Westchester Reporter

New Rochelle ranked 431st in New York for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 3,740 New Rochelle households (12.9 percent) who received food stamps. New Rochelle's population was 79,367 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was New Square, which had 1,193 of 1,629 households receiving food stamps, 60.3 percent more than New Rochelle. In 2020 the population of New Square was 8,589.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was East Williston, which had one of 838 households receiving food stamps, 12.8 percent less than New Rochelle. In 2020 the population of East Williston was 2,552.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	New Square	1,629	1,193	73.2
2	Malden-on-Hudson	130	75	57.7
3	Kaser	1,067	533	50
3	Linwood	20	10	50
3	Lorraine	22	11	50
6	Hunt	54	26	48.1
7	Kiryas Joel	4,588	2,179	47.5
8	Yorkshire	521	241	46.3
9	Bloomingburg	144	66	45.8
10	Bridgewater	192	86	44.8
11	Monticello	2,324	1,007	43.3
12	Preston-Potter Hollow	174	75	43.1
13	Oxbow	49	21	42.9
14	Monsey	4,149	1,678	40.4
15	Port Leyden	251	100	39.8
16	Glen Park	213	84	39.4
17	Cumminsville	61	24	39.3
18	Great Bend	443	172	38.8
19	Great Neck Gardens	485	187	38.6
20	Scio	354	134	37.9
21	Chazy	238	90	37.8
22	Liberty	1,494	548	36.7
23	Williamson	1,103	403	36.5
24	Champlain	519	187	36
25	Henderson	79	28	35.4
26	Bolivar	465	163	35.1
27	Loch Sheldrake	346	121	35
28	Hermon	152	53	34.9
28	Smyrna	86	30	34.9
30	Rushford	135	47	34.8
31	Antwerp	265	92	34.7
32	Granville	1,129	387	34.3
33	Altmar	100	34	34
33	Phoenix	1,146	390	34
35	Laurens	92	31	33.7
36	St. Regis Falls	143	48	33.6
37	Ocean Beach	21	7	33.3
38	Rochester	88,006	29,118	33.1
39	Adams	733	237	32.3
39	Little Valley	465	150	32.3
41	Salisbury Mills	69	22	31.9
42	Wyandanch	3,366	1,071	31.8
43	Buffalo	110,896	34,821	31.4
44	Middleville	249	78	31.3
45	Fort Plain	743	231	31.1
46	Salamanca	2,252	697	31
47	Dunkirk	5,402	1,637	30.3
47	Elmira	9,999	3,034	30.3
47	Lakeville	356	108	30.3
47	Ogdensburg	4,027	1,222	30.3
51	Guilford	90	27	30
51	Malone	2,425	727	30
51	Sylvan Beach	353	106	30
54	Norwich	3,219	961	29.9
54	Remsen	201	60	29.9
56	Chateaugay	349	104	29.8
56	Hudson Falls	3,265	974	29.8
56	La Fargeville	225	67	29.8
56	Stamford	541	161	29.8
60	Hudson	2,606	773	29.7
60	Syracuse	56,384	16,732	29.7
62	Utica	22,443	6,633	29.6
63	Friendship	388	114	29.4
64	Redwood	164	48	29.3
64	Sinclairville	290	85	29.3
64	Websters Crossing	41	12	29.3
67	Montour Falls	718	209	29.1
68	New York Mills	1,565	451	28.8
69	DeRuyter	172	49	28.5
69	High Falls	186	53	28.5
71	Boonville	841	239	28.4
71	Lackawanna	7,443	2,111	28.4
73	Castorland	106	30	28.3
73	Gouverneur	1,835	519	28.3
73	Natural Bridge	113	32	28.3
76	Wadsworth	71	20	28.2
77	Albion	2,646	743	28.1
78	Brocton	628	175	27.9
79	Delevan	525	146	27.8
79	St. Johnsville	681	189	27.8
81	Hammond	101	28	27.7
81	Whitney Point	455	126	27.7
83	Amsterdam	7,455	2,058	27.6
83	Binghamton	20,052	5,538	27.6
83	Evans Mills	199	55	27.6
86	Star Lake	265	73	27.5
87	Cold Brook	92	25	27.2
88	Edwards	163	44	27
88	South Fallsburg	614	166	27
90	Schenevus	268	72	26.9
91	Dexter	342	91	26.6
91	Hornell	3,668	977	26.6
93	Sherburne	631	167	26.5
94	Deposit	640	169	26.4
95	Northwest Ithaca	926	244	26.3
96	Alexandria Bay	561	147	26.2
96	Nunda	539	141	26.2
98	Owego	1,933	504	26.1
98	Richburg	199	52	26.1
100	Gloversville	6,232	1,619	26