148 of 2,695 Milford households (5.5 percent) received food stamps. Milford's population reached 6,449 people in 2017.
The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Jennings, which had 68 of 104 households receiving food stamps, 59.9 percent more than Milford. In 2017 the population of Jennings was 294.
The cities with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state were Forest Hills, Franklin. In these cities, 0.7 percent of households received foodstamps - 4.8 percent less than Milford.
See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.
Top food stamp cities in 2017
Rank
City
Total Households
Total households receiving food stamps
Percentage of households receiving food stamps
1
Jennings
104
68
65.4
2
Benton Harbor
4043
2327
57.6
3
Cedar
41
23
56.1
4
Muskegon Heights
3994
2187
54.8
5
Baldwin
435
229
52.6
6
Highland Park
4523
2360
52.2
7
Benton Heights
1411
729
51.7
8
Vandalia
149
75
50.3
9
Ahmeek
75
37
49.3
10
Beecher
3597
1772
49.3
11
Roscommon
442
205
46.4
12
River Rouge
2821
1306
46.3
13
Buena Vista
2808
1292
46
14
Hamtramck
6158
2819
45.8
15
Rose
239
109
45.6
16
Grayling
734
334
45.5
17
White Cloud
417
184
44.1
18
Mount Morris
1194
523
43.8
19
Flint
39780
17096
43
20
Calumet
387
164
42.4
21
Saginaw
19778
8259
41.8
22
Skidway Lake
1488
619
41.6
23
Detroit
258471
107220
41.5
24
Mancelona
533
209
39.2
25
Ecorse
3696
1430
38.7
26
Inkster
9348
3595
38.5
27
Standish
680
261
38.4
28
Evart
656
251
38.3
29
Hickory Corners
58
22
37.9
30
Luther
106
40
37.7
31
Beaverton
558
210
37.6
32
Harrison
926
347
37.5
33
Bangor
681
254
37.3
34
Muskegon
13794
5127
37.2
35
Twining
73
27
37
36
Copemish
76
28
36.8
37
Muir
242
89
36.8
38
Turner
49
18
36.7
39
Barryton
170
62
36.5
40
Cassopolis
652
234
35.9
41
Paw Paw
1405
502
35.7
42
Mesick
158
56
35.4
43
Mio
851
301
35.4
44
Edmore
510
180
35.3
45
Morley
207
73
35.3
46
Pontiac
23262
8181
35.2
47
Galesburg
828
291
35.1
48
Lawrence
401
139
34.7
49
Columbiaville
306
106
34.6
50
Ionia
2783
963
34.6
51
Grawn
272
93
34.2
52
Reed
1105
378
34.2
53
Republic
211
72
34.1
54
Breckenridge
537
181
33.7
55
Dowagiac
2416
813
33.7
56
North Branch
469
158
33.7
57
Hazel Park
7107
2391
33.6
58
Onaway
355
119
33.5
59
Hesperia
357
119
33.3
60
Sandusky
1058
352
33.3
61
Farwell
343
114
33.2
62
Hartford
841
279
33.2
63
Snover
148
49
33.1
64
Jackson
12798
4208
32.9
65
K. I. Sawyer
1080
351
32.5
66
Prescott
139
45
32.4
67
Manistique
1204
389
32.3
68
Middletown
335
108
32.2
69
Shelby
771
247
32
70
Akron
180
57
31.7
71
Clifford
123
39
31.7
72
Vanderbilt
235
74
31.5
73
Nashville
673
211
31.4
74
St. Helen
1270
399
31.4
75
Marlette
776
243
31.3
76
Whittemore
209
65
31.1
77
Applegate
100
31
31
78
Deckerville
306
94
30.7
79
Sand Lake
219
67
30.6
80
Edwardsburg
528
161
30.5
81
Fife Lake
174
53
30.5
82
Kinde
200
61
30.5
83
Port Huron
12390
3776
30.5
84
Pellston
344
104
30.2
85
Owendale
103
31
30.1
86
Wolf Lake
1385
416
30
87
Pinconning
608
181
29.8
88
Houghton Lake
1567
466
29.7
89
Lakeview
432
128
29.6
90
South Boardman
173
51
29.5
91
Hart
803
236
29.4
92
Montgomery
119
35
29.4
93
West Monroe
1354
398
29.4
94
Croswell
1086
318
29.3
95
Brown
561
164
29.2
96
Stronach
69
20
29
97
Albion
2940
849
28.9
98
Cedar Springs
1269
365
28.8
99
Gladwin
1267
365
28.8
100
Pierson
73
21
28.8
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