13.7%
2024 (latest)
FOOD INSECURITY
percent of households food insecure at some time during the year · 2001–2024 · lower is better · USDA Economic Research Service, Household Food Security in the United States
10.7%
2001
14.9%
high · 2011
10.2%
low · 2021
+3.0 pts
since 2001
┊ dashed lines mark 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Households with low or very low food security, from the December CPS Food Security Supplement. ERS's comparable series starts in 2001 (1995–2000 used a different screening procedure). ERS announced the cancellation of the 2025 report; the series may end at 2024.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics
- https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/6990/trends.xlsx
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Food Insecurity | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 2023 | 13.5% | +0.7 pts |
| 2022 | 12.8% | +2.6 pts |
| 2021 | 10.2% | −0.3 pts |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 2019 | 10.5% | −0.6 pts |
| 2018 | 11.1% | −0.7 pts |
| 2017 | 11.8% | −0.5 pts |
| 2016 | 12.3% | −0.4 pts |
| 2015 | 12.7% | −1.3 pts |
| 2014 | 14.0% | −0.3 pts |
| 2013 | 14.3% | −0.2 pts |
| 2012 | 14.5% | −0.4 pts |
| 2011 | 14.9% | +0.4 pts |
| 2010 | 14.5% | −0.2 pts |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 2008 | 14.6% | +3.5 pts |
| 2007 | 11.1% | +0.2 pts |
| 2006 | 10.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 2005 | 11.0% | −0.9 pts |
| 2004 | 11.9% | +0.7 pts |
| 2003 | 11.2% | +0.1 pts |
| 2002 | 11.1% | +0.4 pts |
| 2001 | 10.7% | — |
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