cordova
- arco am pm 7099, sacramento
- arco am/pm, folsom
- arco am pm, gold river
- arco am pm, north highlands
- arco am/pm, sacramento
- arco am/pm # 83909 83909, citrus heights
- arco am/pm 83402, citrus heights
- arco ampm, antelope
- arco ampm 04398, sacramento
- arco ampm 7029, rancho cordova
- arco ampm 7062, sacramento
- arco ampm 7122, north highlands
- arco ampm 7131, sacramento
- arco ampm 7173, sacramento
- arco ampm 7192, elk grove
- arco ampm 7222, citrus heights
- arco ampm 82538, sacramento
- arco ampm 82803, rancho cordova
- arco ampm 83008, elk grove
- arco ampm 83815, galt
- arco broadway, sacramento
- arden mini mart 2304, sacramento
- arden way chevron, sacramento
- aria gas and market 2, sacramento
- art's liquor, sacramento
- astro am/pm 2166, sacramento
- auburn gas & food, citrus heights
- auburn shell 30, sacramento
- b & e market, sacramento
- b & l cash market, sacramento
- b brothers mini mart, sacramento
- b&w liquors or bottle shop, sacramento
- bm petro inc, carmichael
- banwait petro inc, sacramento
- bargain super market, citrus heights
- bell arco, sacramento
- better trade market, sacramento
- bhullar, inc., north highlands
- bills liquor and deli, sacramento
- bills market, rio linda
- blackfoot am/pm, antelope
- blanca's meat market, sacramento
- bond road chevron 6100, elk grove
- bonfare market 33, sacramento
- bonfare market 38, sacramento
- bonfare market 40, sacramento
- boss liquor, north highlands
- boss's market, sacramento
- bottles up, citrus heights
- break time mini mart, sacramento
- bros liquor, sacramento
- bruceville am pm 83829, elk grove
- buddy's supermarket, sacramento
- chima liquor store, sacramento
- choice food market, sacramento
- city food & deli, sacramento
- city liquor & food, sacramento
- city market, citrus heights
- cordova food & liquor, rancho cordova
- cal expo chevron 5945, sacramento
- california state university, sacramento (sac state, sacramento
- california wine & liquor, carmichael
- calvine 76, elk grove
- camellia city chevron, carmichael
- capital food and liquor, sacramento
- capitol grocery, sacramento
- carmichael shell 8, carmichael
- central market, walnut grove
- chevron, sacramento
- chevron 1323, elk grove
- chevron 1571, rancho cordova
- chevron 1578, sacramento
- chevron 1590, sacramento
- chevron 1598, citrus heights
- chevron 1704, rancho cordova
- chevron 1709, sacramento
- chevron 1749, folsom
- chevron 1751, folsom
- chevron 1754, sacramento
- chevron 1770, elk grove
- chevron 1795, elk grove
- chevron 2211, folsom
- chevron 2216, sacramento
- chevron on promenade, elk grove
- chevron station 2228, folsom
- chimas food & liquor, sacramento
- choice gas, sacramento
- cigarette cage plus, citrus heights
- circle 6 food store, sacramento
- circle 7 food liquor & gas, sacramento
- circle d gas mart, orangevale
- circle k 2720951, carmichael
- circle k 2721057, sacramento
- circle k 2725423, citrus heights
- circle k 2728768, sacramento
- circle k store 2655170, folsom
- circle m cigarette market, sacramento
- circle seven, sacramento
- citrus heights shell 22, citrus heights
- city food and liquor, sacramento
- coloma food and liquor, rancho cordova
- coloma grocery, rancho cordova
- coloma smoke shack 0, rancho cordova
- come n go, sacramento
- corner mart, folsom
- court liquors, sacramento
- courtland market, courtland
- discount grocery, north highlands
- discount liquor & foods, sacramento
- ds&d petroleum, sacramento
- dawes wine & spirits, rancho cordova
- dejacks country store, isleton
- delta food & fuel, walnut grove
- deluxe grocery store, sacramento
- dhillon's el camino shell, sacramento
- dhillons folsom shell, folsom
- diamond gas & mart 3, sacramento
- dillard store, wilton
- discount cigarettes 1, sacramento
- discount liqour, sacramento
- discount liquor mini market, citrus heights
- double shot liquor, citrus heights
- downtown ampm 82821, sacramento
- dulceria socami, llc, sacramento
- e z stop, sacramento
- e-z stop, rancho cordova
- e-z mart liqour, citrus heights
- eagle gas & liquor, sacramento
- ernie's liquor & deli, sacramento
- eastern am/pm mini market, sacramento
- el camino market, sacramento
- el camino shift change, sacramento
- el centro chevron, sacramento
- elder creek market, sacramento
- eli's market, sacramento
- elite capital investments, sacramento
- elk grove chevron, elk grove
- elk grove chevron 5737, elk grove
- elk grove discount wine & liquor, elk grove
- elk grove florin chevron 379138, elk grove
- elk grove grab n go, elk grove
- elk grove shell, elk grove
- elk grove shell 23, elk grove
- elverta food and liquor, elverta
- elverta market, elverta
- elverta shell 54, antelope
- empire food and liquor, citrus heights
- eric's donuts, sacramento
- express mart, sacramento
- express stop food & liquor, sacramento
- express stop market, sacramento
- ez stop 1, sacramento
- farmers country market, citrus heights
- full stop & save, rancho cordova
- fair oaks liquor barn, carmichael
- fair oaks market, carmichael
- family market, sacramento
- famous smoke 1, sacramento
- fast n easy food mart, sacramento
- fast stop food store, sacramento
- fast stop foos store, sacramento
- fastrip8895 llc 8895, sacramento
- florin foodmart and gasoline, sacramento
- florin fuel, inc., sacramento
- folsom dam market, folsom
- folsom lake wine and spirits, folsom
- food mart, sacramento
- food shop, sacramento
- food stop, sacramento
Showing 250 of 1,055 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.
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Nationwide peers for Sacramento County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Sacramento 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 (16.8% here).
- Rock Island County, IL · 16.8% low-access
- Clark County, KY · 16.8% low-access
- Madison County, NY · 16.8% low-access
- Cuyahoga County, OH · 16.8% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside CA (14.2% here).
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT · 14.2% SNAP
- Jefferson County, AL · 14.2% SNAP
- Covington County, AL · 14.2% SNAP
- Clay County, AL · 14.2% 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.
California among Pacific states
California ranks 5th of 5 Pacific states by population-weighted low-access (13.3%). Sacramento County, at 16.8%, runs 3.5 pts above the California rate.
- Alaska 30.9%
- Hawaii 26.7%
- Washington 23.1%
- Oregon 16.9%
- California 13.3%
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 Sacramento County, CA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 06067. 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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