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Expansion of Grocery Delivery and Access for Washington SNAP Participants During the COVID-19 Pandemic
GIS SNAPSHOTS — Volume 19 — June 30, 2022
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Online delivery services of groceries to homes in May 2021 were concentrated in the Puget Sound region and outlying communities of Vancouver and Yakima. Expansion of online delivery services to homes by July 2021 included counties in the eastern and southeastern part of the state. However, many rural counties with high food insecurity rates in northeastern Washington State and counties along the western coastline still lacked access to home delivery.
Online grocery delivery access for Washington State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries increased between May and July 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2017 food insecurity rates spotlight the counties most vulnerable to food insecurity. Sources: Walmart delivery data, https://www.walmart.com/store/directory; Amazon delivery data, https://www.amazon.com; SNAP benefit data, https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/download-the-data; Washington 2010 census tract shapefile, https://ofm.wa.gov/washington-data-research/population-demographics/gis-data/census-geographic-files.
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