Methodology
To determine the cities with the most people on food stamps, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on five year average food stamp recipiency rates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey. Metropolitan areas were ranked based on the percentage of households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Supplemental data on poverty rate and median household income also came from the 2020 ACS. Data on unemployment for February 2022 came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is seasonally adjusted.
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