Household Food Security in the United States in 2015
by
Alisha Coleman-Jensen,
Matthew Rabbitt,
Christian Gregory, and Anita Singh
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-215) 44 pp, September 2016
An estimated 12.7 percent of American households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2015, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. That is down from 14.0 percent in 2014.
Keywords: Food security, food insecurity, food spending, food pantry, soup kitchen, emergency kitchen, material well-being, material hardship, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, Food Stamp Program, National School Lunch Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, WIC
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