Kennebec County, Maine Food Environment Statistics
Kennebec County, Maine - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 1,559
Kennebec County:
3.27%
State:
3.70%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 21,353
This county:
18.23%
State:
22.72%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 24
Kennebec County:
1.99 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.80 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 2
This county:
0.17 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 17
Kennebec County:
1.41 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
2.20 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 77
Kennebec County:
6.38 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
5.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 134
Kennebec County:
11.08 / 10,000 pop.
State:
10.72 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Here:
$176,422
Maine:
$135,828
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 20
This county:
1.65 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
2.17 / 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:
$105,801
Maine:
$66,323
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 81
Here:
6.71 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
6.84 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 105
Here:
8.70 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
11.02 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Maine: $416 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Maine: $558
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Maine in 2009: 201,248
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Kennebec County in 2007: $17,897
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Here:
$86.00
Maine:
$85.50
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Maine: 96.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Kennebec County:
48.40%
Maine:
43.14%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Maine in 2009: 107,438
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
This county:
29.00%
State:
31.31%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Kennebec County:
8.10%
Maine:
8.71%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Maine in 2009: 36,862 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Maine in 2009: 6,926
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Kennebec County: 18
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
This county:
2,528
Maine:
2,561
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Maine: 26,656
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Kennebec County: $2,116,029
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Maine: 12,190
Food Taxes in Maine in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 5.00% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 5.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Here:
8.60%
State:
8.22%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Kennebec County:
28.20%
Maine:
25.03%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 144
Here:
22.20%
State:
22.72%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Kennebec County:
2.00%
Maine:
5.16%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 1,244
This county:
$10.31 per capita
Maine:
$14.00 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 8
Kennebec County:
0.66 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
0.56 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 234
Kennebec County:
19.40 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
534.36 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 71.30% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 43.10% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.11%