Definition

The percent of children under 18 who live in households that lack access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and experience limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods.

Data Source

Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap

Notes

Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between important basic needs, such as housing or medical bills, and purchasing nutritionally adequate foods. Food-insecure households are not necessarily food insecure all the time.

Last Updated

2025-07