Top 10 US Counties by Low Food Access Population Share
USDA Food Access Research Atlas data ranking across all 3,144 US counties by the percentage of population living in low-access tracts.
Research
Original data research from the PlainFoodAccess editorial process. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded.
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What this research covers
PlainFoodAccess research ranks USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS indicators across 3,144 US counties, where 22.1% of the measured population lives in a low-access tract and 9,228 census tracts meet the LILA (low-income and low-access) desert definition.
- 3,144
- counties in the live mirror
- 9,228
- LILA food-desert tracts
- 242,284
- authorized SNAP retailers
County rankings below answer one access or enrollment question each; they describe FARA/ACS geography, not store quality or nutrition advice.
Top 10 US Counties by SNAP Household Share
USDA Food Access Research Atlas SNAP household share ranking across all 3,144 US counties.
Top 10 US Counties by No-Vehicle Household Share
PlainFoodAccess ranks all 3,144 US counties by the share of households with no vehicle.
Download the county food-access extract cited on this page: plainfoodaccess-food-access.csv (USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas + Census ACS · public domain sources).