Definition

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) child enrollment by county and the percent of enrollees within each county, who are children.
Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp program, provides benefits to income-eligible families that can be used like cash to purchase certain foods.

The number represents the number of individual children in that locality who receive SNAP. The percent represents the number of children who receive SNAP of the total number of individuals (all ages) in that locality who receive SNAP.

Data for the following localities are combined:

Alleghany/Convington

Augusta/Staunton/Waynesboro

Chesterfield/Colonial Heights

Fairfax County/Fairfax City/Falls Church

Greensville/Emporia

Henry/Martinsville

Roanoke County/Salem

Rockbridge/Buena Vista/Lexington

Rockingham/Harrisonburg

York/Poquoson

As of CY 2013, Bedford City reverted to town status, and as of 2014 the counts for the town are shown within Bedford County.

Does not show counts 20 or less

Data Source

Source: Virginia Department of Social Services, VaCMS (Virginia Case Management System).

Counts were obtained from VDSS Data Warehouse "Client Cross-Program Yearly Analysis" reports.

These are unduplicated counts of clients during the state fiscal year.

Notes

Revised: November 2025

*Revised estimates from 2019 were updated on Jan 27, 2021.

Last Updated

2025-11