The chances of receiving food
stamps differ by the race, ethnicity,
and nativity of the mother.
Race: About 1 in 3, or 1.9 million,
Black mothers of childbearing ages
were food stamp recipients, compared
with 1 in 9, or 3.2 million
White mothers. Despite these differences
in recipiency rates, Black food
stamp mothers did not have significantly
more children than their White
counterparts. (See table.)
Hispanic origin: One in four (or
1.1 million) Hispanic mothers aged
15 to 44 were getting food stamps.
By comparison, about 1 in 7 (or 4.2
million) non-Hispanic mothers were
food stamp recipients. Although both
Hispanic and non-Hispanic mothers
on food stamps were an average of
20 years old when they had their first
child, Hispanic women had about 0.5
more children, on average, than non-
Hispanic women. (See table.) About
3 in 10 Hispanic mothers on food
stamps were born outside the United
States.