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    • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System

    Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

    Note: The Food Environment Atlas contains ERS's most recent and reliable data on food assistance programs, including participants in the SNAP Program. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System is no longer being updated due to inconsistencies and reliability issues in the source data. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System provides time-series data on State and county-level estimates of SNAP participation and benefit levels, combined with area estimates of total population and the number of persons in poverty.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-(snap)-data-system/time-series-data.aspx

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
    Publisher Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-ERS-26121
    Data First Published 2019-08-20
    Data Last Modified 2019-08-20
    Category geospatial
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Food Resilience","Food Safety and Nutrition","Human Health"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:13
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    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-(snap)-data-system/documentation.aspx
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    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 005:041
    Related Documents http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-(snap)-data-system/time-series-data.aspx
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d6478cedada9af38d2a2b90dcbce21ac6c56f7146dcab2fbce1e670b3351d233
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