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Fewer households receiving food stamps in Osceola County during 2023 than previous year

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Cory Turner, State-Operated Facilities Director of the Iowa Health & Human Services | LinkedIn

Cory Turner, State-Operated Facilities Director of the Iowa Health & Human Services | LinkedIn

Osceola County experienced a 5% decline in the number of households relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) between 2022 and 2023, according to data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

In 2023, the program assisted 352 individuals across 170 households, while 363 people living in 179 households received food stamps in 2022.

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.

Overall, food assistance in Osceola County reached a total of $625,960 in 2023, in comparison to $691,935 the year before.

Statewide, Polk County registered the largest amount of people receiving food stamps, with 24,448 families sharing a total of $101,313,004 in benefits. Linn County came in second, with 10,444 households receiving a sum of $42,386,851.

Osceola County ranked 98th in Iowa for food assistance.

In 2023, a total of 267,741 Iowans, living in 133,097 households received food assistance benefits, totaling $524,184,590.

Osceola County Households Participating in SNAP (2014-2023)

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SNAP Funding Among Iowa Counties in 2023

CountyTotal HouseholdsAmount AllocatedAvg per Household
Adair260$883,872$3,400
Adams139$515,873$3,711
Allamakee406$1,596,461$3,932
Appanoose732$2,521,726$3,445
Audubon198$742,874$3,752
Benton801$2,972,110$3,710
Black Hawk7,442$28,424,619$3,819
Boone722$2,670,437$3,699
Bremer489$1,789,264$3,659
Buchanan594$1,988,474$3,348
Buena Vista776$3,281,676$4,229
Butler403$1,472,603$3,654
Calhoun336$1,253,406$3,730
Carroll641$2,296,486$3,583
Cass671$2,457,977$3,663
Cedar387$1,499,283$3,874
Cerro Gordo2,124$7,487,367$3,525
Cherokee324$1,171,706$3,616
Chickasaw252$857,640$3,403
Clarke393$1,546,487$3,935
Clay650$2,223,142$3,420
Clayton486$1,586,871$3,265
Clinton2,955$11,367,546$3,847
Crawford554$2,083,876$3,762
Dallas1,401$6,133,121$4,378
Davis231$880,382$3,811
Decatur391$1,370,436$3,505
Delaware440$1,522,244$3,460
Des Moines2,666$10,638,965$3,991
Dickinson496$1,670,483$3,368
Dubuque3,703$14,745,978$3,982
Emmet344$1,356,830$3,944
Fayette965$3,426,105$3,550
Floyd717$2,723,107$3,798
Franklin319$1,356,872$4,254
Fremont293$1,142,595$3,900
Greene413$1,586,874$3,842
Grundy250$1,037,525$4,150
Guthrie343$1,303,095$3,799
Hamilton447$1,647,339$3,685
Hancock284$1,049,993$3,697
Hardin636$2,318,220$3,645
Harrison548$1,969,733$3,594
Henry894$3,359,876$3,758
Howard274$935,555$3,414
Humboldt292$984,096$3,370
Ida210$836,165$3,982
Iowa349$1,284,708$3,681
Jackson771$2,870,905$3,724
Jasper1,577$5,839,547$3,703
Jefferson874$2,892,755$3,310
Johnson4,549$19,283,174$4,239
Jones623$2,255,141$3,620
Keokuk426$1,657,533$3,891
Kossuth479$1,706,232$3,562
Lee2,228$8,688,238$3,900
Linn10,444$42,386,851$4,058
Louisa333$1,297,506$3,896
Lucas399$1,645,358$4,124
Lyon174$707,966$4,069
Madison341$1,183,016$3,469
Mahaska1,012$3,613,969$3,571
Marion918$3,373,341$3,675
Marshall1,768$7,374,537$4,171
Mills451$1,788,699$3,966
Mitchell247$893,597$3,618
Monona392$1,503,201$3,835
Monroe257$954,239$3,713
Montgomery590$2,246,141$3,807
Muscatine2,229$8,760,678$3,930
O'Brien360$1,241,131$3,448
Osceola170$625,960$3,682
Page677$2,410,509$3,561
Palo Alto281$927,704$3,301
Plymouth546$2,061,676$3,776
Pocahontas268$1,011,630$3,775
Polk24,448$101,313,004$4,144
Pottawattamie5,695$21,516,660$3,778
Poweshiek572$2,073,982$3,626
Ringgold208$730,548$3,512
Sac270$1,015,746$3,762
Scott10,326$42,703,578$4,136
Shelby365$1,375,299$3,768
Sioux468$1,951,705$4,170
Story2,102$8,270,168$3,934
Tama593$2,418,266$4,078
Taylor240$924,891$3,854
Union709$2,567,843$3,622
Van Buren298$1,121,120$3,762
Wapello2,570$9,836,232$3,827
Warren1,025$3,860,016$3,766
Washington705$2,606,778$3,698
Wayne257$895,112$3,483
Webster2,254$8,689,922$3,855
Winnebago336$1,208,499$3,597
Winneshiek365$1,313,997$3,600
Woodbury5,610$24,066,309$4,290
Worth214$841,845$3,934
Wright442$1,709,763$3,868
Total for Iowa133,097$524,184,590$3,938

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