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50.1% of those receiving SNAP, TANF, and rental subsidies were Black and 27.7% were Hispanic in 2014. 58.7% of households receiving both Social Security and energy aid included just one person living alone in 2017.
Non-Hispanic White people accounted for 44.6% of adult SNAP recipients and 31.5% of child recipients in 2020. About 27% of both adult and child recipients were Black. Hispanic people, who can be of any race, accounted for 21.9% of adult recipients and 35.8% of child recipients.
Welfare Statistics by Race, State and Payment There are approximately 12.8 million Americans on welfare, accounting for 4.1% of the US population. An estimated $131.9 billion is spent by the government on welfare each year.
Non-Hispanic whites made up 36.2 percent of the 44 million people who used SNAP in fiscal year 2016 – the largest share of any ethnic group. Non-Hispanic whites, however, accounted for 61 percent of the U.S. population in 2016, so they utilized food stamps proportionally less than their share of the population.
Fifty-nine percent of Americans say either that most welfare recipients are black, or that welfare recipiency is about the same among black and white people. The numbers reflect a significant overestimation of the number of black Americans benefiting from the largest programs.
Looking at welfare recipients by race, 26% are Black, 16% are Hispanic, 3% are Asian, and 2% are Native American. The race of the remaining 16% of participants in this survey is unknown. The latest available data shows that most recipients are children — 13.4% are under 5, and another 30.7% are between the ages of 5 and 18.
Our statistics highlight trends in household and family composition, describe characteristics of the residents of housing units, and show how they are related.
Exploring US Welfare: Millions benefit from programs targeting poverty, hunger, and healthcare needs. In 2020, the average monthly TANF benefit for a family of three was $428. Around 9.2 million families in the U.S. received TANF benefits in 2020.
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs. These foreign born tables are from the 2002 children's living arrangements and characteristics. On average, 40.9 million people were poor in a given month in 1996, a poverty rate of 15.5%.
We have found that most of the difference in welfare engagement across race and ethnic groups can be “explained” by differences in income, in family structure, in employment, and in the education and age of the head of household.