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Reported Income Levels of Clients Who Indicated Income as a Reason for Not Receiving Food Stamps (7.3.2)

 

Table 7.3.2
REPORTED INCOME LEVES OF CLIENTS WHO INDICATED INELIGIBLE INCOME AS A REASON FOR NOT RECEIVING FOOD STAMPS

Reported Income Levels of Clients Who Indicated Ineligible Income as a Reason for Not Receiving Food Stamps	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
Ineligible income level	44.2%	35.2%	22.4%	40.7%
Income 130% of the federal poverty level or lower	31.9%	24.7%	15.9%	29.2%
Income higher than 130% of the federal poverty level	9.7%	9.2%	5.6%	9.3%
Income unknown	2.6%	1.3%	0.9%	2.2%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) – Clients who have applied for but are not currently receiving food stamps	12,553	3,824	1,589	17,966

As Table 7.3.2 shows, 40.7% of the clients indicated a higher-than-required income level as a reason they were not currently receiving food stamps.  Those clients are further broken down into two categories based on the information about their previous month’s household income:  those whose income is 130% of the federal poverty level or lower (29.2%); and those whose income is higher than 130% of the federal poverty level (9.3%).