Union County
Recent News About Union County
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Fewer Union County residents received food assistance benefits in 2024 than previous year
Union County reported a 2% decrease in the number of residents seeking the food assistance program between 2023 and 2024.
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Union County residents in Iowa received $2,596,112 in food assistance in 2024
Between 2023 and 2024, Union County registered a 1.1% increase in food assistance funding, receiving $2,596,112 in 2024.
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Smaller Union County households received food assistance benefits in 2024 than previous year
Union County reported a 3.7% decrease in the number of households receiving food stamps between 2023 and 2024.
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Food assistance in Union County up 9.7% since 2015
In 2024, Union County received $2,596,112 in food stamps, compared to $2,367,572 in 2015.
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Fewer Union County households relying on food stamps since 2015
In 2024, 683 Union County households relied on food stamps, compared to 875 in 2015.
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Food assistance use in Union County: Down 26.5% since 2015
In 2024, 1,351 Union County residents relied on food stamps, compared to 1,838 in 2015.
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21.7% drop in number of households receiving food stamps in Union County in last decade
In 2023, 709 Union County households relied on food stamps, compared to 906 in 2014.
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Number of Union County residents relying on food stamps shrank over last decade
In 2023, 1,379 Union County residents relied on food stamps, compared to 1,843 in 2014.
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Union County has seen a 9.7% increase in amount of food assistance provided since 2014
In 2023, Union County received $2,567,843 in food stamps, compared to $2,341,022 in 2014.
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Smaller number of Union County households received food assistance benefits in 2023 than previous year
Union County reported a 3.3% decrease in the number of households receiving food stamps between 2022 and 2023.
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Fewer people receiving food stamps in Union County during 2023 than previous year
Union County reported a 0.4% decrease in residents seeking the food assistance program between 2022 and 2023.
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Iowa allocated $2,567,843 in food assistance program for Union County residents in 2023
Between 2022 and 2023, Union County registered an 8.4% decrease in food assistance funding, receiving $2,567,843 in 2023.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Union County in 2021
Of the 12,193 people living in Union County, Iowa in 2021, 50.9% (6,206) were women and 49.1% (5,987) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by South Iowa News.
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31 percent fewer Union County residents receiving food assistance since 2011
In 2021, 1,397 residents in Union County participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program compared to 2,025 residents in 2011.
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Food assistance amounts increase in Union County since 2011
In 2021, the Iowa Food Assistance Program allocated $3,779,302 to Union County compared to $2,915,166 in 2011.
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Union County residents receive $2,791,342 in food assistance benefits in 2021
Union County saw a 38.4 percent increase in the amount of money allocated through Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of the state's Department of Human Services.
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Fewer Union County residents received food assistance benefits in 2021
Union County saw a 6 percent decrease in the number of residents who participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021, according to a Union Guide analysis of data from the state's Department of Human Services.
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Fewer Union County households received food assistance benefits in 2021
Union County saw a 4.4 percent decrease in the number of households participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2020 to 2021.
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Union County saw a 22.7% decrease in households receiving food assistance since 2011
In 2021, 727 households in Union County participated in Iowa's Food Assistance Program compared to 941 households in 2011, according to the Iowa Business Daily's analysis of the Iowa Department of Human Services.
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Food assistance amounts decrease in Union County since 2011
In 2020, the Iowa Food Assistance Program allocated $2,791,342 to Union County compared to $2,915,166 in 2011.