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Food insecurity among children varies by household composition

  • Food Security in the U.S.
  • Food & Nutrition Assistance
  • Child Nutrition Programs
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
  • WIC Program
A line chart indicating food insecurity in households of single mothers with children, single fathers with children and married-couple families with children as a percent of all households with children from 2008 to 2020.

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USDA reported that food insecurity in U.S. households with children increased in 2020, even as overall food insecurity stayed the same.

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