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Table of Data
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| Town |
*SNAP Recipients
11-12
| % of Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Andover |
110 |
11.7 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
| Ansonia |
2,998 |
60.4 |
67.7 |
Yes |
10.6 |
| Ashford |
308 |
22.9 |
- |
No |
9.1 |
| Avon |
241 |
5.4 |
- |
No |
5.3 |
| Barkhamsted |
117 |
7.0 |
- |
No |
8.1 |
| Beacon Falls |
240 |
12.4 |
19 |
No |
8.1 |
| Berlin |
637 |
8.8 |
- |
No |
6.6 |
| Bethany |
95 |
4.5 |
- |
No |
6.2 |
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| Town |
*SNAP Recipients
11-12
| % of Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 |
Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No)
| Unemployment June 2012 |
|---|
| Bethel |
748 |
13.9 |
6.4 |
No |
6.6 |
| Bethlehem |
104 |
8.3 |
- |
No |
6.1 |
| Bloomfield |
1,922 |
47 |
47.5 |
Yes |
10.4 |
| Bolton |
132 |
11.3 |
- |
No |
6.6 |
| Bozrah |
153 |
18.4 |
40.9 |
No |
7.1 |
| Branford |
1,406 |
18.8 |
14.9 |
No |
7.3 |
| Bridgeport |
35,541 |
98.8 |
82.8 |
Yes |
12.6 |
| Bridgewater |
18 |
6.9 |
- |
No |
5.4 |
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| Town |
*SNAP Recipients 11-12
| % Students Eligible for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Bristol |
6,942 |
40 |
34 |
Yes |
8.8 |
| Brookfield |
385 |
5.7 |
- |
No |
6.2 |
| Brooklyn |
714 |
23 |
40.7 |
Yes |
8.9 |
| Burlington |
148 |
4 |
- |
No |
6.3 |
| Canaan |
167 |
9.3 |
- |
No |
5.5 |
| Canterbury |
299 |
21 |
16.7 |
No |
8.4 |
| Canton |
249 |
6.2 |
8.9 |
No |
5.7 |
| Chaplin |
177 |
26.7 |
- |
No |
8.4 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients Rates 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Cheshire |
561 |
5.8 |
11.9 |
No |
6.6 |
| Chester |
113 |
10.5 |
4.7 |
No |
5.6 |
| Clinton |
639 |
13.6 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
| Colchester |
853 |
11.4 |
42.5 |
No |
7.4 |
| Colebrook |
21 |
14.3 |
- |
No |
4.9 |
| Columbia |
198 |
10.9 |
- |
No |
6.8 |
| Cornwall |
69 |
11.3 |
- |
No |
4.8 |
| Coventry |
550 |
17.1 |
37.7 |
No |
8.2 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Cromwell |
526 |
14.7 |
- |
No |
6.8 |
| Danbury |
6,738 |
45 |
34.6 |
Yes |
6.7 |
| Darien |
122 |
1.2 |
- |
No |
6.3 |
| Deep River |
171 |
15.1 |
4.7 |
No |
6.9 |
| Derby |
1,612 |
50.6 |
29.6 |
No |
9.1 |
| Durham |
132 |
5.8 |
1.7 |
No |
6.5 |
| East Granby |
141 |
3.5 |
- |
No |
6 |
| East Haddam |
224 |
12 |
20.1 |
No |
6.8 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| East Hampton |
440 |
11.4 |
- |
No |
7.5 |
| East Hartford |
9,964 |
59 |
46 |
Yes |
10.8 |
| East Haven |
2,683 |
42.3 |
38.5 |
No |
9.2 |
| East Lyme |
695 |
9.9 |
5.3 |
No |
7.7 |
| East Windsor |
892 |
34.3 |
- |
No |
9.1 |
| Eastford |
79 |
9.6 |
- |
No |
6.7 |
| Easton |
54 |
1.5 |
- |
No |
5.8 |
| Ellington |
494 |
8.4 |
- |
No |
5.7 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Enfield |
3,098 |
29.2 |
15.3 |
Yes |
8.2 |
| Essex |
178 |
6.3 |
4.7 |
No |
5.4 |
| Fairfield |
1,126 |
9.1 |
2.1 |
No |
7.8 |
| Farmington |
682 |
7.8 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
| Franklin |
83 |
13.1 |
- |
No |
6.5 |
| Glastonbury |
877 |
7.3 |
12.6 |
No |
5.7 |
| Goshen |
67 |
12.1 |
31.7 |
No |
6.6 |
| Granby |
213 |
7.3 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients Rates 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Greenwich |
1,279 |
13.2 |
17.9 |
No |
5.9 |
| Griswold |
1,300 |
29.6 |
38.3 |
No |
8.6 |
| Groton |
3,434 |
35.3 |
28.4 |
Yes |
8.7 |
| Guilford |
469 |
6.4 |
- |
No |
5.8 |
| Haddam |
177 |
6.8 |
