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Household Food Insecurity Varies by
State
Mark
Nord
Most U.S. households
can consistently afford enough food
for active healthy living. But 11 to
12 percent of households struggled at
times to put adequate food on the table
in recent years. USDA classifies such
households as food insecure. During
2003-05, the national prevalence of
food insecurity averaged 11.4 percent
and varied from less than 7 percent
in North Dakota, New Hampshire, and
Delaware to over 16 percent in New Mexico
and Mississippi. Food insecurity was
more prevalent than the national average
in 11 States, less prevalent than the
national average in 20 States, and not
statistically different from the national
average in 19 States and the District
of Columbia.
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