Chico Times

Forbestown ranked 472nd in California for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 22 Forbestown households (13.3 percent) who received food stamps. Forbestown's population was 369 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Macdoel, which had 26 of 26 households receiving food stamps, 86.7 percent more than Forbestown. In 2020 the population of Macdoel was 26.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was San Marino, which had nine of 4,026 households receiving food stamps, 13.1 percent less than Forbestown. In 2020 the population of San Marino was 13,020.

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	Macdoel	26	26	100
2	East Orosi	133	119	89.5
3	Darwin	57	43	75.4
4	Linnell Camp	207	153	73.9
5	Calwa	459	334	72.8
6	Yettem	105	74	70.5
7	Monterey Park Tract	63	44	69.8
8	Stirling City	82	56	68.3
9	Seville	86	58	67.4
10	Potrero	44	29	65.9
11	La Vina	54	35	64.8
12	Newell	111	69	62.2
13	Niland	393	235	59.8
14	Farmington	65	38	58.5
15	Sattley	60	35	58.3
16	Dos Palos Y	82	47	57.3
17	New Pine Creek	21	12	57.1
18	Ocotillo	32	18	56.3
19	Delft Colony	250	140	56
20	Acampo	131	73	55.7
21	Strathmore	975	532	54.6
22	Twain	123	65	52.8
23	Pixley	1,042	542	52
24	Nord	99	50	50.5
25	Matheny	255	124	48.6
26	Seeley	429	200	46.6
27	Tipton	797	371	46.5
28	Cherokee Strip	66	30	45.5
29	Topaz	133	60	45.1
30	Lanare	65	29	44.6
31	Malaga	299	132	44.1
32	Allensworth	153	67	43.8
33	Port Costa	156	68	43.6
34	Richgrove	568	244	43
35	August	2,093	892	42.6
36	Stratford	163	69	42.3
36	Plainview	241	102	42.3
38	London	414	174	42
38	Honcut	69	29	42
40	Ducor	145	60	41.4
41	Cutler	1,156	478	41.3
42	Orick	119	49	41.2
43	Alleghany	57	23	40.4
44	Westmorland	592	238	40.2
45	Gasquet	250	100	40
46	Home Garden	429	170	39.6
47	Guinda	43	17	39.5
48	Monson	28	11	39.3
49	Ivanhoe	1,240	486	39.2
50	Terra Bella	665	257	38.6
51	McKittrick	52	20	38.5
51	Traver	169	65	38.5
53	Warm Springs	453	174	38.4
54	Lindsay	3,866	1,481	38.3
55	Firebaugh	2,041	775	38
56	Airport	436	165	37.8
57	San Joaquin	919	345	37.5
57	Knights Landing	291	109	37.5
59	Midpines	215	80	37.2
60	Sultana	329	121	36.8
60	Biola	304	112	36.8
60	Woodville	456	168	36.8
63	Fall River Mills	166	61	36.7
63	East Tulare Villa	210	77	36.7
65	Scotia	186	68	36.6
66	Orosi	2,223	811	36.5
66	Mendota	2,838	1,035	36.5
68	Parklawn	318	115	36.2
69	Smartsville	144	52	36.1
69	Mayfair	1,674	605	36.1
69	Earlimart	2,011	726	36.1
72	West Goshen	150	54	36
73	Adelanto	7,753	2,781	35.9
74	Cartago	28	10	35.7
75	Huron	1,874	667	35.6
76	Farmersville	2,862	1,005	35.1
77	Pike	60	21	35
78	Muscoy	2,468	856	34.7
78	Lemon Hill	4,524	1,568	34.7
80	Del Rey	379	131	34.6
81	Orange Cove	2,682	924	34.5
81	Big Bend	55	19	34.5
83	Tuttletown	279	95	34.1
83	Calipatria	955	326	34.1
85	Weldon	1,037	350	33.8
86	Ford City	1,351	447	33.1
87	Parksdale	597	197	33
88	McClellan Park	264	86	32.6
88	Calexico	9,333	3,046	32.6
90	Garden Acres	2,836	922	32.5
91	East Porterville	1,363	441	32.4
92	Taft Mosswood	367	118	32.2
93	West Park	255	81	31.8
94	Corcoran	3,845	1,195	31.1
94	Valley Acres	241	75	31.1
94	Mexican Colony	90	28	31.1
97	Middletown	306	95	31
98	Taft Heights	551	170	30.9
98	Dinuba	6,354	1,965	30.9
100	Riverdale Park	321	99	30.8