Where does Ohio rank for food access among U.S. states?

According to USDA FARA (2019), Ohio ranks #22 of 50 by population-weighted low-access share.

What share of Ohio has low food access?

25.1% of Ohio residents live in low-access areas (population-weighted) (+3 pts vs U.S.), per USDA FARA 2019.

How many food deserts are in Ohio?

421 census tracts in Ohio are USDA food deserts (~793K low-income low-access residents); ~4.78 tracts per county.

What is the SNAP participation rate in Ohio?

Across Ohio, 12.3% of households receive SNAP (ACS 2024) (+0.2 pts vs U.S.) - mid tercile among states.

Which county in Ohio has the worst food access?

Warren County has the highest low-access share at 45.7% (~3.4% of statewide low-access residents), with 4.6% SNAP.

Signature · 421 LILA tracts (4.78/county)

Food access in Ohio

How far Ohio residents live from a supermarket (25.1% low-access), where LILA tracts sit, and SNAP/vehicle context from USDA FARA 2019 + Census ACS 2024.

Compiled by Plainfoodaccess, Food Access Editorial Process · December 31, 2024

25.1%
low-access pop.: 421
food-desert tracts: 12.3%
on SNAP: 88
counties

USDA FARA state access plate

State OH · Ohio

LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-TYPICAL · BOOK-MID

LA-ELEVATED 25.1% low-access
ABOVE-NATIONAL +3.0 pts vs US
LILA-CLUSTER 421 food-desert tracts
SNAP-TYPICAL 12.3% SNAP
VEH-TYPICAL 7.4% no vehicle
BOOK-MID 88 counties

Nearest low-access peer: Florida (+ 0.0 pts)

Ohio's thick county book (88)

Ohio covers 88 counties among 51 states and DC (atlas inventory, not a food-access quality ranking). Orthogonal to the low-access / SNAP charts below.

Ohio vs all states by county count

Where this state's county inventory sits among every tracked jurisdiction

88 13th of 51 higher than 38 of 51 states

Jurisdictions, banded by county inventory

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USDA Food Access Research Atlas / Census county inventory · 2026-06-23

Mid-band statewide picture

About 2.9M Ohio residents (25.1%) live low-access - #22 of 50, with 421 USDA food-desert tracts.

#22
among states by low-access: 2.9M
low-access residents: 793K
food-desert residents: 7.4%
households, no vehicle

Population-weighted tract shares. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural from a supermarket.

Where Ohio sits on low-access

Ohio ringed at #22 of 50 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

Signature read: 421 LILA tracts (4.78/county) .

Ohio is in the middle third nationally on low-access (25.1% , #22 of 50). SNAP averages 12.3% of households and 7.4% have no vehicle , with 421 LILA tracts. County pressure peaks in Warren County at 45.7%.

Nationwide peers for Ohio's low-access or SNAP share

Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Ohio. Neighbourhood chart below is local poles; these panels are full-corpus nearest neighbours excluding this state.

Similar low-access share

Nearest population-weighted low-access rates (25.1% here).

Florida · 25.1% low-access
Oklahoma · 25.2% low-access
Texas · 25.0% low-access
Arkansas · 24.9% low-access

Similar SNAP participation

Nearest household SNAP rates (12.3% here), deduped against the low-access panel.

Georgia · 12.2% SNAP
California · 12.6% SNAP
Maine · 12.0% SNAP
Nevada · 12.7% SNAP

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Floor county_count ≥ 5.

