Where Michigan will feel SNAP cuts due to the federal shutdown

If meals help advantages — or what was once referred to as meals stamps — cease being paid after Nov. 1 as a result of federal authorities shutdown, the ache can be felt throughout Michigan, not simply in metro Detroit.

A better have a look at the 1.4 million Michiganders receiving meals help underneath the Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) exhibits that just about 24% of individuals residing in Wayne County, the place Detroit is situated, obtain meals help, the most important share of any county within the state.

However a Free Press evaluation of Division of Well being and Human Companies information exhibits that larger-than-average shares of counties in older industrial areas, comparable to these in Genesee and Saginaw counties, depend on advantages, with about 20% of the inhabitants in every county receiving them. That features counties overlaying elements of a number of the most rural elements of the western Higher Peninsula, the place greater than 15% depend on meals help, and north-central Michigan, the place Clare and Lake counties attain the highest 20%. Most of the counties surrounding these two will not be as excessive, however are additionally greater than the state common of 14%.

The place is it lowest? Have a look at Leelanau County within the northwestern Decrease Peninsula (3.5%), Livingston County in suburban Detroit (4.1%) and Ottawa County in western Michigan (5.8%). Right here is the proportion of residents receiving SNAP advantages in every of Michigan’s counties in July 2024, the newest date for which information was instantly out there.

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Contact Todd Spangler: tspangler@freepress.com. Comply with him on X @tsspangler. Politics Editor Emily Lawler compiled the info for this chart and story.