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1.1% increase in number of Delaware County residents receiving food assistance benefits in 2024
Delaware County reported a 1.1% increase in the number of residents seeking the food assistance program between 2023 and 2024.
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0.5% decrease in number of Delaware County households receiving food assistance benefits in 2024
Delaware County reported a 0.5% decrease in the number of households receiving food stamps between 2023 and 2024.
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Delaware County sees a growth in food assistance during 2024 compared to 2023
Delaware County saw a 3.4% increase in the amount of money allocated for food assistance from 2023 to 2024.
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Food assistance in Delaware County up 1.6% since 2015
In 2024, Delaware County received $1,573,378 in food stamps, compared to $1,548,556 in 2015.
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Fewer Delaware County households relying on food stamps since 2015
In 2024, 438 Delaware County households relied on food stamps, compared to 605 in 2015.
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Food assistance use in Delaware County: Down 35.7% since 2015
In 2024, 852 Delaware County residents relied on food stamps, compared to 1,326 in 2015.
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Number of Delaware County households relying on food stamps shrank over last decade
In 2023, 440 Delaware County households relied on food stamps, compared to 625 in 2014.
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Number of Delaware County residents relying on food stamps shrank over last decade
In 2023, 843 Delaware County residents relied on food stamps, compared to 1,330 in 2014.
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4.8% decrease in amount of food assistance provided in Delaware County over last decade
In 2023, Delaware County received $1,522,244 in food stamps, compared to $1,599,045 in 2014.
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Smaller number of Delaware County households received food assistance benefits in 2023 than previous year
Delaware County reported a 4.8% decrease in the number of households receiving food stamps between 2022 and 2023.
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6.3% decrease in number of Delaware County residents receiving food assistance benefits in 2023
Delaware County reported a 6.3% decrease in residents seeking the food assistance program between 2022 and 2023.
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Delaware County sees a drop in food assistance during 2023 compared to 2022
Delaware County saw a 16.5% decrease in the amount of money allocated for food assistance from 2022 to 2023.
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Men more prevalent than women in Delaware County in 2021
Of the 17,508 people living in Delaware County, Iowa in 2021, 49.1% (8,594) were women and 50.9% (8,914) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Dubuque Times.
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Food assistance amounts increase in Delaware County since 2011
In 2021, the Iowa Food Assistance Program allocated $2,590,346 to Delaware County compared to $2,052,030 in 2011.
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31.7 percent fewer Delaware County residents receiving food assistance since 2011
In 2021, 969 residents in Delaware County participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program compared to 1,419 residents in 2011.
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Delaware County saw a 23.1% decrease in households receiving food assistance since 2011
In 2021, 487 households in Delaware County participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program compared to 633 households in 2011, according to the Iowa Business Daily's analysis of the Iowa Department of Human Services.
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Fewer Delaware County residents received food assistance benefits in 2021
Delaware County saw a 4 percent decrease in the number of residents who participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021, according to a Delaware Guide analysis of data from the state's Department of Human Services.
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Fewer Delaware County households received food assistance benefits in 2021
Delaware County saw a 2.9 percent decrease in the number of households participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021.
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Delaware County residents receive $1,920,832 in food assistance benefits in 2021
Delaware County saw a 47.4 percent increase in the amount of money allocated through Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of the state's Department of Human Services.
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Food assistance amounts decrease in Delaware County since 2011
In 2020, the Iowa Food Assistance Program allocated $1,920,832 to Delaware County compared to $2,052,030 in 2011.