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For many, the cupboard is still bare

June 27, 2012  |  Sarah Lyons
Map |3SquaresVT

The number of Vermonters needing help putting food on the table continued to climb in 2011. From December 2010 to December 2011, households participating in Vermont’s 3SquaresVT program increased by 7.4 percent. Since the Great Recession hit in December 2007, the number of households getting food stamps has risen 90 percent. More than 48,000 households, comprising more than 95,000 Vermonters, needed assistance to buy food at the end of 2011.

The map shows the percentage of households in each town receiving food stamps at the end of that year. The 3SquaresVT data are from December 2011, and the total number of households for each town is based on the 2010 Census. The Vermont Department for Children and Families does not release figures for towns where there are fewer than 10 food stamp recipients.

Alburg -- 30.2% Highgate -- 18.0% Franklin -- 23.2% Berkshire -- 12.9% Richford -- 44.0% Jay -- 15.2% Troy -- 27.8% Newport Town -- 27.7% Derby -- 21.7% Holland -- 18.7% Norton -- 14.9% Canaan -- 19.6% Swanton -- 27.2% Isle La Motte -- 24.0% Lemington -- no data Bloomfield -- 20.8% Brunswick -- 18.2% Maidstone -- no data Granby -- 23.3% East Haven -- 24.4% Enosburg -- 38.0% Sheldon -- 19.5% Fairfield -- 15.6% St. Albans City -- 39.5% North Hero -- 9.5% Bakersfield -- 10.3% Montgomery -- 17.5% Westfield -- 16.7% Lowell -- 25.9% Albany -- 15.7% Irasburg -- 21.6% Barton -- 39.9% Glover -- 19.1% Sheffield -- 30.0% Greensboro -- 20.7% Wheelock -- 14.9% Stannard -- 14.1% Walden -- 15.2% Hardwick -- 31.0% Wolcott -- 25.1% Craftsbury -- 13.5% Eden -- 23.8% Hyde Park -- 16.2% Belvidere -- 18.3% Johnson -- 32.1% Averill -- no data Ferdinand -- 41.7% Lewis -- no data Averys Gore -- no data Brighton -- 34.5% Newark -- 18.4% Westmore -- 11.5% Morgan -- 15.3% Charleston -- 28.2% Brownington -- 23.3% Coventry -- 20.4% Newport City -- 47.9% Sutton -- 21.8% Burke -- 18.5% Victory -- 30.6% Lunenburg -- 31.0% Guildhall -- 12.6% Concord -- 25.9% Waterford -- 8.9% St. Johnsbury -- 34.8% Lyndon -- 23.9% Kirby -- 9.3% Barnet -- 14.9% Peacham -- 7.0% Cabot -- 17.4% Elmore -- 4.9% Morristown -- 22.1% Stowe -- 7.8% Worcester -- 14.4% Calais -- 9.9% Marshfield -- 13.2% Groton -- 23.7% Ryegate -- 19.2% Woodbury -- 9.0% Danville -- 14.3% St. Albans Town -- 13.6% Grand Isle -- 12.6% South Hero -- 9.2% Georgia -- 5.4% Milton -- 16.1% Colchester -- 12.1% Fairfax -- 11.9% Westford -- 5.2% Essex -- 9.0% Fletcher -- 5.0% Waterville -- 17.5% Cambridge -- 12.6% Underhill -- 5.3% Plainfield -- 25.0% East Montpelier -- 6.5% Montpelier -- 17.0% Middlesex -- 6.7% Waterbury -- 11.1% Bolton -- 5.1% Richmond -- 8.7% Jericho -- 5.7% Williston -- 6.3% Winooski -- 