Economic Research Report No. (ERR-337) 52 pp
Household Food Security in the United States in 2023
An estimated 86.5 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2023, with access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (13.5 percent, statistically significantly higher than the 12.8 percent in 2022) were food insecure at least some time during the year. Very low food security is the more severe range of food insecurity where one or more household members experience reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns at times during the year because of limited money or other resources for food. In 2023, 5.1 percent of households were very low food secure, an estimate that is statistically similar to the 5.1 percent in 2022.
See related tables: Statistical Supplement to Household Food Security in the United States in 2023
Keywords: food security, food insecurity, food sufficiency, food insufficiency, food spending, food pantry, soup kitchen, emergency kitchen, free groceries, free meal, material well-being, material hardship, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, National School Lunch Program, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, WIC
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