Signature · 42.5% SNAP (100th pct in TX)
Starr County, TX
Starr County stands out on SNAP (42.5%, +30.4 pts vs U.S.) with 33.9% low-access from USDA FARA 2019.
- 33.9%
- low-access pop.
- 8
- food-desert tracts
- 42.5%
- on SNAP
- 66K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Starr County, TX
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 33.9% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +11.8 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 8 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 42.5% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 53% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Cherokee County ( -0.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Starr County sits in the upper national band (33.9%, #677 of 3,079) with 8 LILA tracts.
- #677
- national by low-access %
- #67
- in TX
- 8
- low-access tracts
- 14K
- 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: 42.5% SNAP (100th pct in TX) (+30.4 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Starr County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Starr County's 33.9% low-access share is elevated, higher than 78% of them and ranked #678 most-affected nationwide.
Starr County's elevated USDA tier split
15 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 8 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Starr County has 8 urban and 7 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.
Starr County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Starr 33.9
Starr 33.9%
33.9 % low-access
- Cherokee 33.7
Cherokee 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Kleberg 33.7
Kleberg 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Lynn 33.7
Lynn 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Upton 33.4
Upton 33.4%
33.4 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 15 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 60,968 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 8 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 8 |
| Low-Access Population | 20,661 |
| Low-Access Share | 33.9%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 14,469 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 66,067 |
| Median Household Income | $37,639 |
| Poverty Rate | 33.5%well above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 8,146 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 42.5%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.4%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Starr County
Starr County has 97 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 60 locations (62% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 60
- 7 days express #3, rio grande city
- a & a grocery, rio grande city
- angies drive thru 9562564146, rio grande city
- auto deposito nuevo leon, rio grande city
- bandidos drive thru, roma
- buddy's groceries 00001, rio grande city
- canales drive inn grocery inc, rio grande city
- carniceria el 20 1, rio grande city
- circle 7 express, rio grande city
- dyamex distributors, llc, rio grande city
- el tigre food store 02, rio grande city
- el tigre food store 09, rio grande city
- el tigre food store 23, roma
- el gallito country store, grulla
- el jefe's drive thru, roma
- el padrinos drive-in, rio grande city
- el patron drive thru 1, rio grande city
- el tigre food store 17, escobares
- flor del rio grocery, rio grande city
- fairground mart, rio grande city
- g & c convenience store, roma
- hillside grocery store 1, rio grande city
- hilltop 2.0, rio grande city
- jr groceries, rio grande city
- la cabana, roma
- la mexicana drive thru, rio grande city
- la palma grocery 1, rio grande city
- la pika drive in, rio grande city
- lane's meat market 1, san isidro
- las buganbilias drive thru 1, rio grande city
- las carnalas drive inn 1, rio grande city
- las palmas drive thru 1, rio grande city
- lopez grocery, roma
- los altos drive thru, rio grande city
- los toxicos drive thru 1, roma
- los vaqueros express, rio grande city
- mr navas station, roma
- mac drive thru, rio grande city
- maggies xpress, rio grande city
- mendoza's grocery and laundromat llc, rio grande city
- mi ranchito country store llc 1, rio grande city
- mike's drive thru, rio grande city
- mike's washateria, roma
- munchy-landia drive thru llc, roma
- murphy usa 7630, rio grande city
- omarias, roma
- r.a drive thru, roma
- rio quick stop, rio grande city
- stripes 2206, rio grande city
- stripes 40599, rio grande city
- stripes 40600, roma
- stripes 40601h, rio grande city
- solis grocery & meat market, roma
- speedy's grocery store drive thru, rio grande city
- stripes store 42001h, rio grande city
- t & r service station, la grulla
- tejano mart #327, rio grande city
- the country store 1, rio grande city
- the quest express 1, roma
- tonis drive thru, rio grande city
Combination Grocery/Other · 19
- dollar general 10241, rio grande city
- dollar general 11057, roma
- dollar general 18184, rio grande city
- dollar general 4496, roma
- dollar general 11354, rio grande city
- dollar general 12118, rio grande city
- dollar general 13146, rio grande city
- dollar general 21889, rio grande city
- dollar general 22165, roma
- dollar general 23877, roma
- dollar general 24886, rio grande city
- dollar general 25736, roma
- dollar tree 2773, rio grande city
- dollar tree 4883, roma
- dollartree plus 8908, rio grande city
- family dollar 3273, roma
- family dollar 6172, roma
- family dollar 8196, rio grande city
- family dollar 9118, rio grande city
Large Grocery Store · 4
- border town foods 2, rio grande city
- border town foods 6, rio grande city
- saenz mini mart, roma
- siempre grocery plus #1, rio grande city
Supermarket · 4
- border town foods, rio grande city
- border town foods 4, rio grande city
- border town foods 5, roma
- heb 013, rio grande city
Bakery Specialty · 3
- la reynera distributors, rio grande city
- panaderia y pasteleria gonzalez, roma
- sticky fingers, rio grande city
Small Grocery Store · 3
- 3 aces grocery store, roma
- la carniceria llc, rio grande city
- la huaxteca tortilla factory, roma
Medium Grocery Store · 2
- carnes finas del valle, rio grande city
- carnes finas del valle llc, roma
Super Store · 2
- riverview family center 1, roma
- walmart 1958, rio grande city
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Starr County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Counties near Starr County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Starr County (42.5%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Texas.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (33.9% here).
- Prince George County, VA · 33.9% low-access
- Prince George County, VA · 33.9% low-access
- Meigs County, OH · 33.9% low-access
- Meigs County, OH · 33.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (42.5% here).
- Bethel Census Area, AK · 42.4% SNAP
- Bronx County, NY · 38.6% SNAP
- McKinley County, NM · 37.7% SNAP
- Magoffin County, KY · 37.2% 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.
Starr County inside a higher low-access state context
Starr County sits inside Texas (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 .
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