Map the Meal Gap

by | March 25, 2011

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Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project, shows hunger data for every county in the US. Food insecurity is closely linked with unemployment and poverty and it is well-documented that some racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., including American Indians, African Americans and Latinos, are disproportionately at risk for food insecurity. The report also finds that about 29% of food insecure individuals are above 185% of the poverty line and are typically ineligible for most food assistance programs. The project reports two types of local data, 1. County-level food insecurity estimates by income categories and; 2. An estimate of the food budget shortfall that food insecure individuals report they experience.
http://feedingamerica.org/our-network/the-studies/map-the-gap.aspx

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