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State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Enrollment Approximately 22 million U.S. households were participating in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as of April 2020. The program, formerly known as foodsnaps, provides assistance to low-income individuals to purchase food.


Census Return Rates for U.S. Counties For the 2020 Census, the overall final national self-response return rate was 67.0%. But the rate varied significantly among counties across the country.	City Renter Population Data Renter populations in select cities have increased in comparison to their respective owner-occupied housing populations.	Population Density by City There is a large variation in population density across the country. In general, jurisdictions in the Northeast tend to have the highest densities.


Should I Stay or Should I Go? Residents of the United States are mobile. They move for all sorts of reasons, including work, weather, and quality of life. However, there are some cities that people choose to stay in for a long time.	The States Americans are Moving To This dashboard has a map showing amounts of domestic net migration of all states; a chart of annual net migration by year for all states; and tables of in-migration and out-migration state by state.	Children in Married Couple Households Identify areas with potential need for support services, using this map and tables showing the percentage of children in married couple households for U.S. states and metros.