Kenosha ranked 157th in Wisconsin for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
There were 6,772 Kenosha households (17.6 percent) who received food stamps. Kenosha’s population was 99,767 in 2020.
The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Birch Hill, which had 38 of 65 households receiving food stamps, 40.9 percent more than Kenosha. In 2020 the population of Birch Hill was 206.
The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Fox Point, which had four of 3,055 households receiving food stamps, 17.5 percent less than Kenosha. In 2020 the population of Fox Point was 6,623.
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 | Birch Hill | 65 | 38 | 58.5 |
| 2 | Edmund | 59 | 34 | 57.6 |
| 3 | Radisson | 145 | 72 | 49.7 |
| 4 | New Odanah | 111 | 54 | 48.6 |
| 5 | Keshena | 403 | 194 | 48.1 |
| 6 | Florence | 239 | 109 | 45.6 |
| 7 | Chief Lake | 286 | 114 | 39.9 |
| 8 | Exeland | 113 | 44 | 38.9 |
| 9 | Fairchild | 246 | 94 | 38.2 |
| 10 | Amberg | 100 | 38 | 38 |
| 11 | Saxon | 37 | 14 | 37.8 |
| 12 | Arkansaw | 122 | 46 | 37.7 |
| 13 | Wheeler | 128 | 46 | 35.9 |
| 14 | Fox Lake | 831 | 295 | 35.5 |
| 15 | Caroline | 115 | 40 | 34.8 |
| 15 | Franks Field | 66 | 23 | 34.8 |
| 17 | Barron | 1,214 | 413 | 34 |
| 18 | Little Round Lake | 514 | 174 | 33.9 |
| 19 | Friendship | 259 | 85 | 32.8 |
| 20 | Centuria | 483 | 157 | 32.5 |
| 21 | Ridgeland | 142 | 46 | 32.4 |
| 21 | Soldiers Grove | 207 | 67 | 32.4 |
| 23 | Danbury | 65 | 21 | 32.3 |
| 24 | Mole Lake | 224 | 71 | 31.7 |
| 25 | Wautoma | 877 | 277 | 31.6 |
| 26 | Mattoon | 143 | 45 | 31.5 |
| 27 | Aniwa | 111 | 34 | 30.6 |
| 27 | Eagle River | 736 | 225 | 30.6 |
| 29 | Blue River | 237 | 71 | 30 |
| 30 | Sheldon | 127 | 38 | 29.9 |
| 31 | Adams | 1,034 | 308 | 29.8 |
| 32 | Bowler | 125 | 37 | 29.6 |
| 33 | Grand View | 58 | 17 | 29.3 |
| 34 | Sobieski | 154 | 45 | 29.2 |
| 35 | Reserve | 229 | 66 | 28.8 |
| 36 | Tigerton | 272 | 78 | 28.7 |
| 37 | Webster | 316 | 89 | 28.2 |
| 38 | Bluffview | 335 | 94 | 28.1 |
| 39 | Cornucopia | 61 | 17 | 27.9 |
| 40 | Embarrass | 206 | 57 | 27.7 |
| 40 | Neshkoro | 202 | 56 | 27.7 |
| 42 | Bruce | 369 | 101 | 27.4 |
| 42 | Little Sturgeon | 84 | 23 | 27.4 |
| 44 | Wild Rose | 389 | 106 | 27.2 |
| 45 | Turtle Lake | 423 | 114 | 27 |
| 46 | Drummond | 67 | 18 | 26.9 |
| 46 | Neopit | 197 | 53 | 26.9 |
| 46 | Racine | 30,392 | 8,161 | 26.9 |
| 49 | Necedah | 381 | 102 | 26.8 |
| 50 | Merrillan | 292 | 78 | 26.7 |
| 51 | Milwaukee | 229,227 | 60,603 | 26.4 |
| 52 | Granton | 137 | 36 | 26.3 |
| 53 | Linden | 229 | 60 | 26.2 |
| 54 | Lublin | 66 | 17 | 25.8 |
| 55 | La Farge | 402 | 103 | 25.6 |
| 56 | Elk Mound | 388 | 98 | 25.3 |
| 57 | Iron Belt | 84 | 21 | 25 |
| 57 | Tilleda | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 59 | Gilman | 185 | 46 | 24.9 |
| 59 | Oxford | 245 | 61 | 24.9 |
| 61 | Gratiot | 113 | 28 | 24.8 |
| 62 | Dallas | 158 | 39 | 24.7 |
| 63 | Wausaukee | 252 | 62 | 24.6 |
| 64 | Beloit | 13,753 | 3,358 | 24.4 |
| 65 | New Auburn | 207 | 50 | 24.2 |
| 66 | Crandon | 752 | 181 | 24.1 |
| 67 | Suring | 204 | 49 | 24 |
| 68 | Hayward | 1,112 | 266 | 23.9 |
| 69 | Winter | 172 | 41 | 23.8 |
| 70 | Laona | 226 | 53 | 23.5 |
| 71 | Elroy | 610 | 143 | 23.4 |
| 72 | Almena | 361 | 84 | 23.3 |
| 72 | Colfax | 472 | 110 | 23.3 |
| 74 | Lac du Flambeau | 851 | 197 | 23.1 |
| 75 | Phillips | 880 | 202 | 23 |
| 76 | Ashland | 3,306 | 756 | 22.9 |
| 76 | Dellwood | 275 | 63 | 22.9 |
| 78 | Park Falls | 1,158 | 264 | 22.8 |
| 78 | Prentice | 246 | 56 | 22.8 |
| 80 | New Lisbon | 745 | 169 | 22.7 |
| 81 | Wabeno | 175 | 39 | 22.3 |
| 81 | White Lake | 139 | 31 | 22.3 |
| 83 | Gays Mills | 230 | 51 | 22.2 |
| 83 | Lohrville | 167 | 37 | 22.2 |
| 85 | Black River Falls | 1,727 | 381 | 22.1 |
| 85 | Elcho | 140 | 31 | 22.1 |
| 87 | Marquette | 109 | 24 | 22 |
| 88 | Butternut | 194 | 42 | 21.6 |
| 88 | Glenwood | 472 | 102 | 21.6 |
| 88 | Mercer | 268 | 58 | 21.6 |
| 88 | Wyeville | 51 | 11 | 21.6 |
| 92 | Gilmanton | 56 | 12 | 21.4 |
| 93 | South Wayne | 197 | 42 | 21.3 |
| 94 | New Post | 165 | 35 | 21.2 |
| 94 | Pound | 156 | 33 | 21.2 |
| 96 | Curtiss | 71 | 15 | 21.1 |
| 96 | Milladore | 142 | 30 | 21.1 |
| 96 | Tony | 57 | 12 | 21.1 |
| 99 | Biron | 376 | 79 | 21 |
| 99 | Sparta | 4,193 | 880 | 21 |
