There were 35 Dover Base Housing households (2.7 percent) who received food stamps. Dover Base Housing's population was 3,620 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, 43.8 percent more than Dover Base Housing. 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 - 1.5 percent less than Dover Base Housing.
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 |
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