Columbia News

Mexico ranked 351st in Missouri for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 791 Mexico households (17.4 percent) who received food stamps. Mexico's population was 11,535 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Howardville, which had 120 of 154 households receiving food stamps, 60.5 percent more than Mexico. In 2020 the population of Howardville was 346.

The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Ladue and Twin Oaks. In these cities, 0.3 percent of households received food stamps - 17.1 percent less than Mexico.

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

Rank	City	Total Households	Total households receiving food stamps	Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1	Howardville	154	120	77.9
2	Leisure Lake	104	72	69.2
3	Frankclay	89	61	68.5
4	Cross Timbers	99	62	62.6
5	Stella	64	40	62.5
6	Birch Tree	271	168	62
6	Reeds	50	31	62
8	La Due	26	16	61.5
9	Pine Lawn	1,304	782	60
10	Montreal	60	33	55
11	Bronaugh	70	38	54.3
12	McCord Bend	144	78	54.2
13	Wortham	173	93	53.8
14	Koshkonong	47	25	53.2
15	Gainesville	300	156	52
16	Hayti Heights	131	67	51.1
17	Iron Mountain Lake	299	150	50.2
18	Mindenmines	185	92	49.7
19	East Prairie	1,484	729	49.1
20	Jerico Springs	96	47	49
21	Fountain N' Lakes	76	37	48.7
22	Hillsdale	359	174	48.5
23	Pollock	23	11	47.8
24	Lilbourn	406	193	47.5
25	Caruthersville	2,313	1,032	44.6
26	Mokane	113	49	43.4
27	Gravois Mills	49	21	42.9
27	Worthington	21	9	42.9
29	Mayview	136	58	42.6
30	Hartsburg	80	34	42.5
31	Bull Creek	203	86	42.4
31	Pascola	33	14	42.4
33	Niangua	200	84	42
34	Qulin	272	114	41.9
35	Steele	745	308	41.3
36	Bennett Springs	97	40	41.2
37	Anniston	90	37	41.1
37	Leasburg	129	53	41.1
39	Zalma	39	16	41
40	Wasola	66	27	40.9
41	Hayti	1,036	422	40.7
42	Clarksburg	106	43	40.6
42	Climax Springs	69	28	40.6
44	Fair Play	218	88	40.4
45	Chilhowee	119	48	40.3
46	Brimson	20	8	40
46	Hayward	30	12	40
48	Riverview	1,300	519	39.9
49	Pagedale	1,426	567	39.8
50	Pomona	121	48	39.7
51	Browning	111	44	39.6
52	Flordell Hills	432	170	39.4
53	Mill Spring	64	25	39.1
54	Van Buren	446	173	38.8
55	Big Spring	70	27	38.6
56	Peaceful	39	15	38.5
57	Weingarten	47	18	38.3
58	Neelyville	118	45	38.1
59	Annapolis	129	49	38
60	Castle Point	931	353	37.9
60	Ellington	470	178	37.9
60	Portageville	1,226	465	37.9
63	Mansfield	587	222	37.8
64	Winona	448	167	37.3
65	Charleston	1,603	597	37.2
65	El Dorado Springs	1,570	584	37.2
67	Malden	1,605	590	36.8
67	Norwood	220	81	36.8
69	Commerce	30	11	36.7
70	Penermon	41	15	36.6
71	De Witt	33	12	36.4
72	Arbyrd	185	67	36.2
72	Syracuse	69	25	36.2
72	Walker	149	54	36.2
75	Allenville	36	13	36.1
76	Clarkton	483	171	35.4
77	Armstrong	119	42	35.3
77	Kirbyville	68	24	35.3
79	Gasconade	88	31	35.2
79	Senath	602	212	35.2
81	Richland	769	270	35.1
81	Stotts	37	13	35.1
81	Wellston	780	274	35.1
84	Lamar	1,845	632	34.3
85	New Madrid	1,307	447	34.2
86	Leadwood	559	190	34
86	Truxton	47	16	34
88	Willow Springs	793	269	33.9
89	Greencastle	63	21	33.3
90	Greendale	401	133	33.2
91	Fairview	163	54	33.1
92	Buffalo	1,259	411	32.6
92	Marble Hill	647	211	32.6
94	Poplar Bluff	6,566	2,120	32.3
95	Grandin	104	33	31.7
95	Versailles	1,189	377	31.7
97	Brumley	38	12	31.6
98	Newtown	67	21	31.3
99	Auxvasse	516	161	31.2
100	Foley	45	14	31.1