Ft Wayne Times

Columbia ranked 260th in Indiana for the percentage of households receiving food stamps in 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

There were 468 Columbia households (11.4 percent) who received food stamps. Columbia's population was 9,115 in 2020.

The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Van Bibber Lake, which had 169 of 271 households receiving food stamps, 51 percent more than Columbia. In 2020 the population of Van Bibber Lake was 659.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was New Palestine, which had four of 1,011 households receiving food stamps, 11 percent less than Columbia. In 2020 the population of New Palestine was 2,456.

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	Van Bibber Lake	271	169	62.4
2	Laurel	298	125	41.9
3	West Point	24	9	37.5
4	Toad Hop	55	20	36.4
5	Merom	75	26	34.7
6	Cannelton	681	226	33.2
7	Shelburn	687	222	32.3
8	Austin	1,679	537	32
9	Patriot	191	61	31.9
10	Tennyson	104	33	31.7
11	East Chicago	10,645	3,353	31.5
12	Modoc	61	19	31.1
13	Coalmont	142	44	31
14	Mecca	186	57	30.6
15	Aurora	1,656	500	30.2
15	Medaryville	215	65	30.2
17	Bethany	24	7	29.2
18	Otwell	139	40	28.8
19	Cayuga	438	124	28.3
20	Kingman	284	78	27.5
20	Spring Grove	178	49	27.5
22	Marengo	280	75	26.8
22	Mount Ayr	41	11	26.8
24	Perrysville	240	64	26.7
25	Farmersburg	573	152	26.5
26	Milltown	340	89	26.2
27	Laketon	176	46	26.1
28	Decker	104	27	26
29	Gary	31,207	7,935	25.4
30	Boston	64	16	25
31	Mitchell	1,689	415	24.6
32	Russellville	112	27	24.1
33	Fowlerton	96	23	24
34	Crandall	71	17	23.9
35	Dresser	21	5	23.8
36	Carlisle	203	48	23.6
37	Moores Hill	275	64	23.3
38	Knox	1,287	299	23.2
39	Corydon	1,365	315	23.1
39	Manilla	182	42	23.1
41	Marion	11,251	2,582	22.9
42	Boswell	259	59	22.8
42	Pennville	400	91	22.8
44	Jasonville	705	160	22.7
45	St. Mary of the Woods	276	62	22.5
46	Hatfield	245	55	22.4
46	New Chicago	718	161	22.4
48	Connersville	5,739	1,282	22.3
48	Redkey	605	135	22.3
48	Wheatland	193	43	22.3
51	Salem	2,638	586	22.2
52	Bicknell	1,225	271	22.1
53	New Pekin	451	99	22
54	Kingsford Heights	500	109	21.8
55	Elizabethtown	184	40	21.7
55	Farmland	538	117	21.7
55	St. Bernice	226	49	21.7
58	Norway	97	21	21.6
59	Country Squire Lakes	1,339	287	21.4
59	Gosport	387	83	21.4
61	Campbellsburg	263	56	21.3
61	Hartford	2,580	549	21.3
61	Michigan	12,057	2,569	21.3
64	Dunreith	66	14	21.2
64	Orleans	898	190	21.2
64	Rockville	1,016	215	21.2
67	Anderson	23,312	4,920	21.1
67	Linton	2,411	508	21.1
69	Napoleon	119	25	21
70	Geneva	472	98	20.8
70	Union	1,506	314	20.8
72	Claypool	214	44	20.6
72	Kempton	141	29	20.6
72	West Terre Haute	820	169	20.6
75	Ambia	54	11	20.4
75	Brook	393	80	20.4
75	Selma	357	73	20.4
78	Paoli	1,457	293	20.1
79	Goodland	449	90	20
80	Washington	4,810	958	19.9
81	Muncie	27,439	5,443	19.8
82	Altona	137	27	19.7
82	Vincennes	7,287	1,438	19.7
84	Brazil	3,255	637	19.6
84	Grandview	438	86	19.6
86	Fontanet	174	34	19.5
87	Lawrenceburg	2,286	443	19.4
88	Sullivan	1,806	347	19.2
89	English	299	57	19.1
89	Hammond	28,836	5,505	19.1
89	Lagrange	1,080	206	19.1
92	Macy	70	13	18.6
93	Cynthiana	232	43	18.5
93	Economy	54	10	18.5
93	Hanover	963	178	18.5
96	Andrews	479	88	18.4
97	New Castle	6,951	1,273	18.3
97	Veedersburg	909	166	18.3
99	Markle	568	103	18.1
100	Elkhart	20,777	3,736	18