Kent County Today

Magnolia ranked 30th in Delaware for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 20 Magnolia households (15 percent) who received food stamps. Magnolia's population was 379 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Woodside East, which had 374 of 804 households receiving food stamps, 31.5 percent more than Magnolia. In 2020 the population of Woodside East was 2,167.

The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Dewey Beach, Greenville and Hockessin. In these cities, 1.2 percent of households received food stamps - 13.8 percent less than Magnolia.

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	Woodside East	804	374	46.5
2	Laurel	1,261	558	44.3
3	Kent Acres	724	238	32.9
4	Georgetown	2,700	739	27.4
5	Harrington	1,209	325	26.9
6	Blades	372	97	26.1
7	Woodside	99	24	24.2
8	Ellendale	205	49	23.9
9	Delmar	778	182	23.4
9	Seaford	3,008	705	23.4
11	Wilmington	29,708	6,798	22.9
12	Little Creek	107	23	21.5
13	Bridgeville	1,533	317	20.7
14	Frederica	351	72	20.5
15	Bowers	140	27	19.3
16	Greenwood	553	106	19.2
17	Elsmere	2,263	424	18.7
18	Wyoming	639	119	18.6
19	Dover	14,740	2,675	18.1
19	Milton	1,314	238	18.1
21	Edgemoor	2,914	515	17.7
22	Highland Acres	1,358	239	17.6
23	Cheswold	601	105	17.5
23	Rising Sun-Lebanon	1,368	239	17.5
25	Kenton	137	23	16.8
26	Milford	4,602	757	16.4
27	Leipsic	80	13	16.3
28	Frankford	217	33	15.2
29	Houston	199	30	15.1
30	Magnolia	133	20	15
31	Wilmington Manor	3,243	478	14.7
32	Smyrna	4,394	641	14.6
33	Delaware	616	89	14.4
34	Claymont	3,871	518	13.4
35	Brookside	5,151	678	13.2
35	Clayton	1,024	135	13.2
37	Odessa	130	14	10.8
37	Riverview	1,026	111	10.8
39	Felton	586	59	10.1
40	Bear	7,950	750	9.4
41	Bethel	169	14	8.3
41	Farmington	84	7	8.3
43	Newport	311	25	8
44	Slaughter Beach	155	12	7.7
45	Long Neck	1,416	107	7.6
45	Millsboro	1,754	133	7.6
47	Bellefonte	456	32	7
47	Middletown	8,317	582	7
49	Pike Creek Valley	4,892	334	6.8
50	Arden	233	15	6.4
50	Lewes	1,586	102	6.4
52	Newark	10,736	607	5.7
53	Henlopen Acres	90	5	5.6
54	Camden	1,399	76	5.4
55	Selbyville	889	46	5.2
56	Glasgow	5,101	261	5.1
57	New Castle	2,577	123	4.8
58	Bethany Beach	574	20	3.5
58	Dagsboro	462	16	3.5
60	Townsend	739	24	3.2
61	Dover Base Housing	1,318	35	2.7
62	Ocean View	1,217	32	2.6
63	Millville	735	18	2.4
64	Ardencroft	87	2	2.3
65	Pike Creek	2,663	51	1.9
66	Viola	58	1	1.7
67	Hartly	67	1	1.5
68	Fenwick Island	228	3	1.3
69	Dewey Beach	244	3	1.2
69	Greenville	1,124	13	1.2
69	Hockessin	4,925	60	1.2