6.7 |
No |
6.3 |
| Hamden |
4,137 |
37.5 |
49.5 |
No |
8.8 |
| Hampton |
137 |
18.7 |
50.3 |
No |
10 |
| Hartford |
49,196 |
90.7 |
38.6 |
Yes |
15.5 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Hartland |
58 |
2.7 |
- |
No |
5.7 |
| Harwinton |
147 |
4 |
- |
No |
7.5 |
| Hebron |
202 |
4.8 |
- |
No |
5.6 |
| Kent |
100 |
12.9 |
- |
No |
5.9 |
| Killingly |
2,589 |
42.2 |
39.1 |
Yes |
10.9 |
| Killingworth |
121 |
6.8 |
6.7 |
No |
6.4 |
| Lebanon |
444 |
12.2 |
34.4 |
No |
8.4 |
| Ledyard |
806 |
12.8 |
16.1 |
No |
7.5 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 |
Free Summer Meals for Kids
(yes/no)
| Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Lisbon |
282 |
19.3 |
36.8 |
No |
8.7 |
| Litchfield |
258 |
9.4 |
- |
No |
6.8 |
| Lyme |
45 |
7.2 |
- |
No |
4.7 |
| Madison |
306 |
3.6 |
- |
No |
6.0 |
| Manchester |
7,337 |
50.5 |
29.9 |
Yes |
8.8 |
| Mansfield |
619 |
23.1 |
40.9 |
No |
8.5 |
| Marlborough |
134 |
6.2 |
- |
No |
6.2 |
| Meriden |
11,677 |
66.6 |
33 |
Yes |
10.3 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 |
Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No)
| Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Middlebury |
174 |
3.8 |
- |
No |
7.3 |
| Middlefield |
122 |
5.8 |
1.7 |
No |
7.1 |
| Middletown |
5,463 |
41.9 |
35.8 |
Yes |
8.3 |
| Milford |
2,454 |
15.6 |
33.2 |
No |
7.1 |
| Monroe |
298 |
7.5 |
19.2 |
No |
6.9 |
| Montville |
1,415 |
28.4 |
48.9 |
No |
| Morris |
79 |
12.1 |
31.7 |
No |
5.6 |
| Naugatuck |
3,444 |
38.9 |
26.1 |
Yes |
9.7 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Newington |
1,356 |
16.9 |
- |
No |
7.3 |
| Newtown |
501 |
6 |
13.3 |
No |
6.2 |
| New Britain |
19,149 |
72.7 |
73.4 |
Yes |
11.8 |
| New Canaan |
136 |
|
- |
No |
5.9 |
| New Fairfield |
298 |
9 |
- |
No |
6.7 |
| New Hartford |
158 |
5.8 |
- |
No |
6.7 |
| New Haven |
34,894 |
77.8 |
76.9 |
Yes |
12.3 |
| New London |
6,885 |
85.1 |
41 |
Yes |
12.2 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| New Milford |
1,367 |
15.7 |
13.5 |
No |
7.1 |
| Norfolk |
50 |
43.2 |
- |
No |
6.3 |
| North Branford |
396 |
13.6 |
- |
No |
7 |
| North Canaan |
108 |
24.2 |
- |
No |
7.3 |
| North Haven |
784 |
8.8 |
16.8 |
No |
7.4 |
| North Stonington |
202 |
17.1 |
30.8 |
No |
6.9 |
| Norwalk |
5,694 |
43.2 |
21.5 |
Yes |
6.7 |
| Norwich |
8,451 |
20.2 |
70.2 |
Yes |
9.2 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Old Lyme |
175 |
7.2 |
- |
No |
6.3 |
| Old Saybrook |
335 |
13.3 |
68.1 |
No |
7 |
| Orange |
209 |
2.8 |
- |
No |
6.6 |
| Oxford |
282 |
8.1 |
- |
No |
5.9 |
| Plainfield |
2,101 |
37.4 |
39.8 |
No |
10.5 |
| Plainville |
1,209 |
22.8 |
5 |
Yes |
8.3 |
| Plymouth |
880 |
26.2 |
- |
No |
9.7 |
| Pomfret |
172 |
11.5 |
45.6 |
No |
7.3 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Portland |
283 |
13.6 |
- |
Yes |
7.4 |
| Preston |
159 |
15.6 |
22.7 |
No |
8.4 |
| Prospect |
266 |
12.4 |
19 |
No |
7.5 |
| Putnam |
1,463 |
56.9 |
59.5 |
Yes |
9.6 |
| Redding |
79 |
2.3 |
- |
No |
6.2 |
| Ridgefield |
228 |
2 |
- |
No |
5.9 |
| Rocky Hill |
644 |
10.3 |
9.3 |
No |
5.9 |
| Roxbury |
29 |
6.9 |
- |
No |
5 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free Summer Meals for Kids (yes/no) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Salem |
138 |
7.2 |
- |
No |
8.2 |
| Salisbury |
94 |
10.3 |
- |
No |
5.7 |
| Scotland |
56 |
11.9 |
30.5 |
No |
5.1 |
| Seymour |
1,026 |
23.2 |
19.6 |
No |
8.5 |
| Sharon |
108 |
18.8 |
- |
No |
5.2 |
| Shelton |
1,599 |
16.1 |
28.5 |
No |
7.4 |
| Sherman |
72 |
6.6 |
- |
No |
5.7 |
| Simsbury |
444 |
6.7 |
- |
No |
6.1 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Somers |
