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Title page

Contents

Abstract 3

Acknowledgments 3

A report summary from the Economic Research Service 6

Introduction 8

Household Food Security 8

Methods 10

Prevalence of Food Insecurity-National Conditions and Trends 15

Prevalence of Food Insecurity by Selected Household Characteristics 24

Prevalence of Food Insecurity by State 34

Household Spending on Food 38

Methods 38

Food Expenditures by Selected Household Characteristics 39

Food Expenditures and Household Food Security 42

Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs and Food Security 42

Methods 45

Food Security of Households That Received Food and Nutrition Assistance 46

Participation in Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs by Food-Insecure Households 47

References 49

Tables

Table 1A. Households and individuals by food security status of household, 2001-22 18

Table 1B. Households with children by food security status and children by food security status of household, 2001-22 20

Table 2. Households by food security status and selected household characteristics, 2022 26

Table 3. Prevalence of food security and food insecurity in households with children by selected household characteristics, 2022 30

Table 4. Prevalence of household food insecurity and very low food security by State, average 2020-22 35

Table 5. Change in prevalence of household food insecurity and very low food security by State: 2020-22 (average), 2017-19 (average), and 2010-12 (average) 37

Table 6. Weekly household food spending per person and relative to the household cost of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), 2022 41

Table 7. Weekly household food spending per person and relative to the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) by food security status, 2022 42

Table 8. Percentage of households by food security status and participation in selected Federal food and nutrition assistance programs, 2022 47

Table 9. Participation of food-insecure households in selected Federal food and nutrition assistance programs,1 2022 48

Figures

Figure 1. U.S. households by food security status, 2022 16

Figure 2. U.S. households with children by food security status of adults and children, 2022 17

Figure 3. Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity and very low food security in U.S. households, 2001-22 23

Figure 4. Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity in households with children, 2001-22 24

Figure 5. Prevalence of food insecurity, 2021 and 2022 32

Figure 6. Prevalence of very low food security, 2021 and 2022 33