Housatonic Valley News

Ridgefield ranked 99th in Connecticut for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 97 Ridgefield households (3.3 percent) who received food stamps. Ridgefield's population was 7,228 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Poquonock Bridge, which had 208 of 525 households receiving food stamps, 36.3 percent more than Ridgefield. In 2020 the population of Poquonock Bridge was 1,640.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Newtown, which had three of 718 households receiving food stamps, 2.9 percent less than Ridgefield. In 2020 the population of Newtown was 1,921.

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	Poquonock Bridge	525	208	39.6
2	Willimantic	6,454	2,484	38.5
3	Rockville	3,094	1,147	37.1
4	Blue Hills	943	348	36.9
5	North Grosvenor Dale	526	177	33.7
6	New Britain	27,683	8,920	32.2
7	Danielson	1,727	550	31.8
8	Thompsonville	3,358	1,049	31.2
9	Waterbury	42,135	12,482	29.6
10	New Haven	49,051	13,532	27.6
11	Plainfield Village	842	228	27.1
12	New London	10,991	2,946	26.8
12	Bridgeport	51,638	13,844	26.8
14	Meriden	25,222	6,474	25.7
15	East Brooklyn	772	182	23.6
16	Putnam	3,110	725	23.3
17	Canaan	536	124	23.1
18	East Hartford	18,874	4,199	22.2
19	Wauregan	533	114	21.4
20	Winsted	3,181	674	21.2
21	Baltic	530	110	20.8
22	Norwich	16,382	3,006	18.3
23	Waterford	1,407	248	17.6
24	West Haven	19,729	3,354	17
25	Groton	4,549	731	16.1
26	Middletown	19,876	3,135	15.8
27	Bantam	318	49	15.4
28	Broad Brook	1,449	221	15.3
29	Bristol	24,408	3,712	15.2
29	Jewett City	1,609	244	15.2
31	Derby	5,740	864	15.1
31	Oxoboxo River	1,142	172	15.1
31	Ansonia	8,191	1,234	15.1
34	Wallingford Center	8,129	1,217	15
35	Thomaston	950	141	14.8
35	Byram	1,740	257	14.8
37	Terryville	2,301	334	14.5
38	Moosup	1,447	204	14.1
39	Portland	2,505	348	13.9
40	Pawcatuck	2,388	329	13.8
41	Torrington	14,377	1,869	13
42	Old Saybrook Center	1,059	132	12.5
43	Guilford Center	1,294	160	12.4
44	Bethel	4,389	539	12.3
45	Clinton	1,504	177	11.8
46	East Haven	10,669	1,232	11.5
47	Stafford Springs	2,031	231	11.4
48	Salmon Brook	1,145	129	11.3
48	Quinebaug	621	70	11.3
50	Westbrook Center	1,190	132	11.1
51	Naugatuck	11,843	1,300	11
52	Long Hill	2,122	229	10.8
52	Wethersfield	10,929	1,182	10.8
54	Norfolk	279	29	10.4
54	Windsor Locks	5,398	561	10.4
56	Danbury	31,074	3,208	10.3
56	New Milford	2,805	288	10.3
58	Mansfield Center	457	46	10.1
59	Newington	12,581	1,217	9.7
60	Oakville	4,114	388	9.4
60	Deep River Center	1,344	127	9.4
62	Chester Center	742	68	9.2
62	Higganum	775	71	9.2
64	Canton Valley	670	61	9.1
65	South Coventry	638	56	8.8
65	Watertown	1,598	141	8.8
67	Norwalk	34,427	2,937	8.5
68	Glastonbury Center	3,819	316	8.3
69	Tariffville	664	52	7.8
70	Coventry Lake	948	73	7.7
71	Cheshire Village	2,620	197	7.5
71	East Hampton	1,193	89	7.5
73	Kensington	4,169	303	7.3
74	Old Mystic	1,354	95	7
74	Pemberwick	1,241	87	7
74	Madison Center	1,037	73	7
74	Colchester	2,237	156	7
78	Litchfield	508	35	6.9
79	Branford Center	3,134	207	6.6
80	Moodus	875	56	6.4
80	West Hartford	25,406	1,621	6.4
82	Hazardville	2,665	152	5.7
83	Sherwood Manor	2,244	125	5.6
83	Southwood Acres	3,472	193	5.6
83	Noank	726	41	5.6
83	Bethlehem Village	746	42	5.6
87	Somers	843	43	5.1
88	Mashantucket	63	3	4.8
89	Shelton	16,516	769	4.7
89	Storrs	2,046	97	4.7
91	Lake Pocotopaug	2,013	86	4.3
92	North Haven	9,159	380	4.1
93	Stonington	526	21	4
93	Conning Towers Nautilus Park	2,774	110	4
95	Riverside	2,898	108	3.7
96	Durham	1,454	53	3.6
97	Woodmont	807	28	3.5
98	Simsbury Center	2,642	89	3.4
99	Mystic	2,275	76	3.3
99	Heritage Village	2,797	91	3.3