Estimate of Non-participants by County

 

County

Average Participation in 2005

Estimated Number of People Eligible for Food Stamps

Estimated Number of Non-participants

Alameda

70,269

156,152

85,884

Alpine

75

167

92

Amador

1,128

2,506

1,378

Butte

 17,206

38,237

21,030

Calaveras

 1,697

3,770

2,074

Colusa

1,197

2,659

1,462

Contra Costa

 29,855

66,344

36,489

Del Norte

 3,852

8,561

4,709

El Dorado

 4,154

9,231

5,077

Fresno

119,775

266,166

146,391

Glenn

 2,374

5,275

2,901

Humboldt

 10,970

24,377

13,407

Imperial

 17,224

38,276

21,052

Inyo

952

2,117

1,164

Kern

 78,439

174,308

95,869

Kings

13,781

30,623

16,843

Lake

 5,538

12,307

6,769

Lassen

 2,079

4,619

2,541

Los Angeles

 666,401

1,480,891

814,490

Madera

14,412

32,026

17,614

Marin

 4,227

9,394

5,167

Mariposa

829

1,842

1,013

Mendocino

 7,851

17,446

9,596

Merced

 29,735

66,078

36,343

Modoc

755

1,678

923

Mono

269

598

329

Monterey

 18,373

40,828

22,455

Napa

 2,639

5,865

3,226

Nevada

 2,278

5,062

2,784

Orange

80,191

178,201

98,011

Placer

 5,526

12,280

6,754

Plumas

687

1,527

840

Riverside

 81,627

181,393

99,766

Sacramento

111,640

248,089

136,449

San Benito

 2,979

6,620

3,641

San Bernardino

141,734

314,965

173,231

San Diego

 84,616

188,035

103,419

San Francisco

 32,357

71,904

39,547

San Joaquin

 53,742

119,427

65,685

San Luis Obispo

 6,052

13,450

7,397

San Mateo  

 8,586

19,080

10,494

Santa Barbara  

 17,900

39,778

21,878

Santa Clara

 56,887

126,414

69,528

Santa Cruz

 10,436

23,192

12,756

Shasta

 13,283

29,517

16,234

Sierra

168

374

206

Siskiyou

 4,146

9,214

5,068

Solano

 16,447

36,548

20,101

Sonoma

 12,750

28,333

15,583

Stanislaus

 39,334

87,408

48,074

Sutter

 5,520

12,267

6,747

Tehama

 5,343

11,873

6,530

Trinity

937

2,083

1,146

Tulare

 59,702

132,671

72,969

Tuolumne

 2,829

6,288

3,458

Ventura

 26,712

59,360

32,648

Yolo

 8,663

19,252

10,588

Yuba

8,131

18,069

9,938