Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 3,150
This county:
27.91%
Ohio:
3.36%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 13,460
Here:
34.76%
State:
16.40%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 10
Holmes County:
2.42 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
1.89 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 6
Here:
1.45 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
1.25 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 9
This county:
2.18 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.93 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 14
Holmes County:
3.38 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.08 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Holmes County:
$88,372
Ohio:
$213,278
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 6
This county:
1.45 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
1.22 / 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:
Here:
$68,959
Ohio:
$152,357
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 11
This county:
2.67 / 10,000 pop.
State:
7.82 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 18
Holmes County:
4.36 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
6.25 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Ohio: $514 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Ohio: $486
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Ohio in 2009: 1,357,412
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Holmes County in 2007: $1,098
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Holmes County:
$98.00
State:
$97.74
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Ohio: 70.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
This county:
7.00%
Ohio:
31.03%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Ohio in 2009: 1,119,460
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
This county:
20.20%
Ohio:
25.55%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Holmes County:
13.80%
State:
7.46%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Ohio in 2009: 360,509 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Ohio in 2009: 65,067
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Ohio: 303,651
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Holmes County: $413,754
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Ohio: 115,633
Food Taxes in Ohio in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 5.50%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Here:
8.80%
State:
10.27%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Here:
28.10%
Ohio:
29.15%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Holmes County:
6.90%
State:
11.95%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 151
This county:
9.60%
Ohio:
10.94%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
This county:
0.40%
Ohio:
1.48%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 600
This county:
$14.54 per capita
Ohio:
$3.83 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 5
This county:
1.21 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.16 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 401
Holmes County:
97.20 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
38.25 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 65.60% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 44.70% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.05%