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12.9% increase in amount of food assistance provided in Ida County over last decade

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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

Ida County saw a 12.9% increase in the amount of money received from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) since 2015, according to Iowa's Department of Human Services.

In 2024, the county received a total of $884,919 worth of benefits provided by SNAP, compared to $783,751 in 2015.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly benefits to help low-income households buy food. The program is federally funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Qualified recipients in the program are eligible to receive financial assistance in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which can then be used to buy selected groceries. The amount of benefits depends on the net income and household size.

Statewide, Polk County recorded the highest total of food assistance benefits, amounting to $106,299,625 in 2024.

Overall, Ida County registered 470 people across 211 households receiving food stamps in 2024. In 2015, there were 680 residents assisted by the program living in 300 households.

Since 2015, $8,550,344 has been allocated to Ida County as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Annual Ida County Food Assistance Funding (2015-2024)
2024202320222021202020192018201720162015$884,919$884,919$836,165$836,165$962,928$962,928$1,372,164$1,372,164$1,033,968$1,033,968$670,500$670,500$638,175$638,175$610,206$610,206$757,568$757,568$783,751$783,751

SNAP Funding Among Iowa Counties in 2024

CountyAmount Allocated (2015)Amount Allocated (2024)% change
Adair$936,752$878,158-6.3%
Adams$513,122$533,4004%
Allamakee$1,717,601$1,498,961-12.7%
Appanoose$2,628,524$2,553,770-2.8%
Audubon$615,981$697,00813.2%
Benton$2,675,025$3,013,82512.7%
Black Hawk$26,653,275$28,794,2058%
Boone$3,310,324$2,692,830-18.7%
Bremer$1,596,412$1,666,7304.4%
Buchanan$2,123,958$2,197,1773.4%
Buena Vista$3,271,946$3,745,30414.5%
Butler$1,629,734$1,414,580-13.2%
Calhoun$1,035,958$1,178,62513.8%
Carroll$2,236,608$2,327,0394%
Cass$2,196,508$2,500,56713.8%
Cedar$1,758,711$1,467,910-16.5%
Cerro Gordo$7,111,517$7,424,6514.4%
Cherokee$1,276,789$1,292,3571.2%
Chickasaw$1,132,776$849,652-25%
Clarke$1,680,907$1,461,411-13.1%
Clay$2,141,787$2,296,4107.2%
Clayton$1,476,353$1,506,2362%
Clinton$11,550,398$11,272,300-2.4%
Crawford$2,504,356$2,194,357-12.4%
Dallas$5,141,964$7,078,29237.7%
Davis$865,664$894,0283.3%
Decatur$1,737,095$1,419,001-18.3%
Delaware$1,548,556$1,573,3781.6%
Des Moines$10,192,988$10,340,7101.4%
Dickinson$1,451,688$1,760,47321.3%
Dubuque$14,666,572$15,011,4022.4%
Emmet$1,383,867$1,353,614-2.2%
Fayette$3,191,293$3,345,6414.8%
Floyd$2,653,839$2,761,9794.1%
Franklin$1,345,144$1,335,831-0.7%
Fremont$1,158,479$1,099,981-5%
Greene$1,656,114$1,649,617-0.4%
Grundy$775,343$1,040,46734.2%
Guthrie$1,278,770$1,226,701-4.1%
Hamilton$2,077,059$1,681,703-19%
Hancock$878,836$990,09912.7%
Hardin$2,351,777$2,322,527-1.2%
Harrison$2,012,485$2,056,5692.2%
Henry$3,283,393$3,331,7401.5%
Howard$941,614$950,0650.9%
Humboldt$1,038,456$1,007,766-3%
Ida$783,751$884,91912.9%
Iowa$1,269,142$1,291,9761.8%
Jackson$2,921,316$2,840,943-2.8%
Jasper$6,032,342$5,732,094-5%
Jefferson$2,894,728$2,880,009-0.5%
Johnson$15,075,777$19,968,42732.5%
Jones$2,327,285$2,205,756-5.2%
Keokuk$1,418,555$1,614,58913.8%
Kossuth$1,363,343$1,661,18821.8%
Lee$8,059,945$8,459,9735%
Linn$36,098,009$43,746,20821.2%
Louisa$1,476,642$1,326,658-10.2%
Lucas$1,642,393$1,605,494-2.2%
Lyon$678,206$777,05814.6%
Madison$1,650,709$1,261,046-23.6%
Mahaska$4,163,825$3,675,642-11.7%
Marion$3,990,286$3,573,220-10.5%
Marshall$7,838,919$7,659,875-2.3%
Mills$1,928,865$1,888,851-2.1%
Mitchell$755,410$818,7728.4%
Monona$1,369,684$1,447,2705.7%
Monroe$1,147,607$927,484-19.2%
Montgomery$2,209,537$2,265,1962.5%
Muscatine$9,269,773$8,779,512-5.3%
Osceola$531,838$633,63019.1%
Page$2,624,261$2,491,990-5%
Palo Alto$1,012,715$1,056,2174.3%
Plymouth$1,909,516$2,278,62419.3%
Pocahontas$1,041,031$1,092,4344.9%
Polk$98,363,692$106,299,6258.1%
Pottawattamie$21,787,870$21,651,635-0.6%
Poweshiek$1,728,246$1,940,12112.3%
Ringgold$711,697$759,5696.7%
Sac$1,056,184$1,011,262-4.3%
Scott$45,762,384$42,734,077-6.6%
Shelby$1,325,120$1,327,4130.2%
Sioux$1,861,251$1,969,3375.8%
Story$7,998,341$8,344,0954.3%
Tama$2,384,386$2,386,7220.1%
Taylor$930,726$806,210-13.4%
Union$2,367,572$2,596,1129.7%
Van Buren$970,749$1,091,76812.5%
Wapello$9,088,157$10,191,13012.1%
Warren$4,587,129$4,148,114-9.6%
Washington$2,654,108$2,553,991-3.8%
Wayne$1,048,750$1,056,0170.7%
Webster$8,327,147$8,488,0941.9%
Winnebago$1,259,596$1,112,981-11.6%
Winneshiek$1,232,518$1,230,253-0.2%
Woodbury$24,813,917$24,916,4900.4%
Worth$726,234$796,4749.7%
Wright$2,054,040$1,594,795-22.4%
Total for Iowa$513,319,148$533,540,3873%

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