Gloucester County, New Jersey Food Environment Statistics
Gloucester County, New Jersey - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 2,964
Here:
3.27%
State:
2.51%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 24,070
This county:
9.46%
New Jersey:
6.43%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 53
Gloucester County:
1.86 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.90 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 3
This county:
0.11 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
0.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 72
This county:
2.52 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.76 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 27
Gloucester County:
0.95 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
0.81 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 135
This county:
4.69 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
5.42 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Gloucester County:
$82,489
State:
$117,367
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 16
Here:
0.56 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
0.96 / 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:
Gloucester County:
$153,665
New Jersey:
$149,314
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 185
Gloucester County:
6.48 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
7.68 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 131
Here:
4.59 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.15 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in New Jersey: $371 Restaurant expenditures per capita in New Jersey: $494
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in New Jersey in 2009: 499,852
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Gloucester County in 2007: $10,127
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Gloucester County:
$77.00
New Jersey:
$87.81
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in New Jersey: 60.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
This county:
24.90%
State:
22.12%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in New Jersey in 2009: 703,857
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Gloucester County:
13.60%
New Jersey:
20.75%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Gloucester County:
5.40%
New Jersey:
5.78%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in New Jersey in 2009: 172,607 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in New Jersey in 2009: 50,078
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Gloucester County: 4
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Gloucester County:
8,990
State:
2,831
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in New Jersey: 168,945
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Gloucester County: $2,458,638
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in New Jersey: 72,654
Food Taxes in New Jersey in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 7.00% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 7.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Here:
9.80%
State:
8.34%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
This county:
24.90%
New Jersey:
23.27%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Gloucester County:
14.90%
New Jersey:
17.97%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 114
Here:
17.00%
New Jersey:
19.55%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Here:
3.20%
State:
4.46%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 3,008
Gloucester County:
$10.53 per capita
New Jersey:
$4.39 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 2
Here:
0.07 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 9,907
Gloucester County:
347.00 / 10,000 pop.
New Jersey:
65.36 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 62.90% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.13%