WINONA, Minn. — Television station KTTC calculated that 6.1% of Winona County’s 50,0000 people rely on the federal SNAP nutrition assistance program for groceries. The program runs out of money Saturday due to President Trump’s impasse with Congress over a federal budget. KTTC’s report for southeast Minnesota, with numbers rounded:
> Olmsted County (Rochester county seat): 12,900 recipients (8% of population)
> Dodge, Steele and Waseca alliance: 5,600 (7%)
> Mower (Austin): 4,100 (10%)
> Freeborn (Albert Lea): 3,400 (11%)
> Winona (Winona): 3,100 (6%)
> Goodhue (Red Wing): 2,400 (8%)
> Fillmore (Preston): 1,100 (5%)
> Wabasha (Wabasha): 1,100 (5%)
> Houston (Caledonia): 860 (5%)
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