WIC Vendor Locations Across New York State

Vendor listings for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in New York State. The dataset includes facility names, addresses, and types to help participants identify locations to cash benefits. It is published by health.data.ny.gov and was last updated in January 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic distribution of WIC vendors using columns like County, City, and ZIP.
• Assess vendor type diversity (e.g., Grocery, Pharmacy) via the Type column for service accessibility studies.
• Map vendor locations for participants using geospatial columns like Location (address) and Location (zip).
• Correlate vendor availability with demographic data using administrative boundaries like School Districts 2016.shp and NYS Senate Districts.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic identifiers such as County, City, ZIP, and State for detailed spatial analysis.
• Provides vendor categorization via the Type column (e.g., Grocery, Pharmacy).

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset size and completeness.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the 'last updated' date is listed as a future date (2026-01-30).
• Column names are inconsistent and contain potential duplicates (e.g., 'Location (zip)' and 'ZIP', 'City' and 'Location (city)').

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Compiled and published to provide WIC participants with identifiable benefit locations.

Freshness

Last updated date listed as 2026-01-30, which is inconsistent and suggests potential metadata error.

Geography

New York State, based on included columns for state, county, and zip codes.