Kane County, Illinois - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 1,843
Kane County:
1.40%
Illinois:
2.91%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 21,239
This county:
5.33%
Illinois:
15.86%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 80
Kane County:
1.61 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
2.24 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 4
This county:
0.08 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
0.08 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 27
Kane County:
0.54 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
0.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 97
Kane County:
1.95 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
2.61 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 169
This county:
3.33 / 10,000 pop.
State:
5.90 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
This county:
$195,442
State:
$228,062
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 33
Kane County:
0.65 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
1.03 / 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:
$187,101
Illinois:
$88,172
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 334
Kane County:
6.70 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
7.22 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 294
This county:
5.90 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
6.86 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Illinois: $472 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Illinois: $476
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Illinois in 2009: 1,462,421
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Kane County in 2007: $40,179
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Here:
$106.00
Illinois:
$92.80
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Illinois: 79.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Kane County:
40.00%
Illinois:
34.55%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Illinois in 2009: 1,147,300
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
This county:
27.00%
State:
27.76%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
This county:
5.30%
Illinois:
7.02%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Illinois in 2009: 292,760 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Illinois in 2009: 50,374
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Kane County: 28
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Kane County:
1,930
Illinois:
4,216
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Illinois: 309,870
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Kane County: $6,174,324
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Illinois: 124,121
Food Taxes in Illinois in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 5.25% General state food sales tax: 1.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Kane County:
7.20%
Illinois:
8.32%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Kane County:
27.20%
Illinois:
25.20%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Kane County:
15.10%
Illinois:
14.54%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 51
Kane County:
6.70%
Illinois:
4.66%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Kane County:
0.70%
State:
0.40%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 1,434
Here:
$2.88 per capita
State:
$3.04 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 11
Here:
0.22 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.21 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 1,180
Kane County:
23.70 / 10,000 pop.
Illinois:
52.46 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 63.10% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 43.50% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.10%