270 |
5.3 |
- |
No |
8.2 |
| Southbury |
391 |
3.8 |
- |
No |
6.8 |
| Southington |
1,654 |
10 |
26.7 |
No |
7.1 |
| South Windsor |
688 |
8.1 |
17.8 |
No |
6.3 |
| Sprague |
377 |
40.2 |
43 |
No |
11.7 |
| Stafford |
865 |
27.5 |
40.1 |
No |
8.1 |
| Stamford |
8,517 |
48.5 |
73 |
Yes |
6.8 |
| Sterling |
344 |
32 |
60.8 |
No |
10.4 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Stonington |
1,378 |
8.7 |
44.9 |
No |
10.4 |
| Stratford |
3,975 |
37.8 |
36.9 |
No |
9 |
| Suffield |
346 |
9 |
10 |
No |
7.1 |
| Thomaston |
434 |
15.3 |
- |
No |
8.5 |
| Thompson |
762 |
30.2 |
38.5 |
Yes |
8.7 |
| Tolland |
280 |
4.5 |
- |
No |
6 |
| Torrington |
4,684 |
42.6 |
18.2 |
Yes |
8.9 |
| Trumbull |
718 |
6.3 |
1.9 |
No |
7 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Union |
14 |
3.7 |
- |
No |
5.2 |
| Vernon |
3,275 |
33.5 |
46.6 |
Yes |
8 |
| Voluntown |
172 |
16.3 |
13.8 |
No |
9.5 |
| Wallingford |
2,122 |
11.8 |
- |
Yes |
7.6 |
| Warren |
29 |
12.1 |
31.7 |
No |
8.8 |
| Washington |
98 |
6.9 |
- |
No |
6.1 |
| Waterbury |
32,433 |
79.8 |
31.6 |
Yes |
12.8 |
| Waterford |
927 |
12.4 |
46.5 |
No |
8.1 |
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| Town | *SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
|---|
| Watertown |
1,085 |
16.1 |
- |
No |
8.6 |
| Westbrook |
316 |
10.7 |
13.3 |
No |
6.7 |
| West Hartford |
3,307 |
18.6 |
27.3 |
No |
7.3 |
| West Haven |
7,779 |
57.6 |
58 |
Yes |
10 |
| Weston |
51 |
1.8 |
- |
No |
6.7 |
| Westport |
332 |
3 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
| Wethersfield |
1,423 |
16.6 |
12.2 |
No |
7.1 |
| Willington |
227 |
18.2 |
- |
No |
6.8 |
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| Town | *# SNAP Recipients 11-12 | % Students Eligibile for Free or Reduced School Meals 10-11 | **School Breakfast Participation Rate 10-11 | Free/Open Summer Meals Program (Yes/No) | Unemployment Rate June 2012 |
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| Wilton |
84 |
1.2 |
- |
No |
6.1 |
| Winchester |
1,345 |
41.9 |
37.6 |
Yes |
8.1 |
| Windham |
6,137 |
75.5 |
41.4 |
Yes |
12.1 |
| Windsor |
2,032 |
28.1 |
36.7 |
Yes |
8.3 |
| Windsor Locks |
948 |
31.7 |
28 |
No |
9.5 |
| Wolcott |
674 |
19.4 |
10.8 |
No |
9.0 |
| Woodbridge |
128 |
4.3 |
- |
No |
5.3 |
| Woodbury |
253 |
8.3 |
- |
No |
6.4 |
| Woodstock |
297 |
10.3 |
- |
No |
7.4 |
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Data Sources
*SNAP participation is provided through the CT Department of Social Services and represents the average monthly assistance recipients for each town.
% Eligible for Free or Reduced School meals is provided through the CT State Department of Education. A child is eligible for subsidized meals if they are on SNAP/Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or at 130% or 185% of poverty.
**School Breakfast Participationis based on data from the CT State Department of E
ducation. The participation rate indicates the percent of free & reduced price lunch students that eat a free & reduced price school breakfast in any given town through the public schools. Towns with no information did not have a school breakfast program in school years 07-08.
The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals to kids 18 and under during the summer when school meals are not available. If a town had "Free Summer Meals for Kids", there was at least one location in that town in 2010 where kids could go for a free breakfast and/or lunch. Data from the CT State Department of Education.
Unemployment data is from the CT Department of Labor for July 2011.
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