Though residents of Piute County were the poorest county on average in the state in 2009 — average household income was $35,962 — they had a lower percentage of residents on food stamps than 10 other counties in the state in the same time period.
The counties of San Juan, Carbon, Grand, Weber, Sevier, Iron, Duchesne, Salt Lake and Beaver all had higher percentages of homes receiving food stamp assistance, though households in those counties had an average income nearly $10,000 higher than Piute, on average, according to data from the Department of Workforce Services.
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The state aid data was compiled by UtahsRight.com for a weekly series in The Sale Lake Tribune's neighborhood sections highlighting information gleaned from public databases. State aid reports, searchable by ZIP code, are available at UtahsRight.com, along with other information gleaned from public databases.
San Juan County had the second-lowest household average income in 2009 at $36,038, and had the highest percentage of households on food stamps, with 30.21 percent of homes in the county relying on food stamp help in 2009.
Carbon County had the second-highest percentage of homes receiving food stamp assistance, with 26.6 percent of households who received aid in 2009. The average household income of the county was $44,684.
Grand County followed behind, with 22.81 percent of households who received food stamps, though the average household income in that county was lower than Carbon's, at $39,070.
Morgan County had the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps (3.2 percent), and also had the highest average household income, at $75,164.
Daggett County had the second lowest percentage of homes receiving food stamps, with 4.39 percent of households receiving aid in 2009. The average household income that year, however, was significantly lower than Morgan, at $43,940.
Behind Daggett, Summit County had 4.73 percent of households receiving food stamps in 2009. The county had an average household income of $73,769 in 2009.
UtahsRight.com, the data website for The Salt Lake Tribune, conducts an ongoing statewide quest for state aid information and additional public information, including salaries of public employees and restaurant inspections, using public record requests made under the state's Government Records Access and Management Act, also known as GRAMA.
