USDA Report Shows Nearly 50 Million Americans Facing Hunger
“The latest Household Food Security report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) reveals that 47.9 million people lived in food-insecure households last year. These findings highlight a crisis that is set to deepen as the deepest cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history take effect.
Key findings from the ERS report:
- 1 in 7 households (13.7 percent) in America experienced food insecurity, or lack of access to an affordable, nutritious diet, in 2024.
- 14.1 million children lived in households that experienced food insecurity in 2024, a slight increase from the 13.8 million children reported in 2023.
- More single-parent households headed by women experienced food insecurity at 36.8 percent, nearly 2 percent higher than 2023 (34.7 percent).
- Rates of food insecurity remained high for Black (24.4 percent) and Latinx (20.2 percent) households. The rate for Black households was more than double the 10.1 percent rate for White, non-Latinx households.
- Households in the Southern region continued to experience the highest rates of food insecurity at 15.0 percent.
- Food insecurity was significantly higher in urban areas (16.0 percent) and rural areas (15.9 percent) compared to suburban areas (11.9 percent).”
Read more at the Food and Research Action Center.