NM

31.7
OK

25.2
OH

25.1
FL

25.1
TX

25
AR

24.9
DC

4.6

Warren

45.7
Clermont

45.4
Delaware

44.1
Noble

42.9
Butler

42.7
Lake

38.3
Union

38.3
Richland

36.4

All counties in Ohio

County	Population	Low-access	SNAP	No vehicle	Poverty
Warren County	250K	45.7%	4.6%	3.1%	6.0%
Clermont County	211K	45.4%	7.9%	4.6%	9.1%
Delaware County	227K	44.1%	3.6%	3.2%	4.7%
Noble County	14K	42.9%	9.9%	7.7%	10.6%
Butler County	393K	42.7%	9.8%	4.7%	11.8%
Lake County	232K	38.3%	7.5%	5.1%	8.3%
Union County	67K	38.3%	4.9%	2.4%	5.0%
Richland County	125K	36.4%	14.8%	7.2%	13.8%
Madison County	44K	36.3%	9.7%	3.3%	8.5%
Mahoning County	226K	35.5%	19.0%	8.4%	18.9%
Licking County	182K	35.1%	11.9%	5.2%	10.2%
Portage County	162K	34.7%	10.2%	6.6%	11.7%
Meigs County	22K	33.9%	25.1%	6.4%	21.8%
Marion County	65K	32.2%	17.0%	6.9%	16.6%
Crawford County	42K	31.5%	13.8%	5.3%	11.8%
Hamilton County	831K	31.1%	12.2%	10.3%	15.0%
Summit County	538K	31.1%	14.1%	7.9%	12.8%
Ottawa County	40K	31.0%	7.8%	3.5%	8.4%
Wood County	132K	30.8%	6.9%	5.1%	12.2%
Trumbull County	201K	29.9%	14.0%	8.2%	16.6%
Williams County	37K	29.8%	14.2%	5.5%	12.7%
Greene County	170K	29.4%	7.7%	4.4%	9.8%
Clinton County	42K	29.3%	11.3%	4.8%	12.9%
Guernsey County	38K	29.0%	17.1%	8.8%	15.3%
Stark County	374K	28.9%	12.7%	6.7%	12.5%
Montgomery County	536K	28.8%	13.5%	8.5%	15.0%
Lorain County	317K	27.9%	11.4%	5.7%	12.1%
Fairfield County	163K	24.6%	9.1%	4.1%	8.0%
Franklin County	1.3M	24.4%	10.9%	7.4%	14.7%
Geauga County	95K	24.4%	4.4%	8.1%	5.6%
Seneca County	55K	24.1%	13.5%	6.1%	11.9%
Putnam County	34K	23.9%	6.8%	2.1%	5.5%
Muskingum County	86K	23.7%	19.3%	7.7%	15.1%
Medina County	184K	23.2%	6.5%	4.0%	6.3%
Jefferson County	65K	23.1%	16.6%	8.5%	16.5%
Belmont County	65K	22.3%	15.2%	7.1%	15.8%
Erie County	75K	22.2%	11.4%	6.9%	13.0%
Adams County	28K	22.0%	20.7%	7.4%	20.2%
Ashtabula County	97K	21.9%	18.2%	7.8%	17.6%
Clark County	135K	20.3%	18.0%	7.2%	15.2%
Knox County	63K	20.3%	10.5%	6.3%	11.6%
Van Wert County	29K	20.2%	7.5%	3.6%	9.0%
Paulding County	19K	19.5%	11.5%	3.2%	8.9%
Lucas County	428K	18.3%	16.4%	8.6%	17.7%
Columbiana County	101K	17.8%	15.2%	7.6%	15.2%
Fulton County	42K	17.8%	9.6%	2.8%	9.4%
Allen County	101K	17.4%	13.8%	7.5%	13.3%
Defiance County	38K	17.3%	9.3%	5.0%	10.5%
Athens County	62K	17.0%	14.4%	6.8%	21.5%
Cuyahoga County	1.2M	16.8%	16.3%	12.2%	16.1%
Wayne County	117K	16.5%	8.2%	10.0%	9.4%
Miami County	110K	16.0%	7.7%	5.7%	9.4%
Pickaway County	60K	15.6%	12.0%	6.7%	11.5%
Harrison County	14K	15.2%	13.6%	6.1%	13.1%
Morgan County	14K	14.9%	16.4%	6.7%	12.9%
Shelby County	48K	14.8%	8.8%	4.1%	11.6%
Hocking County	28K	14.1%	16.6%	5.7%	16.0%
Gallia County	29K	14.0%	19.0%	8.2%	16.4%
Preble County	41K	13.5%	10.2%	4.0%	12.6%
Ross County	76K	13.4%	16.5%	6.3%	15.7%
Huron County	58K	13.3%	11.3%	4.3%	13.2%
Hancock County	75K	13.0%	9.0%	5.1%	9.9%
Mercer County	42K	13.0%	6.8%	4.0%	7.3%
Lawrence County	57K	12.1%	21.0%	6.8%	17.7%
Tuscarawas County	92K	11.5%	14.1%	7.4%	13.4%
Washington County	59K	11.2%	13.5%	5.5%	13.7%
Sandusky County	59K	10.7%	13.5%	3.5%	15.0%
Fayette County	29K	10.6%	14.3%	4.8%	15.5%
Auglaize County	46K	9.9%	6.8%	4.0%	7.1%
Darke County	52K	9.8%	8.1%	5.2%	11.0%
Hardin County	30K	9.1%	12.4%	6.6%	17.3%
Henry County	28K	8.8%	6.1%	3.7%	8.7%
Coshocton County	37K	8.1%	18.3%	11.8%	18.5%
Scioto County	73K	7.3%	22.6%	7.9%	21.8%
Brown County	44K	6.8%	16.9%	5.9%	19.6%
Wyandot County	22K	6.7%	8.4%	4.5%	8.8%
Carroll County	27K	6.4%	12.0%	6.8%	12.9%
Monroe County	13K	6.4%	13.4%	9.4%	15.2%
Highland County	44K	6.1%	15.1%	6.8%	14.1%
Jackson County	33K	5.7%	20.0%	7.6%	18.5%
Logan County	46K	5.7%	11.3%	6.1%	11.1%
Holmes County	44K	5.2%	4.8%	30.9%	9.3%
Ashland County	52K	5.0%	8.9%	6.5%	13.3%
Vinton County	13K	5.0%	20.9%	5.4%	17.3%
Pike County	27K	4.9%	23.8%	5.4%	21.3%
Perry County	36K	3.6%	15.9%	7.2%	14.7%
Champaign County	39K	3.4%	10.2%	5.6%	8.0%
Morrow County	35K	2.2%	11.8%	5.3%	12.8%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first.

Figures from USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and Census ACS 2024 5-year. Compiled 2026-06-23. Methodology · All states.

PlainFoodAccess renders this state summary 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. Statewide figures for Ohio are population-weighted aggregates of county Atlas and ACS records. 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.