Households by food security status and selected household characteristics, 2009
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Food insecure |
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Total1 |
Food secure |
All |
With low
food security |
With very low
food security |
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1,000 |
1,000 |
Percent |
1,000 |
Percent |
1,000 |
Percent |
1,000 |
Percent |
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All households |
118,174 |
100,820 |
85.3 |
17,354 |
14.7 |
10,601 |
9.0 |
6,753 |
5.7 |
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Household composition: |
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With children < 18 yrs |
39,525 |
31,114 |
78.7 |
8,411 |
21.3 |
5,812 |
14.7 |
2,599 |
6.6 |
With children < 6 yrs |
17,598 |
13,566 |
77.1 |
4,032 |
22.9 |
2,896 |
16.5 |
1,136 |
6.5 |
Married-couple families |
26,334 |
22,475 |
85.3 |
3,859 |
14.7 |
2,818 |
10.7 |
1,041 |
4.0 |
Female head, no spouse |
9,700 |
6,146 |
63.4 |
3,554 |
36.6 |
2,300 |
23.7 |
1,254 |
12.9 |
Male head, no spouse |
2,883 |
2,082 |
72.2 |
801 |
27.8 |
561 |
19.5 |
240 |
8.3 |
Other household with child2 |
607 |
410 |
67.5 |
197 |
32.5 |
133 |
21.9 |
64 |
10.5 |
With no children < 18 yrs |
78,649 |
69,706 |
88.6 |
8,943 |
11.4 |
4,789 |
6.1 |
4,154 |
5.3 |
More than one adult |
46,677 |
42,404 |
90.8 |
4,273 |
9.2 |
2,443 |
5.2 |
1,830 |
3.9 |
Women living alone |
17,662 |
15,064 |
85.3 |
2,598 |
14.7 |
1,288 |
7.3 |
1,310 |
7.4 |
Men living alone |
14,310 |
12,238 |
85.5 |
2,072 |
14.5 |
1,058 |
7.4 |
1,014 |
7.1 |
With elderly |
28,912 |
26,743 |
92.5 |
2,169 |
7.5 |
1,416 |
4.9 |
753 |
2.6 |
Elderly living alone |
11,300 |
10,416 |
92.2 |
884 |
7.8 |
536 |
4.7 |
348 |
3.1 |
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Race/ethnicity of households: |
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White non-Hispanic |
83,259 |
74,066 |
89.0 |
9,193 |
11.0 |
5,394 |
6.5 |
3,799 |
4.6 |
Black non-Hispanic |
14,519 |
10,908 |
75.1 |
3,611 |
24.9 |
2,259 |
15.6 |
1,352 |
9.3 |
Hispanic3 |
13,566 |
9,922 |
73.1 |
3,644 |
26.9 |
2,388 |
17.6 |
1,256 |
9.3 |
Other |
6,830 |
5,926 |
86.8 |
904 |
13.2 |
559 |
8.2 |
345 |
5.1 |
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Household income-to-poverty ratio: |
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Under 1.00 |
13,193 |
7,525 |
57.0 |
5,668 |
43.0 |
3,221 |
24.4 |
2,447 |
18.5 |
Under 1.30 |
19,913 |
12,000 |
60.3 |
7,913 |
39.7 |
4,520 |
22.7 |
3,393 |
17.0 |
Under 1.85 |
29,454 |
19,194 |
65.2 |
10,260 |
34.8 |
6,020 |
20.4 |
4,240 |
14.4 |
1.85 and over |
63,983 |
59,125 |
92.4 |
4,858 |
7.6 |
3,161 |
4.9 |
1,697 |
2.7 |
Income unknown |
24,738 |
22,503 |
91.0 |
2,235 |
9.0 |
1,420 |
5.7 |
815 |
3.3 |
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Area of residence:4 |
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Inside metropolitan area |
98,336 |
83,803 |
85.2 |
14,533 |
14.8 |
8,843 |
9.0 |
5,690 |
5.8 |
In principal cities5 |
32,690 |
27,059 |
82.8 |
5,631 |
17.2 |
3,417 |
10.5 |
2,214 |
6.8 |
Not in principal cities |
48,698 |
42,261 |
86.8 |
6,437 |
13.2 |
3,912 |
8.0 |
2,525 |
5.2 |
Outside metropolitan area |
19,838 |
17,017 |
85.8 |
2,821 |
14.2 |
1,757 |
8.9 |
1,064 |
5.4 |
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Census geographic region: |
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Northeast |
21,403 |
18,787 |
87.8 |
2,616 |
12.2 |
1,591 |
7.4 |
1,025 |
4.8 |
Midwest |
26,512 |
22,836 |
86.1 |
3,676 |
13.9 |
2,251 |
8.5 |
1,425 |
5.4 |
South |
43,842 |
36,885 |
84.1 |
6,957 |
15.9 |
4,228 |
9.6 |
2,729 |
6.2 |
West |
26,417 |
22,312 |
84.5 |
4,105 |
15.5 |
2,531 |
9.6 |
1,574 |
6.0 |
1Totals exclude households whose food security status is unknown because they did not give a valid response to any of the questions in the food security scale. In 2009, these represented 386,000 households (0.3 percent of all households.)
2Households with children in complex living arrangements, e.g., children of other relatives or unrelated roommate or boarder.
3Hispanics may be of any race.
4Metropolitan area residence is based on 2003 Office of Management and Budget delineation. Prevalence rates by area of residence are comparable with those for 2004 and later years but are not precisely comparable with those of earlier years.
5Households within incorporated areas of the largest cities in each metropolitan area. Residence inside or outside of principal cities is not identified for about 17 percent of households in metropolitan statistical areas.
Source: Calculated by ERS using data from the December 2009 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement.
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