Horizontal Bar chart with 35 items.

Prevalence of food insecurity, 2011

Percent of households

Item 1, All households 14.9.
Item 2, Household composition.
Item 3, With children < 18 20.6.
Item 4, With children < 6 21.9.
Item 5, Married-couples with children 13.9.
Item 6, Single women with children 36.8.
Item 7, Single men with children 24.9.
Item 8, Other households with child 19.
Item 9, No children 12.2.
Item 10, More than one adult, no children 9.9.
Item 11, Women living alone 15.6.
Item 12, Men living alone 15.5.
Item 13, Households with elderly 8.4.
Item 14, Elderly living alone 8.8.
Item 15, Race/ethnicity of head.
Item 16, White non-Hispanic 11.4.
Item 17, Black non-Hispanic 25.1.
Item 18, Hispanic 26.2.
Item 19, Other 12.7.
Item 20, Income-to-poverty ratio.
Item 21, Under 1.00 41.1.
Item 22, Under 1.30 37.6.
Item 23, Under 1.85 34.5.
Item 24, 1.85 and over 7.
Item 25, Income unknown 10.3.
Item 26, Area of residence.
Item 27, Inside metropolitan area 14.9.
Item 28, In principal cities 17.7.
Item 29, Not in principal cities 13.2.
Item 30, Outside metropolitan area 15.4.
Item 31, Census region.
Item 32, Northeast 13.5.
Item 33, Midwest 13.5.
Item 34, South 16.
Item 35, West 15.8.

Source: Calculated by ERS using data from the December 2011 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement.