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USDA Releases Report on Food Deserts in the United States (Economic Research Service, USDA, June 2009)

The USDA studied communities with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. They found that a relatively small percentage of households lack access to a supermarket or large grocery store: 2.3 million households in the United States (2.2%) live more than a mile from a supermarket and do not have access to a vehicle.