East Panhandle Times

Springfield ranked 211th in West Virginia for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 30 Springfield households (16.6 percent) who received food stamps. Springfield's population was 421 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Big Creek, which had 26 of 26 households receiving food stamps, 83.4 percent more than Springfield. In 2020 the population of Big Creek was 74.

The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Bridgeport and North Hills. In these cities, 1.4 percent of households received food stamps - 15.2 percent less than Springfield.

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	Big Creek	26	26	100
2	Itmann	70	56	80
3	Oakvale	48	34	70.8
4	Verdunville	253	170	67.2
5	Twilight	21	14	66.7
6	Berwind	92	60	65.2
7	Bergoo	40	26	65
8	Henlawson	55	34	61.8
9	Red Jacket	124	73	58.9
10	Elizabeth	403	236	58.6
11	Davy	126	72	57.1
11	Delbarton	219	125	57.1
11	Frank	21	12	57.1
14	Whitesville	124	70	56.5
15	Auburn	36	20	55.6
16	Addison (Webster Springs)	520	288	55.4
17	Kimberly	98	54	55.1
18	Chelyan	253	137	54.2
19	Corinne	41	22	53.7
20	Brush Fork	435	227	52.2
21	Clay	255	132	51.8
22	Cowen	306	156	51
23	Matewan	302	148	49
24	Spencer	972	466	47.9
25	Paw Paw	264	123	46.6
26	Anmoore	386	179	46.4
27	Danville	281	129	45.9
28	Sylvester	86	39	45.3
29	Valley Head	120	54	45
30	Jefferson	210	94	44.8
30	Kermit	105	47	44.8
32	Rossmore	54	24	44.4
33	Greenview	102	45	44.1
34	Harts	150	66	44
35	Rachel	110	48	43.6
36	Kistler	178	77	43.3
36	Matoaka	60	26	43.3
38	Logan	927	393	42.4
39	Hinton	1,228	520	42.3
40	Bramwell	117	49	41.9
41	Spelter	127	53	41.7
42	Henderson	121	50	41.3
43	Hillsboro	54	22	40.7
43	Raysal	182	74	40.7
45	McConnell	299	121	40.5
45	War	321	130	40.5
47	Mount Hope	524	210	40.1
48	Gauley Bridge	275	110	40
49	Leon	79	31	39.2
50	Williamson	1,249	487	39
51	Daniels	866	324	37.4
51	Littleton	91	34	37.4
53	New Richmond	124	46	37.1
54	Newell	586	212	36.2
55	Northfork	75	27	36
56	Wayne	468	167	35.7
57	Rhodell	68	24	35.3
58	Rupert	438	154	35.2
59	Anawalt	60	21	35
59	Robinette	160	56	35
61	Keystone	49	17	34.7
62	Friendly	26	9	34.6
63	Pax	58	20	34.5
64	Monaville	125	43	34.4
65	Marlinton	498	171	34.3
66	Mount Gay-Shamrock	742	253	34.1
67	Accoville	266	90	33.8
68	Rainelle	645	213	33
69	Brandywine	128	42	32.8
70	Maybeury	40	13	32.5
70	Welch	864	281	32.5
72	Mabscott	599	194	32.4
72	Scarbro	170	55	32.4
74	Bluefield	4,456	1,436	32.2
75	Hamlin	544	174	32
76	Grantsville	216	69	31.9
77	Mason	366	116	31.7
78	West Logan	149	47	31.5
79	Fort Gay	316	99	31.3
80	Richwood	973	303	31.1
81	Cairo	139	43	30.9
82	Holden	272	83	30.5
83	Glen Fork	145	44	30.3
84	Glen Ferris	86	26	30.2
84	Iaeger	126	38	30.2
86	Birch River	40	12	30
86	Romney	753	226	30
88	Pentress	37	11	29.7
89	Point Pleasant	1,774	516	29.1
90	Worthington	49	14	28.6
91	Oceana	530	151	28.5
92	Belington	656	186	28.4
93	Mannington	632	179	28.3
94	Ansted	528	146	27.7
95	Fenwick	40	11	27.5
96	Oak Hill	3,625	993	27.4
97	Bluewell	1,163	316	27.2
97	Hilltop	206	56	27.2
99	Gallipolis Ferry	248	67	27
100	Kimball	41	11	26.8