Mason County, Michigan Food Environment Statistics
Mason County, Michigan - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 685
This county:
6.02%
Michigan:
3.25%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 7,564
Mason County:
26.80%
Michigan:
19.36%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 8
Here:
2.78 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
2.34 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 2
Mason County:
0.70 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
0.18 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 17
Mason County:
5.91 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
2.99 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 27
Mason County:
9.38 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
7.68 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Here:
$230,176
Michigan:
$197,220
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 9
This county:
3.13 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.75 / 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:
$71,131
Michigan:
$102,878
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 15
This county:
5.22 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.39 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 32
Mason County:
11.13 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
6.80 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Michigan: $430 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Michigan: $466
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Michigan in 2009: 1,450,272
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Mason County in 2007: $4,207
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
This county:
$82.00
State:
$85.24
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Michigan: 80.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Mason County:
43.80%
Michigan:
40.92%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Michigan in 2009: 911,527
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Here:
33.40%
State:
30.72%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
This county:
7.60%
Michigan:
9.35%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Michigan in 2009: 281,988 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Michigan in 2009: 60,726
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Mason County: 4
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Mason County:
1,709
Michigan:
2,389
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Michigan: 242,488
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Mason County: $640,181
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Michigan: 78,539
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
This county:
9.30%
Michigan:
9.71%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
This county:
29.10%
Michigan:
29.75%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
12.20%
Michigan:
13.42%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 66
Mason County:
14.70%
Michigan:
12.59%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
This county:
1.40%
State:
1.72%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 499
Mason County:
$17.36 per capita
Michigan:
$5.81 per capita
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 4,619
Mason County:
1607.10 / 10,000 pop.
Michigan:
170.90 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 66.60% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 44.00% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.14%