Sullivan County, New York Food Environment Statistics
Sullivan County, New York - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 2,223
This county:
8.05%
New York:
3.41%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 20,870
This county:
28.23%
State:
15.50%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 31
Sullivan County:
4.06 / 10,000 pop.
State:
4.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 1
Sullivan County:
0.13 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
0.06 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 17
Sullivan County:
2.22 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
0.92 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 43
Sullivan County:
5.63 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.68 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 82
Sullivan County:
10.76 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
8.24 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
Sullivan County:
$122,424
State:
$158,812
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 16
This county:
2.10 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.39 / 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:
$84,771
State:
$88,458
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 46
This county:
6.02 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
6.53 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 84
Here:
10.99 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
8.82 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in New York: $348 Restaurant expenditures per capita in New York: $530
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in New York in 2009: 2,322,742
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Sullivan County in 2007: $7,940
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
This county:
$97.00
State:
$92.99
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in New York: 63.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
This county:
25.30%
State:
26.90%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in New York in 2009: 1,809,834
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
Sullivan County:
32.20%
New York:
26.63%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
This county:
10.20%
New York:
9.24%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in New York in 2009: 574,767 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in New York in 2009: 436,048
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Sullivan County: 77
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
This county:
2,088
New York:
7,139
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in New York: 518,649
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Sullivan County: $1,356,332
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in New York: 256,806
Food Taxes in New York in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 4.00% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 4.00%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
Sullivan County:
9.40%
State:
8.18%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
This county:
24.10%
New York:
23.79%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
16.40%
New York:
15.60%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 54
Sullivan County:
16.70%
State:
15.35%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
This county:
1.50%
State:
2.20%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 624
Sullivan County:
$8.17 per capita
New York:
$8.07 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 6
This county:
0.79 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
0.23 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 151
Sullivan County:
19.80 / 10,000 pop.
New York:
173.91 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 63.90% Highschoolers physically active in 2008: 38.00% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.18%