More than 48.1 million Americans lived in households that were struggling against hunger in 2014, according to new data from USDA. The 2014 numbers were a slight decline (of fewer than a million people) from 2013, with the rate declining from 15.8 to 15.4%. Other findings from the USDA report include:
• The number of individuals in households that faced the deepest struggles with hunger – “very low food security” – was 5.5% in 2014.
• 15.3 million children lived in food insecure households in 2014, compared to 15.8 million in 2013.
• Households in more rural areas are seeing considerably deeper struggles with hunger compared to those inside metropolitan areas, with higher rates of food insecurity (17.1% compared to 13.5%), higher rates of food insecurity in households with children (23.6% compared to 18.4%), and higher rates of very low food security (7.3% compared to 5.3%).
• Food insecurity rates for Black and Hispanic households were substantially above the national average, with 26.1% of Black households and 22.4% of Hispanic households reporting being food insecure in 2014.
Source: Food Research Action Council, 9/9/15, Food Insecurity 2014; Poverty & Policy, 9/24/15, Food Insecurity II
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