This dataset tracks SNAP (food stamp) program enrollment across 20 U.S. states, capturing estimated eligible populations, actual participants, and the resulting coverage gap. Two things stand out immediately: first, the enrollment rate and gap percentage are constant across all states (67% enrolled, 33% gap), suggesting these are summary-level figures rather than state-specific calculations — they should not be used for cross-state comparison. Second, the three population-count columns (eligible, participants, gap) are all heavily right-skewed with 2 outliers each, pointing to a small number of very large states — likely California and/or Florida — that dwarf the rest and will dominate any totals-based analysis.
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/home/coolhand/html/datavis/data_trove/data/urban/food_deserts/snap_gap_states.json 20 rows sample n=20 seed 42 2026-06-21T23:48:01+00:00
Overview
| Source | /home/coolhand/html/datavis/data_trove/data/urban/food_deserts/snap_gap_states.json |
| Total rows | 20 |
| Profiled sample | 20 |
| Columns | 6 |
| Generated | 2026-06-21T23:48:01+00:00 |
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| column | kind | null % |
|---|---|---|
| state_name | categorical | 0.0% |
| snap_eligible_est | numeric | 0.0% |
| snap_participants_est | numeric | 0.0% |
| snap_gap | numeric | 0.0% |
| snap_gap_pct | numeric | 0.0% |
| snap_enrollment_rate | numeric | 0.0% |
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Model-generated narrative. These are opinions, not facts — the stats below are what saturn measured. Generated by: anthropic:default.
This column represents estimated counts of SNAP-eligible individuals, likely at a geographic unit level (e.g., county or district). Values span a wide range from 75,227 to 4,685,272, with a median of 507,917 well below the mean of 857,172.75 — a classic signature of population-size data. The distribution is heavily right-skewed (skew = 2.42, kurtosis = 5.58) with 2 outliers (10% of rows), almost certainly large urban jurisdictions pulling the tail sharply upward.
snap_gap is a numeric column likely representing some form of gap or interval measurement (e.g., a time delta, distance, or capacity gap between snapshots). With only 20 rows and 20 unique values, every observation is distinct. The distribution is heavily right-skewed (skew = 2.42, kurtosis = 5.58): the median is 167,613 while the mean is pulled to 282,866 by a long upper tail, and 2 outliers (10% of rows) push up to a maximum of 1,546,138 — roughly 25× the minimum of 24,824. The IQR of 222,841 spans a wide range relative to Q1 of 61,204, signalling high dispersion.
This column represents estimated SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participant counts, likely at the state or large geographic-unit level given the scale of values ranging from 50,403 to 3,139,134. With only 20 rows and 20 unique values, each record appears to represent a distinct entity (e.g., a U.S. state or territory). The distribution is heavily right-skewed (skew = 2.42, kurtosis = 5.58) with 2 outliers (10% of the dataset), suggesting a small number of very large states—likely California or Texas—dominate the upper tail, while the median (340,304) sits well below the mean (574,306).
This column represents a SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) enrollment rate, likely expressed as a percentage. Every single one of the 20 rows holds the identical value of 67.0, with zero variance, zero IQR, and a standard deviation of 0.0 — the column is perfectly constant. This is a strong signal that the value was hardcoded, imputed with a single figure, or the dataset captures a single geographic/temporal stratum where this rate was applied uniformly. It carries no predictive or descriptive information across rows.
This column appears to represent a snapshot gap percentage, likely a configuration or policy parameter defining some threshold or interval (e.g., 33%). Across all 20 rows the value is identically 33.0 with zero variance, zero nulls, and a single unique value — making it a degenerate constant with no discriminative power whatsoever.
This column contains US state (and territory) names, with exactly 20 unique values across 20 rows — every row holds a distinct state name, yielding a perfect entropy ratio of 1.0 and a top_rate of 0.05. The dataset appears to be a small, deduplicated lookup or summary table with one row per geographic unit rather than a transactional dataset. The 'long_tail' alert is a statistical artifact of the perfectly uniform distribution, not a genuine skew concern.
Numeric correlation
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| snap_eligible_est | snap_participants_est | snap_gap | snap_gap_pct | snap_enrollment_rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| snap_eligible_est | +1.00 | +1.00 | +1.00 | +nan | +nan |
| snap_participants_est | +1.00 | +1.00 | +1.00 | +nan | +nan |
| snap_gap | +1.00 | +1.00 | +1.00 | +nan | +nan |
| snap_gap_pct | +nan | +nan | +nan | +nan | +nan |
| snap_enrollment_rate | +nan | +nan | +nan | +nan | +nan |
state_name categorical
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| value | count | share |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 5.0% |
| Alaska | 1 | 5.0% |
| Arizona | 1 | 5.0% |
| Arkansas | 1 | 5.0% |
| California | 1 | 5.0% |
| Colorado | 1 | 5.0% |
| Connecticut | 1 | 5.0% |
| Delaware | 1 | 5.0% |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 5.0% |
| Florida | 1 | 5.0% |
| Georgia | 1 | 5.0% |
| Hawaii | 1 | 5.0% |
| Idaho | 1 | 5.0% |
| Illinois | 1 | 5.0% |
| Indiana | 1 | 5.0% |
| Iowa | 1 | 5.0% |
| Kansas | 1 | 5.0% |
| Kentucky | 1 | 5.0% |
| Louisiana | 1 | 5.0% |
| Maine | 1 | 5.0% |
Top values (rank 1–20)
- Alabama — 1
- Alaska — 1
- Arizona — 1
- Arkansas — 1
- California — 1
- Colorado — 1
- Connecticut — 1
- Delaware — 1
- District of Columbia — 1
- Florida — 1
- Georgia — 1
- Hawaii — 1
- Idaho — 1
- Illinois — 1
- Indiana — 1
- Iowa — 1
- Kansas — 1
- Kentucky — 1
- Louisiana — 1
- Maine — 1
snap_eligible_est numeric
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| bin | count |
|---|---|
| 7.523e+04 – 9.972e+05 | 16 |
| 9.972e+05 – 1.919e+06 | 2 |
| 1.919e+06 – 2.841e+06 | 1 |
| 2.841e+06 – 3.763e+06 | 0 |
| 3.763e+06 – 4.685e+06 | 1 |
snap_participants_est numeric
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| bin | count |
|---|---|
| 5.04e+04 – 6.681e+05 | 16 |
| 6.681e+05 – 1.286e+06 | 2 |
| 1.286e+06 – 1.904e+06 | 1 |
| 1.904e+06 – 2.521e+06 | 0 |
| 2.521e+06 – 3.139e+06 | 1 |
snap_gap numeric
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| bin | count |
|---|---|
| 2.482e+04 – 3.291e+05 | 16 |
| 3.291e+05 – 6.333e+05 | 2 |
| 6.333e+05 – 9.376e+05 | 1 |
| 9.376e+05 – 1.242e+06 | 0 |
| 1.242e+06 – 1.546e+06 | 1 |
snap_gap_pct numeric
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| bin | count |
|---|---|
| 32.5 – 32.7 | 0 |
| 32.7 – 32.9 | 0 |
| 32.9 – 33.1 | 20 |
| 33.1 – 33.3 | 0 |
| 33.3 – 33.5 | 0 |
snap_enrollment_rate numeric
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| bin | count |
|---|---|
| 66.5 – 66.7 | 0 |
| 66.7 – 66.9 | 0 |
| 66.9 – 67.1 | 20 |
| 67.1 – 67.3 | 0 |
| 67.3 – 67.5 | 0 |