Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project provides estimates of food insecurity at the County level combining various data sources to create a better understanding of the amount of food insecurity at the local level by income category and the food budget shortfall of individuals who are food insecure.
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A new USDA website features census-tract level data on food deserts across the U.S. Food deserts are low-income communities without ready access to affordable and healthy foods.
Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project provides estimates of food insecurity at the County level combining various data sources to create a better understanding of the amount of food insecurity at the local level by income category and the food budget shortfall of individuals who are food insecure.
USDA’s Your Food Environment Atlas is a web-based mapping tool that allows users to compare U.S. counties in terms of their “food environment” – factors such as proximity to grocery stores and restaurants, food expenditures, food insecurity, food assistance, food prices, health, physical activity, and socio-economic characteristics.
The most recent year for which data are available (2010) shows the highest number of participants in the Food Stamp (now called SNAP) program’s history, at 40.3 million participants on average per month. The average monthly number of SNAP participants has grown by 234% since 2000. http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/SNAPsummary.htm
Data from the Current Population Survey show that more households sought additional food resources from public and private sources during the recession. Since 2001, the number of households that reported obtaining emergency food from a food pantry has risen, with the largest increase occurring between 2007 and 2009.
The National Center for Children in Poverty released a report entitled “Who Are America’s Poor Children: Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States.” The report that looks at how many children face food insecurity, factors associated with food insecurity, consequences of food insecurity for children, and the policies that address food security.
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) has released a report, with data collected by Gallup on Hunger in America. Data on hunger were gathered from more than 530,000 households, providing estimates on hunger in every Congressional District and 100 of the country’s largest metropolitan areas through December 2009.
About six million Americans receiving Food Stamps (SNAP) report no other income, an increase of about 50% over the past two years.
A new analysis of county-level SNAP (Food Stamps) usage across the country shows widespread change. With more than 36 million recipients, the program is expanding at a rate of about 20,000 people per day.