Blue Earth County, Minnesota Food Environment Statistics
Blue Earth County, Minnesota - Food Environment Statistics
Access and Proximity to Grocery Stores
Households without a car more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 682
Blue Earth County:
3.24%
State:
3.00%
Low income households more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store: 10,135
Here:
18.09%
State:
17.81%
Availability of Food Stores
Number of grocery stores in 2007: 10
This county:
1.67 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.83 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores in 2007: 2
Here:
0.33 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
0.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas) in 2007: 1
Blue Earth County:
0.17 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
0.49 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas) in 2007: 32
Here:
5.34 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
3.90 / 10,000 pop.
Number of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized stores in 2008: 31
Here:
5.13 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
4.63 / 10,000 pop.
Average SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) redemption per one SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)-authorized store in 2008:
This county:
$143,487
State:
$133,498
Number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized stores in 2008: 11
Blue Earth County:
1.82 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
2.13 / 10,000 pop.
Average WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemption per one WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-authorized store in 2008:
This county:
$155,752
Minnesota:
$90,660
Availability of Restaurants
Number of fast-food restaurants in 2007: 50
Here:
8.35 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
6.46 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants in 2007: 59
Blue Earth County:
9.85 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.98 / 10,000 pop.
Expenditures on Food at Restaurants
Fast-food expenditures per capita in Minnesota: $439 Restaurant expenditures per capita in Minnesota: $541
Food Assistance
Number of monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participants in Minnesota in 2009: 344,790
Total SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits in Blue Earth County in 2007: $2,760
Average monthly SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits per participant:
Blue Earth County:
$82.00
Minnesota:
$83.68
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation rate in Minnesota: 69.00%
Percentage of low-income residents reciving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program):
Here:
16.80%
Minnesota:
18.85%
Average monthly number of total participants in the National School Lunch Program in Minnesota in 2009: 624,456
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Free Lunch Program:
This county:
20.90%
Minnesota:
24.19%
Percentage of students eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program under the Reduced-price Lunch Program:
This county:
9.40%
Minnesota:
10.50%
Average monthly number of total participants in the School Breakfast Program in Minnesota in 2009: 135,394 Average daily number of total participants in the Summer Food Program in Minnesota in 2009: 30,435
Number of Summer Food Program sites in Blue Earth County: 4
Average daily meals at Summer-Food sites:
Blue Earth County:
680
Minnesota:
4,226
Average monthly number of WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) participants in Minnesota: 141,586
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) redemptions in Blue Earth County: $1,713,270
Average daily attendance for all child care centers participating in the Child-&-Adult-Care Feeding Program in Minnesota: 93,002
Food Taxes in Minnesota in 2008
Soda sales tax in retail stores: 6.50% Chip and pretzel sales tax in vending machines: 6.50%
Health
Adult diabetes rate in 2007:
This county:
5.90%
Minnesota:
6.47%
Adult obesity rate in 207:
Blue Earth County:
27.30%
State:
25.91%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Blue Earth County:
10.70%
Minnesota:
13.00%
Local Foods
Farms with direct sales in 2007: 49
Blue Earth County:
3.90%
Minnesota:
7.88%
Percent of the total value of farm sales in the county sold directly to final consumers in 2007:
Here:
0.10%
Minnesota:
1.05%
Direct farm sales in 2007: 255
Here:
$4.26 per capita
Minnesota:
$5.32 per capita
Number of farmers' markets in 2009: 1
Here:
0.17 / 10,000 pop.
Minnesota:
0.20 / 10,000 pop.
Number of vegetable acres harvested in 2008: 2,223
Blue Earth County:
371.10 / 10,000 pop.
State:
504.40 / 10,000 pop.
Physical Activity Levels and Outlets
Adults meeting activity guidelines in 2007: 62.90% Number of fitness and recreation centers in 2007: 0.15%