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2.7% of households in Dover Base Housing received food stamps in 2020

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Dover Base Housing ranked 61st in Delaware for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

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.

Top food stamp cities in Delaware in 2020

RankCityTotal HouseholdsTotal households receiving food stampsPercentage of households receiving food stamps
1Woodside East80437446.5
2Laurel1,26155844.3
3Kent Acres72423832.9
4Georgetown2,70073927.4
5Harrington1,20932526.9
6Blades3729726.1
7Woodside992424.2
8Ellendale2054923.9
9Delmar77818223.4
9Seaford3,00870523.4
11Wilmington29,7086,79822.9
12Little Creek1072321.5
13Bridgeville1,53331720.7
14Frederica3517220.5
15Bowers1402719.3
16Greenwood55310619.2
17Elsmere2,26342418.7
18Wyoming63911918.6
19Dover14,7402,67518.1
19Milton1,31423818.1
21Edgemoor2,91451517.7
22Highland Acres1,35823917.6
23Cheswold60110517.5
23Rising Sun-Lebanon1,36823917.5
25Kenton1372316.8
26Milford4,60275716.4
27Leipsic801316.3
28Frankford2173315.2
29Houston1993015.1
30Magnolia1332015
31Wilmington Manor3,24347814.7
32Smyrna4,39464114.6
33Delaware6168914.4
34Claymont3,87151813.4
35Brookside5,15167813.2
35Clayton1,02413513.2
37Odessa1301410.8
37Riverview1,02611110.8
39Felton5865910.1
40Bear7,9507509.4
41Bethel169148.3
41Farmington8478.3
43Newport311258
44Slaughter Beach155127.7
45Long Neck1,4161077.6
45Millsboro1,7541337.6
47Bellefonte456327
47Middletown8,3175827
49Pike Creek Valley4,8923346.8
50Arden233156.4
50Lewes1,5861026.4
52Newark10,7366075.7
53Henlopen Acres9055.6
54Camden1,399765.4
55Selbyville889465.2
56Glasgow5,1012615.1
57New Castle2,5771234.8
58Bethany Beach574203.5
58Dagsboro462163.5
60Townsend739243.2
61Dover Base Housing1,318352.7
62Ocean View1,217322.6
63Millville735182.4
64Ardencroft8722.3
65Pike Creek2,663511.9
66Viola5811.7
67Hartly6711.5
68Fenwick Island22831.3
69Dewey Beach24431.2
69Greenville1,124131.2
69Hockessin4,925601.2

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