USDA Report Reveals Highest Rates of Food Insecurity
More American households had difficulty putting enough food on the table in 2008
Washington, DC (November 16, 2009) The United States Department of Agriculture released its Economic Research Report on Household Food Security in the U.S. It found that 17 million households were food insecure. That’s about 14.6% of the U.S population that in 2008 did not have the means to provide food on a regular basis for their household. This is an increase from 11.1% of households in 2007 and the highest percentage of households in history since national food surveys began in 1995.
The prevalence of household-level food insecurity and low or very low food security by state revealed that Mississippi had 17.4%, the highest percentage, of households having difficulty putting food on the table, while Texas came in second with 16.3% of the population, and Arizona at 15.9%.
Of the three states that were considered the most food secure, North Dakota showed 93.1% of its households were food secure. Massachusetts came in second with 91.7% and New Hampshire was in third with 91.5% of households.
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