This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report 
"Food Spending Declined and Food Insecurity Increased for Middle-Income and Low-Income Households From 2000 to 2007" 
(EIB-61), published in October 2009. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 
After time, the material may not reflect the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded, so please 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.



File name		Description

(fig1.png)		Figure 1 - Median usual food spending as a ratio to the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan, 2000-07
(fig2.png)		Figure 2 - Mean annual expenditures for food by pre-tax income quintile, 2000-07
(fig3.png)		Figure 3 - Prevalence of very low food security by pre-tax household income quintile, 2000-07
(fig4.png)		Figure 4 - Median usual household food expenditures relative to the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan, 2000 and 2007
(fig5.png)		Figure 5 - Prevalence of very low food security by household characteristics, 2000 and 2007
(figA-1.png)		Figure A-1 - Prevalence of food insecurity and very low food security by food spending relative to the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan, 2000-07
(figB-1.png)		Figure B-1 - CPS-FSS and CES mean annual expenditures for food by all households, 2000-07
(figB-2.png)		Figure B-2 - CPS-FSS and CES mean annual expenditures for food by all households, by quintile of pretax income, 2000-07
(boxfig01.png)		Boxfigure 1 - Comparison of inflation from 2000 to 2007 as measured by the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) for a family of four, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Food and Beverages, and the CPI for all goods and services (each series indexed to 2000)