Food Security
7.03% of Americans report food insufficiency — sometimes or often not having enough to eat.
✨ Key Insight
7% of Americans — roughly 18.3 million adults — don't have enough to eat. That's down from 23% during COVID's peak, but it means the recovery is far from complete. The gap between metro and rural food insecurity tells a story of two Americas.
7.03%
Food Insecure
70.49%
Enough & Wanted
5.29%
Sometimes Not Enough
1.74%
Often Not Enough
Food Sufficiency Breakdown
Enough of the kinds wanted70.49%
Enough but not always wanted22.48%
Sometimes not enough5.29%
Often not enough1.74%
Food Insufficiency by Region
Middle Atlantic9.46%
East South Central8.12%
Pacific7.47%
South Atlantic7.17%
New England6.97%
East North Central6.9%
West North Central5.39%
Mountain5.32%
West South Central5.3%