Akron Reporter

Akron ranked 155th in Ohio for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 21,552 Akron households (25.3 percent) who received food stamps. Akron's population was 197,375 in 2020.

The cities with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Brownsville and Cynthiana. In these cities, 100 percent of households received food stamps - 74.7 percent more than Akron.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Sixteen Mile Stand, which had one of 1,221 households receiving food stamps, 25.2 percent less than Akron. In 2020 the population of Sixteen Mile Stand was 3,120.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Brownsville	64	64	100
1	Cynthiana	29	29	100
3	Bourneville	136	107	78.7
4	Vickery	31	22	71
5	Congress	49	30	61.2
6	Urbancrest	346	207	59.8
7	Kunkle	128	74	57.8
8	Minford	176	101	57.4
9	Fresno	49	28	57.1
9	Lincoln Heights	1,410	805	57.1
11	Coalton	262	148	56.5
12	Highland Holiday	239	131	54.8
13	Flat Rock	75	41	54.7
14	New Boston	1,169	629	53.8
15	Tippecanoe	43	23	53.5
16	Clarksburg	192	97	50.5
16	Haydenville	103	52	50.5
18	New Bloomington	148	74	50
18	Rockbridge	22	11	50
20	Rocky Fork Point	301	148	49.2
21	Stewart	100	49	49
22	Fairview	31	15	48.4
23	Pancoastburg	21	10	47.6
24	Twinsburg Heights	253	120	47.4
25	East Cleveland	8,063	3,666	45.5
26	Richmond Dale	192	87	45.3
27	Adelphi	167	73	43.7
28	Hemlock	78	34	43.6
29	Burlington	1,293	561	43.4
30	Connorville	97	42	43.3
31	Harbor View	44	19	43.2
32	Skyline Acres	664	286	43.1
33	Peebles	882	376	42.6
34	Pomeroy	721	306	42.4
35	Canal Lewisville	204	86	42.2
35	Nashville	83	35	42.2
37	Rock Creek	210	88	41.9
38	Matamoras	385	160	41.6
39	Morgandale	388	159	41
40	Beaver	230	94	40.9
40	Rome	22	9	40.9
42	Little Hocking	204	83	40.7
43	Neffs	446	181	40.6
44	Owensville	452	182	40.3
45	North Lawrence	131	52	39.7
46	Antioch	38	15	39.5
47	Alvordton	61	24	39.3
48	Malvern	747	292	39.1
48	Rio Grande	184	72	39.1
50	Portsmouth	8,447	3,295	39
51	Windham	690	267	38.7
52	Trimble	174	67	38.5
53	Drexel	764	291	38.1
54	Chauncey	352	130	36.9
55	Pleasantville	304	112	36.8
56	New Lexington	1,880	687	36.5
57	Crooksville	893	325	36.4
58	Glouster	588	213	36.2
59	Utica	721	258	35.8
60	Middleport	969	346	35.7
61	Crystal Rock	76	27	35.5
62	Martinsburg	85	30	35.3
63	Lyons	301	106	35.2
64	Goshen	192	67	34.9
64	South Salem	83	29	34.9
66	Alger	356	123	34.6
67	Port William	110	38	34.5
67	West Union	1,303	449	34.5
69	East Liverpool	4,330	1,472	34
69	West Elkton	53	18	34
71	Campbell	3,213	1,075	33.5
72	McArthur	655	219	33.4
73	Piketon	782	259	33.1
74	Cleveland	174,920	57,447	32.8
75	Greenfield	1,781	578	32.5
76	Zanesville	10,564	3,390	32.1
77	Sulphur Springs	50	16	32
78	Elmwood Place	788	249	31.6
79	Highland Hills	248	78	31.5
79	Thurston	197	62	31.5
81	Buffalo	121	38	31.4
81	Ironton	4,370	1,371	31.4
83	Pleasant Hills	563	176	31.3
84	Dillonvale	343	107	31.2
84	Wellsville	1,404	438	31.2
86	Zaleski	196	61	31.1
87	Jeffersonville	448	139	31
88	Manchester	728	225	30.9
89	Wightmans Grove	26	8	30.8
90	Friendship	176	54	30.7
91	New Straitsville	259	79	30.5
92	Uhrichsville	2,015	613	30.4
93	Cambridge	4,574	1,379	30.1
94	Kanauga	50	15	30
95	Bainbridge	264	79	29.9
95	Elizabethtown	147	44	29.9
97	Roseville	724	216	29.8
98	Canton	30,260	8,948	29.6
98	East Rochester	54	16	29.6
98	Springfield	23,868	7,063	29.6