32.9% Burlington -- 23.6% South Burlington -- 7.3% Shelburne -- 5.5% Charlotte -- 4.7% St. George -- 12.0% Hinesburg -- 9.5% Huntington -- 8.4% Duxbury -- 5.1% Moretown -- 5.9% Berlin -- 13.6% Barre City -- 37.3% Barre Town -- 14.2% Orange -- 14.8% Topsham -- 21.8% Newbury -- 19.7% Bradford -- 24.7% Corinth -- 18.2% Washington -- 18.3% Williamstown -- 19.3% Northfield -- 16.6% Waitsfield -- 9.9% Fayston -- 2.0% Buels Gore -- no data Starksboro -- 14.2% Monkton -- 3.9% Ferrisburgh -- 10.5% Fairlee -- 17.9% West Fairlee -- 6.5% Vershire -- 20.0% Chelsea -- 18.7% Brookfield -- 12.9% Roxbury -- 17.0% Warren -- 6.4% Lincoln -- 11.7% Bristol -- 22.8% Ripton -- 16.3% Thetford -- 8.4% Strafford -- 5.7% Tunbridge -- 11.5% Randolph -- 22.3% Braintree -- 13.7% Granville -- 25.7% Hancock -- 26.0% Rochester -- 16.7% Bethel -- 17.3% Royalton -- 14.2% Sharon -- 13.7% Norwich -- 4.1% Hartford -- 17.8% Pomfret -- 3.8% Barnard -- 6.8% Stockbridge -- 10.6% Pittsfield -- 9.4% Hartland -- 9.0% Woodstock -- 7.5% Bridgewater -- 17.2% Killington -- 11.6% Mendon -- 9.3% Windsor -- 26.1% West Windsor -- 2.6% Reading -- 15.9% Plymouth -- 5.2% Shrewsbury -- 13.2% Clarendon -- 17.7% Ira -- 8.2% Weathersfield -- 8.0% Baltimore -- 13.3% Cavendish -- 16.1% Ludlow -- 19.5% Mount Holly -- 12.8% Wallingford -- 15.9% Middletown Springs -- 15.3% Wells -- 15.5% Springfield -- 29.8% Chester -- 23.0% Andover -- 9.2% Weston -- 7.6% Mount Tabor -- 6.0% Danby -- 23.3% Pawlet -- 16.5% Rockingham -- 31.1% Grafton -- 12.5% Windham -- 17.1% Londonderry -- 15.2% Landgrove -- no data Peru -- 9.7% Dorset -- 7.9% Rupert -- 7.1% Westminster -- 11.6% Athens -- 29.8% Brookline -- 13.1% Townshend -- 15.3% Jamaica -- 10.9% Winhall -- 4.7% Manchester -- 13.4% Sandgate -- 9.3% Arlington -- 19.8% Sunderland -- 5.6% Stratton -- no data Shaftsbury -- 9.8% Glastenbury -- no data Somerset -- no data Bennington -- 36.1% Woodford -- 17.2% Searsburg -- 38.6% Wilmington -- 18.7% Marlboro -- 10.8% Brattleboro -- 30.4% Pownal -- 22.4% Stamford -- 6.6% Readsboro -- 21.4% Whitingham -- 12.9% Halifax -- 13.3% Guilford -- 11.8% Vernon -- 12.3% Wardsboro -- 19.8% Dover -- 14.3% Newfane -- 16.1% Putney -- 23.6% Dummerston -- 12.3% Vergennes -- 26.4% Panton -- 9.4% Addison -- 8.5% Bridport -- 13.8% Shoreham -- 12.0% Orwell -- 11.5% Benson -- 20.7% West Haven -- 11.6% Fair Haven -- 37.6% Tinmouth -- 8.7% Poultney -- 22.1% Castleton -- 17.8% Hubbardton -- 8.3% Sudbury -- 6.7% Whiting -- 22.2% Cornwall -- 6.8% Weybridge -- 5.1% West Rutland -- 25.1% Proctor -- 21.5% Rutland City -- 36.1% Rutland Town -- 14.6% Brandon -- 26.0% Pittsford -- 17.3% Chittenden -- 10.6% Leicester -- 16.1% Salisbury -- 16.7% Middlebury -- 18.3% New Haven -- 10.4% Waltham -- 5.4% Goshen -- 16.2%

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