Kelly Garcia Director of the Iowa Department of Health Human Services (HHS) | Official Website
Kelly Garcia Director of the Iowa Department of Health Human Services (HHS) | Official Website
In 2023, the county received a total of $1,015,746 worth of benefits provided by SNAP, compared to $1,023,106 in 2014.
Qualified recipients in the program are eligible to receive financial assistance in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which then can be used to buy selected groceries. The amount of benefits depends on the net income and household size.
Statewide, Polk County recorded the highest total of food assistance benefits, amounting to $101,313,004 in 2023.
Overall, Sac County registered 537 people across 270 households receiving food stamps in 2023. In 2014, there were 919 residents assisted by the program living in 412 households.
Since 2014, $10,389,405 has been allocated to Sac County as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Annual Sac County Food Assistance Funding (2014-2023)
SNAP Funding Among Iowa Counties in 2023
County | Amount Allocated (2023) | Amount Allocated (2014) | % change |
---|---|---|---|
Adair | $883,872 | $973,565 | -10% |
Adams | $515,873 | $534,051 | -4% |
Allamakee | $1,596,461 | $1,862,160 | -15% |
Appanoose | $2,521,726 | $2,673,803 | -6% |
Audubon | $742,874 | $641,591 | 15% |
Benton | $2,972,110 | $2,734,564 | 8% |
Black Hawk | $28,424,619 | $26,924,553 | 5% |
Boone | $2,670,437 | $3,492,103 | -24% |
Bremer | $1,789,264 | $1,648,291 | 8% |
Buchanan | $1,988,474 | $2,116,145 | -7% |
Buena Vista | $3,281,676 | $3,529,516 | -8% |
Butler | $1,472,603 | $1,471,646 | 0% |
Calhoun | $1,253,406 | $1,080,717 | 15% |
Carroll | $2,296,486 | $2,221,091 | 3% |
Cass | $2,457,977 | $2,214,738 | 10% |
Cedar | $1,499,283 | $1,759,593 | -15% |
Cerro Gordo | $7,487,367 | $7,520,779 | -1% |
Cherokee | $1,171,706 | $1,298,470 | -10% |
Chickasaw | $857,640 | $1,114,210 | -24% |
Clarke | $1,546,487 | $1,743,705 | -12% |
Clay | $2,223,142 | $2,262,698 | -2% |
Clayton | $1,586,871 | $1,563,495 | 1% |
Clinton | $11,367,546 | $12,015,925 | -6% |
Crawford | $2,083,876 | $2,541,993 | -19% |
Dallas | $6,133,121 | $5,319,176 | 15% |
Davis | $880,382 | $904,851 | -3% |
Decatur | $1,370,436 | $1,773,552 | -23% |
Delaware | $1,522,244 | $1,599,045 | -5% |
Des Moines | $10,638,965 | $11,185,719 | -5% |
Dickinson | $1,670,483 | $1,588,443 | 5% |
Dubuque | $14,745,978 | $14,819,536 | -1% |
Emmet | $1,356,830 | $1,445,309 | -7% |
Fayette | $3,426,105 | $3,153,971 | 8% |
Floyd | $2,723,107 | $2,722,196 | 0% |
Franklin | $1,356,872 | $1,399,925 | -4% |
Fremont | $1,142,595 | $1,245,980 | -9% |
Greene | $1,586,874 | $1,679,103 | -6% |
Grundy | $1,037,525 | $799,735 | 29% |
Guthrie | $1,303,095 | $1,335,554 | -3% |
Hamilton | $1,647,339 | $2,148,458 | -24% |
Hancock | $1,049,993 | $974,944 | 7% |
Hardin | $2,318,220 | $2,490,463 | -7% |
Harrison | $1,969,733 | $2,089,004 | -6% |
Henry | $3,359,876 | $3,633,336 | -8% |
Howard | $935,555 | $1,079,475 | -14% |
Humboldt | $984,096 | $1,114,459 | -12% |
Ida | $836,165 | $778,676 | 7% |
Iowa | $1,284,708 | $1,356,464 | -6% |
Jackson | $2,870,905 | $3,196,810 | -11% |
Jasper | $5,839,547 | $6,237,937 | -7% |
Jefferson | $2,892,755 | $3,003,317 | -4% |
Johnson | $19,283,174 | $15,233,423 | 26% |
Jones | $2,255,141 | $2,305,514 | -3% |
Keokuk | $1,657,533 | $1,478,334 | 12% |
Kossuth | $1,706,232 | $1,402,351 | 21% |
Lee | $8,688,238 | $8,755,167 | -1% |
Linn | $42,386,851 | $35,308,422 | 20% |
Louisa | $1,297,506 | $1,706,439 | -24% |
Lucas | $1,645,358 | $1,786,061 | -8% |
Lyon | $707,966 | $725,983 | -3% |
Madison | $1,183,016 | $1,645,421 | -29% |
Mahaska | $3,613,969 | $4,305,586 | -17% |
Marion | $3,373,341 | $4,032,565 | -17% |
Marshall | $7,374,537 | $8,305,407 | -12% |
Mills | $1,788,699 | $1,944,962 | -9% |
Mitchell | $893,597 | $810,636 | 10% |
Monona | $1,503,201 | $1,431,008 | 5% |
Monroe | $954,239 | $1,135,867 | -16% |
Montgomery | $2,246,141 | $2,399,530 | -7% |
Muscatine | $8,760,678 | $10,141,774 | -14% |
O'Brien | $1,241,131 | $1,419,028 | -13% |
Osceola | $625,960 | $560,257 | 11% |
Page | $2,410,509 | $2,712,500 | -12% |
Palo Alto | $927,704 | $1,015,563 | -9% |
Plymouth | $2,061,676 | $1,992,840 | 3% |
Pocahontas | $1,011,630 | $1,101,376 | -9% |
Polk | $101,313,004 | $100,198,349 | 1% |
Pottawattamie | $21,516,660 | $22,307,736 | -4% |
Poweshiek | $2,073,982 | $1,817,289 | 14% |
Ringgold | $730,548 | $696,865 | 4% |
Sac | $1,015,746 | $1,023,106 | -1% |
Scott | $42,703,578 | $46,505,587 | -9% |
Shelby | $1,375,299 | $1,391,653 | -2% |
Sioux | $1,951,705 | $1,946,661 | 0% |
Story | $8,270,168 | $8,946,252 | -8% |
Tama | $2,418,266 | $2,502,771 | -4% |
Taylor | $924,891 | $994,191 | -7% |
Union | $2,567,843 | $2,341,022 | 9% |
Van Buren | $1,121,120 | $1,018,829 | 10% |
Wapello | $9,836,232 | $9,548,292 | 3% |
Warren | $3,860,016 | $4,979,427 | -23% |
Washington | $2,606,778 | $2,702,250 | -4% |
Wayne | $895,112 | $1,046,788 | -15% |
Webster | $8,689,922 | $8,418,872 | 3% |
Winnebago | $1,208,499 | $1,298,088 | -7% |
Winneshiek | $1,313,997 | $1,238,573 | 6% |
Woodbury | $24,066,309 | $25,477,615 | -6% |
Worth | $841,845 | $846,009 | -1% |
Wright | $1,709,763 | $2,122,475 | -20% |
Total for Iowa | $524,184,590 | $528,039,554 | -1% |