A March 2011 report from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) sheds light on hunger in America. Food Hardship in America – 2010 is based on data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and provides information for the nation, individual states, 100 metropolitan areas, and each Congressional district showing the continuing struggles of tens of millions of American households to afford adequate food. Food hardship was defined as answering “yes” to the following question: Have there been times in the past twelve months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?
The report reveals that nearly one in five Americans struggled to afford enough food for themselves and their families in 2010. “The data in this report show that food hardship–running out of money to buy the food that families need–is a substantial challenge in every corner of this country,” said Jim Weill, FRAC President, in a March 3 press release.
The Food Hardship Data page on the FRAC website also includes links to individual state food hardship rates.
