Bristol County, Rhode Island Food Environment Statistics
Bristol County, Rhode Island - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 697
Here:
3.64%
Rhode Island:
2.42%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 4,822
Bristol County:
9.55%
State:
8.37%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 7
Here:
1.40 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
1.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 5
This county:
1.00 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
1.42 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 8
Bristol County:
1.60 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
2.24 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 19
Bristol County:
3.81 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
7.98 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Bristol County:
$65,188
State:
$124,214
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 4
Bristol County:
0.80 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
1.83 / 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:
Bristol County:
$81,246
Rhode Island:
$93,764
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 30
Bristol County:
6.01 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.89 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 58
Here:
11.61 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
9.75 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Rhode Island: $491 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Rhode Island: $660
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Rhode Island in 2009: 102,303
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Bristol County in 2007: $2,281
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Bristol County:
12.50%
Rhode Island:
19.90%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Rhode Island in 2009: 79,159
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
This county:
9.30%
State:
16.96%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Bristol County:
5.30%
Rhode Island:
5.58%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Rhode Island in 2009: 23,645 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Rhode Island in 2009: 6,785
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Bristol County: 1
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Rhode Island: 25,672
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Bristol County: $324,983
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Rhode Island: 9,366
Food Taxes in Rhode Island in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 7.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Bristol County:
7.80%
Rhode Island:
7.91%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
This county:
18.90%
Rhode Island:
22.58%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
16.80%
Rhode Island:
16.26%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 7
Bristol County:
13.70%
Rhode Island:
20.90%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Bristol County:
6.90%
Rhode Island:
12.01%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 196
Bristol County:
$3.92 per capita
Rhode Island:
$6.01 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 3
Bristol County:
0.60 / 10,000 pop.
Rhode Island:
0.37 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 186
This county:
37.20 / 10,000 pop.
State:
23.42 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 66.30% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 41.90% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.14%