4.4% of households in Wheeler received food stamps in 2020

Jun 17, 2022

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Wheeler ranked 1,226th in Texas for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 25 Wheeler households (4.4 percent) who received food stamps. Wheeler’s population was 1,556 in 2020.

There were 6 cities tied with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state. In these cities, 100 percent of households received food stamps – 95.6 percent more than Wheeler.

The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Celina, Miles and Terrell Hills. In these cities, 0.3 percent of households received food stamps – 4.1 percent less than Wheeler.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Top food stamp cities in Texas in 2020

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Alto Bonito Heights	59	59	100
1	El Castillo	22	22	100
1	Longoria	20	20	100
1	Los Ebanos	42	42	100
1	Rancho Viejo	43	43	100
1	Salineño North	26	26	100
7	Butterfield	29	27	93.1
8	South La Paloma	81	75	92.6
9	Gutierrez	20	17	85
10	Amargosa	104	87	83.7
11	Eugenio Saenz	49	40	81.6
12	Garceno	73	58	79.5
13	La Feria North	67	53	79.1
14	North Escobares	25	19	76
15	Radar Base	53	40	75.5
16	La Paloma Ranchettes	26	19	73.1
17	Arroyo Gardens	70	51	72.9
18	Indian Hills	583	422	72.4
19	B and E	68	47	69.1
20	Presidio	1,394	949	68.1
21	Lopeño	34	23	67.6
22	Edroy	95	63	66.3
23	Pueblo Nuevo	152	100	65.8
24	Scissors	758	498	65.7
25	Bluetown	134	86	64.2
26	Juarez	383	241	62.9
27	Mesquite	40	25	62.5
28	South Point	252	156	61.9
29	Doolittle	1,142	706	61.8
30	New Falcon	47	29	61.7
31	Hilltop	92	56	60.9
32	Driscoll	194	117	60.3
33	Mikes	270	161	59.6
34	Manuel Garcia	42	25	59.5
35	Olivarez	1,227	704	57.4
36	La Tina Ranch	267	153	57.3
37	Havana	187	107	57.2
38	Ranchitos East	98	56	57.1
39	Roma	3,045	1,709	56.1
40	Christoval	93	52	55.9
41	Fronton Ranchettes	27	15	55.6
42	Doffing	1,148	634	55.2
42	Fort Hancock	453	250	55.2
44	Muniz	255	140	54.9
45	Santa Rosa	70	38	54.3
46	San Carlos	943	510	54.1
47	Brackettville	568	306	53.9
48	Pine Harbor	266	142	53.4
49	Mila Doce	1,539	816	53
50	San Carlos I	76	39	51.3
51	Big Wells	256	131	51.2
52	Olivia Lopez de Gutierrez	28	14	50
53	Realitos	55	27	49.1
54	Indian Springs	290	142	49
54	Morgan	151	74	49
56	Villa Pancho	95	46	48.4
57	Bixby	149	72	48.3
57	El Cenizo	789	381	48.3
59	Hargill	274	132	48.2
60	Oak Island	135	64	47.4
61	Lasara	235	111	47.2
62	Rio Bravo	1,141	537	47.1
63	Taft Southwest	487	229	47
64	Neylandville	43	20	46.5
65	Agua Dulce	616	285	46.3
66	Mathis	1,784	825	46.2
67	El Refugio	124	57	46
67	Tierra Grande	63	29	46
69	Rosharon	470	215	45.7
70	Villa Verde	114	52	45.6
71	Edcouch	1,109	503	45.4
72	La Paloma Addition	113	51	45.1
73	San Elizario	2,435	1,093	44.9
74	Camargito	87	39	44.8
75	Mobile	92	41	44.6
75	Sandy Hollow-Escondidas	121	54	44.6
77	Bedias	167	74	44.3
78	El Quiote	82	36	43.9
79	La Homa	2,920	1,279	43.8
80	Fabens	1,511	659	43.6
81	Big Thicket Lake Estates	242	105	43.4
82	Las Palmas II	293	125	42.7
83	Coyanosa	61	26	42.6
83	Hemphill	469	200	42.6
85	Escobares	660	277	42
85	Midway South	597	251	42
87	Blum	134	56	41.8
88	Ramos	24	10	41.7
89	Relampago	114	47	41.2
90	Fifth Street	589	241	40.9
91	La Joya	1,235	503	40.7
92	Premont	899	364	40.5
93	Valle Vista	156	63	40.4
94	North San Pedro	129	52	40.3
94	West Sharyland	516	208	40.3
96	Santa Rosa	842	334	39.7
96	Garza-Salinas II	146	58	39.7
98	Miguel Barrera	43	17	39.5
99	Wortham	429	169	39.4
100	Batesville	323	127	39.3