Montgomery News

South Kensington ranked 300th in Maryland for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 54 South Kensington households (1.9 percent) who received food stamps. South Kensington's population was 8,494 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Crellin, which had 27 of 35 households receiving food stamps, 75.2 percent more than South Kensington. In 2020 the population of Crellin was 57.

The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Scaggsville and Sykesville. In these cities, 0.5 percent of households received food stamps - 1.4 percent less than South Kensington.

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	Crellin	35	27	77.1
2	Franklin	70	53	75.7
3	Danville	274	203	74.1
4	Jennings	60	42	70
5	Henderson	39	24	61.5
6	Breathedsville	93	46	49.5
7	Klondike	49	24	49
8	Little Orleans	41	20	48.8
9	Princess Anne	1,440	698	48.5
10	Dames Quarter	38	18	47.4
11	Bier	129	59	45.7
11	Federalsburg	1,005	459	45.7
13	Crisfield	1,072	481	44.9
14	Fairlee	192	84	43.8
15	National	22	9	40.9
16	Luke	35	14	40
17	Mount Briar	42	16	38.1
18	Goldsboro	71	26	36.6
19	Kitzmiller	104	38	36.5
20	Greensboro	883	320	36.2
21	Dargan	56	20	35.7
22	Accident	167	59	35.3
23	Pocomoke	1,786	607	34
24	Westernport	695	235	33.8
25	Lonaconing	427	142	33.3
25	Woodland	24	8	33.3
27	Williamsport	869	286	32.9
28	Grantsville	349	114	32.7
29	Cambridge	5,364	1,719	32
30	Mount Savage	320	102	31.9
31	Midland	255	77	30.2
32	St. George Island	110	33	30
33	Snow Hill	895	268	29.9
34	Friendsville	212	63	29.7
34	Gilmore	64	19	29.7
36	Eckhart Mines	216	63	29.2
37	Mountain Lake Park	848	246	29
38	Cumberland	8,279	2,326	28.1
39	Brookview	22	6	27.3
40	Seat Pleasant	2,074	562	27.1
41	Cresaptown	972	261	26.9
42	Rock Point	30	8	26.7
43	Parsonsburg	80	21	26.3
43	Rawlings	160	42	26.3
45	Lansdowne	3,360	873	26
46	Elkton	5,601	1,448	25.9
46	Hancock	725	188	25.9
48	Chestertown	2,134	539	25.3
49	Hurlock	877	218	24.9
50	Flintstone	65	16	24.6
50	Salisbury	12,705	3,122	24.6
52	Corriganville	278	68	24.5
52	Deer Park	147	36	24.5
52	Templeville	49	12	24.5
55	Piney Point	415	101	24.3
56	Ridgely	753	181	24
57	Baltimore	242,499	57,694	23.8
58	Preston	326	76	23.3
59	Delmar	1,282	298	23.2
60	Sudlersville	200	46	23
61	Elliott	22	5	22.7
61	Pleasant Grove	119	27	22.7
63	Powellville	40	9	22.5
64	Bloomington	85	19	22.4
65	Gorman	82	18	22
66	Church Creek	46	10	21.7
67	McCoole	208	45	21.6
68	Willards	407	87	21.4
69	Oakland	900	192	21.3
69	Rock Hall	671	143	21.3
71	Bladensburg	3,660	770	21
71	Denton	1,421	298	21
71	District Heights	2,039	428	21
74	North East	1,420	295	20.8
75	Indian Head	1,596	322	20.2
75	Walker Mill	4,171	842	20.2
77	Port Deposit	258	51	19.8
78	Sandy Hook	117	23	19.7
79	Union Bridge	439	86	19.6
80	Capitol Heights	1,448	283	19.5
81	Chance	162	31	19.1
82	Barrelville	21	4	19
82	Paramount-Long Meadow	920	175	19
84	Aberdeen	6,412	1,204	18.8
85	Ferndale	6,361	1,145	18
86	East New Market	134	24	17.9
87	Landover	8,056	1,431	17.8
88	Charlestown	611	107	17.5
89	Bowmans Addition	259	45	17.4
89	Hebron	409	71	17.4
91	Silver Hill	2,426	420	17.3
92	Zihlman	157	27	17.2
93	Tilghman Island	365	62	17
94	Coral Hills	3,483	578	16.6
95	Edesville	79	13	16.5
95	Perryville	1,748	289	16.5
97	Berlin	1,767	284	16.1
97	Frostburg	2,990	481	16.1
99	Clear Spring	188	30	16
99	Loch Lynn Heights	187	30	16