The City of Jacksonville released data on Monday showing the economic impact on local businesses and households caused by SNAP benefit delays.

The city said about 160,000 people in Duval County rely on SNAP each month, which includes about 57,000 households.

In 23 neighborhoods with around 11,000 homes, over 50% of the households are on SNAP.

The average SNAP benefit is $187 per person per month.

The United States Department of Agriculture said that each $1 of SNAP generates about $1.50-$1.79 in economic activity.

Officials said the delays will cause a direct loss of about $30 million not spent at retailers and a local GDP of about $45 million-$54 million. The data projects there to be about 270-535 job losses per month.

Most SNAP dollars are spent at grocery stores and then flow thr

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