Lubbock County, Texas - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 1,866
Here:
2.02%
Texas:
3.70%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 36,972
Lubbock County:
15.27%
Texas:
24.26%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 25
Lubbock County:
0.95 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 4
Here:
0.15 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 12
This county:
0.46 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 85
Lubbock County:
3.25 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 127
Lubbock County:
4.80 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
5.77 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
This county:
$307,794
Texas:
$223,371
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 18
Lubbock County:
0.68 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.98 / 10,000 pop.
Average WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemption per one WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized store in 2008:
Lubbock County:
$344,797
State:
$273,414
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 251
Lubbock County:
9.59 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.85 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 148
This county:
5.65 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Texas: $541 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Texas: $460
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Texas in 2009: 3,003,156
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Lubbock County in 2007: $34,662
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
This county:
$96.00
Texas:
$89.73
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Texas: 63.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Lubbock County:
30.90%
Texas:
27.71%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Texas in 2009: 3,216,109
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Here:
45.30%
Texas:
42.00%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Lubbock County:
9.00%
Texas:
9.66%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Texas in 2009: 1,506,872 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Texas in 2009: 181,605
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Lubbock County: 13
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Lubbock County:
2,863
Texas:
4,670
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Texas: 992,454
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Lubbock County: $6,206,341
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Texas: 303,945
Food Taxes in Texas in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 6.25% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 6.25%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Lubbock County:
7.90%
State:
8.89%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Lubbock County:
26.00%
State:
26.62%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Lubbock County:
13.30%
Texas:
15.68%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 36
This county:
3.00%
Texas:
4.09%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Lubbock County:
0.10%
Texas:
0.67%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 116
Lubbock County:
$0.44 per capita
Texas:
$1.61 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 2
This county:
0.08 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.07 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 961
This county:
36.70 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
55.93 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 63.70% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 45.20% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.08%
