Percentage of population with low-income and low access to a supermarket or large grocery store

Source:2010 US Department of Agriculture Food Environment Atlas Data as of November, 2012

  Population with low-income and low access Population Percentage
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 1,401 48,946 2.9
Cattaraugus 1,581 80,317 2.0
Chautauqua 5,594 134,905 4.1
Erie 54,115 919,040 5.9
Genesee 947 60,079 1.6
Niagara 11,413 216,469 5.3
Orleans 2,572 42,883 6.0
Wyoming 2,039 42,155 4.8
Western New York 79,662 1,544,794 5.2
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 5,354 88,830 6.0
Livingston 5,757 65,393 8.8
Monroe 51,564 744,344 6.9
Ontario 3,130 107,931 2.9
Schuyler 381 18,343 2.1
Seneca 559 35,251 1.6
Steuben 4,166 98,990 4.2
Wayne 3,206 93,772 3.4
Yates 122 25,348 0.5
Finger Lakes 74,239 1,278,202 5.8
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 1,422 80,026 1.8
Cortland 1,247 49,336 2.5
Herkimer 2,842 64,519 4.4
Jefferson 6,034 116,229 5.2
Lewis 1,531 27,087 5.7
Madison 3,548 73,442 4.8
Oneida 13,166 234,878 5.6
Onondaga 25,602 467,026 5.5
Oswego 3,067 122,109 2.5
St. Lawrence 6,862 111,944 6.1
Tompkins 5,919 101,564 5.8
Central New York 71,240 1,448,160 4.9
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 9,556 200,600 4.8
Chenango 255 50,477 0.5
Tioga 1,342 51,125 2.6
New York-Penn 11,153 302,202 3.7
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 15,074 304,204 5.0
Clinton 6,443 82,128 7.8
Columbia 2,928 63,096 4.6
Delaware 441 47,980 0.9
Essex 786 39,370 2.0
Franklin 3,453 51,599 6.7
Fulton 1,776 55,531 3.2
Greene 1,788 49,221 3.6
Hamilton 306 4,836 6.3
Montgomery 9,345 50,219 18.6
Otsego 5,985 62,259 9.6
Rensselaer 8,602 159,429 5.4
Saratoga 8,516 219,607 3.9
Schenectady 14,863 154,727 9.6
Schoharie 962 32,749 2.9
Warren 2,790 65,707 4.2
Washington 2,515 63,216 4.0
Northeastern New York 86,573 1,505,878 5.7
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 17,432 297,488 5.9
Orange 16,648 372,813 4.5
Putnam 5,415 99,710 5.4
Rockland 15,350 311,687 4.9
Sullivan 4,913 77,547 6.3
Ulster 10,976 182,493 6.0
Westchester 12,045 949,113 1.3
Hudson Valley 82,779 2,290,851 3.6
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 847 1,385,108 0.1
Kings 78 2,504,700 0.0
New York 0 1,585,873 0.0*
Queens 783 2,230,722 0.0
Richmond 5,811 468,730 1.2
New York City 7,519 8,175,133 0.1
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 5,769 1,339,532 0.4
Suffolk 62,977 1,493,350 4.2
Nassau-Suffolk 68,746 2,832,882 2.4
New York State 481,911 19,378,102 2.5

* Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the percentage is unstable

Low access is defined as greater than one mile from a supermarket or grocery store in urban areas or greater than ten miles from a supermarket or grocery store in rural areas