Owsley County, Kentucky Food Environment Statistics
Owsley County, Kentucky - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 281
Owsley County:
14.87%
State:
6.03%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 3,171
Owsley County:
65.50%
Kentucky:
31.11%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 2
Here:
4.35 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:
2.19 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 2
This county:
4.35 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:
4.36 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 10
Owsley County:
21.58 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:
9.20 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Owsley County:
$139,129
Kentucky:
$194,043
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 3
Here:
6.47 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.67 / 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:
This county:
$61,959
Kentucky:
$77,621
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 1
Owsley County:
2.17 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 1
Owsley County:
2.17 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:
5.74 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Kentucky: $527 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Kentucky: $394
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Kentucky in 2009: 701,756
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Owsley County in 2007: $2,519
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Owsley County:
$89.00
Kentucky:
$88.47
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Kentucky: 78.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Owsley County:
70.10%
Kentucky:
41.89%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Kentucky in 2009: 569,825
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Here:
83.00%
Kentucky:
45.93%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
This county:
6.10%
State:
9.00%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Kentucky in 2009: 238,331 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Kentucky in 2009: 55,312
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Owsley County: 3
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Owsley County:
2,478
State:
2,108
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Kentucky: 141,346
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Owsley County: $185,877
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Kentucky: 45,755
Food Taxes in Kentucky in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 6.00% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 6.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
This county:
11.90%
State:
11.02%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
This county:
30.10%
Kentucky:
30.00%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Owsley County:
25.40%
Kentucky:
15.95%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 20
Owsley County:
10.30%
Kentucky:
4.73%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Owsley County:
6.30%
Kentucky:
0.96%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 77
Here:
$16.74 per capita
Kentucky:
$3.60 per capita
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 131
Here:
284.70 / 10,000 pop.
Kentucky:
18.88 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 57.90% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 32.90%