Somerset County, Pennsylvania Food Environment Statistics
Somerset County, Pennsylvania - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 1,705
Somerset County:
5.58%
State:
3.40%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 21,991
Somerset County:
28.11%
Pennsylvania:
17.31%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 18
This county:
2.31 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.04 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 1
Somerset County:
0.13 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
0.09 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 4
This county:
0.51 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.88 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 28
Somerset County:
3.60 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
2.52 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 63
Here:
8.13 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
6.85 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Here:
$86,588
State:
$165,708
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 12
Somerset County:
1.55 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
1.53 / 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:
Somerset County:
$29,508
State:
$29,405
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 42
This county:
5.39 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
6.72 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 46
Somerset County:
5.91 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
7.12 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Pennsylvania: $353 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Pennsylvania: $456
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Pennsylvania in 2009: 1,337,803
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Somerset County in 2007: $6,683
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
This county:
$80.00
Pennsylvania:
$84.78
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Pennsylvania: 75.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
This county:
23.20%
Pennsylvania:
28.74%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Pennsylvania in 2009: 1,148,005
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Somerset County:
17.20%
Pennsylvania:
23.40%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
Somerset County:
7.80%
Pennsylvania:
8.12%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Pennsylvania in 2009: 290,300 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Pennsylvania in 2009: 97,104
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Somerset County: 1
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Here:
3,749
Pennsylvania:
3,432
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Pennsylvania: 260,873
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Somerset County: $354,096
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Pennsylvania: 122,286
Food Taxes in Pennsylvania in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 6.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
This county:
9.60%
State:
9.07%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Here:
29.10%
State:
27.20%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
10.30%
Pennsylvania:
11.53%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 152
Here:
13.10%
Pennsylvania:
12.56%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Here:
0.90%
Pennsylvania:
2.25%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 780
Here:
$10.02 per capita
Pennsylvania:
$6.00 per capita
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 361
Here:
46.40 / 10,000 pop.
Pennsylvania:
46.92 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 66.10% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.07%