North Vegas Times

Moapa Valley ranked 38th in Nevada for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 241 Moapa Valley households (10.2 percent) who received food stamps. Moapa Valley's population was 6,708 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Golconda, which had 19 of 33 households receiving food stamps, 47.4 percent more than Moapa Valley. In 2020 the population of Golconda was 76.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Minden, which had four of 1,390 households receiving food stamps, 9.9 percent less than Moapa Valley. In 2020 the population of Minden was 3,409.

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	Golconda	33	19	57.6
2	McDermitt	63	34	54
3	Lund	36	11	30.6
4	Fort McDermitt	144	43	29.9
5	Schurz	333	90	27
6	Valmy	39	10	25.6
7	Sunrise Manor	64,159	16,351	25.5
8	Winchester	14,504	3,174	21.9
9	Tonopah	1,193	247	20.7
10	Wadsworth	321	66	20.6
11	Yerington	1,516	310	20.4
12	Bunkerville	302	60	19.9
13	Hawthorne	1,213	240	19.8
14	Panaca	336	66	19.6
15	Lovelock	790	153	19.4
16	Silver Springs	2,171	419	19.3
17	Sun Valley	6,687	1,281	19.2
18	Whitney	15,377	2,907	18.9
19	Laughlin	4,272	784	18.4
20	Jackpot	409	74	18.1
21	Alamo	411	71	17.3
22	North Las Vegas	76,223	12,915	16.9
23	Paradise	77,151	12,895	16.7
24	Las Vegas	237,308	34,609	14.6
25	Pahrump	15,836	2,244	14.2
26	Stagecoach	905	126	13.9
27	Cold Springs	3,432	462	13.5
28	Fallon	3,901	491	12.6
28	Reno	105,321	13,245	12.6
30	Fernley	7,379	881	11.9
31	Caliente	534	63	11.8
32	Sparks	39,500	4,412	11.2
32	Winnemucca	3,208	360	11.2
34	Elko	7,484	830	11.1
35	Bennett Springs	66	7	10.6
36	Boulder	6,556	686	10.5
37	Nixon	164	17	10.4
38	Carson	22,858	2,329	10.2
38	Moapa Valley	2,373	241	10.2
38	Stateline	391	40	10.2
38	Topaz Ranch Estates	767	78	10.2
42	Owyhee	366	37	10.1
42	Spring Valley	83,156	8,415	10.1
44	Cal-Nev-Ari	110	11	10
45	West Wendover	1,709	169	9.9
46	Topaz Lake	103	10	9.7
47	Searchlight	229	22	9.6
48	Indian Springs	305	29	9.5
49	Eureka	192	18	9.4
50	Gardnerville Ranchos	4,601	384	8.3
50	Indian Hills	2,660	221	8.3
50	Sandy Valley	887	74	8.3
53	Gardnerville	2,679	221	8.2
54	Skyland	125	10	8
55	Ely	1,892	150	7.9
56	Dayton	5,323	414	7.8
57	Henderson	120,735	9,351	7.7
58	Mina	119	9	7.6
59	Carter Springs	186	14	7.5
60	Nellis AFB	957	71	7.4
61	Enterprise	74,082	5,317	7.2
62	Walker Lake	168	12	7.1
63	Mesquite	8,182	566	6.9
64	Goldfield	121	8	6.6
65	Sutcliffe	148	9	6.1
66	Battle Mountain	1,652	97	5.9
66	Beatty	529	31	5.9
68	Washoe Valley	1,278	71	5.6
69	Wells	385	20	5.2
70	Smith Valley	861	41	4.8
71	Osino	271	12	4.4
72	Ruhenstroth	652	28	4.3
72	Spanish Springs	5,922	253	4.3
74	Lemmon Valley	2,004	71	3.5
75	Spring Creek	4,486	154	3.4
76	Kingsbury	1,025	33	3.2
76	Mogul	537	17	3.2
78	Golden Valley	487	15	3.1
79	East Valley	726	22	3
80	Summerlin South	12,219	320	2.6
81	Grass Valley	378	7	1.9
82	Carlin	650	12	1.8
83	Crescent Valley	242	3	1.2
84	McGill	450	4	0.9
85	Fish Springs	215	1	0.5
86	Minden	1,390	4	0.3