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Poverty and socioeconomic disparities (2023)

Higher rates of poverty, labor-market exclusion, intergenerational wealth gaps, and health burdens contribute to the disparity in SNAP use.

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Jan 21, 2026

How does Black participation in SNAP compare to their share of the U.S. population in 2025?

Black Americans comprise a substantially larger share of SNAP participants than their share of the U.S. population: recent and fact-checks put Black recipients at roughly a quarter of the caseload (ab...