The prevalence of food insecurity declined from 2014 to 2015

In 2015, 87.3 percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the year. The remaining 12.7 percent of households—down from 14.0 percent in 2014—were food insecure at least some time during the year, including 5.0 percent (6.3 million households) that had very low food security. Food insecurity increased from 10.5 percent in 2000 to nearly 12 percent in 2004, declined to 11 percent in 2005-07, then increased to 14.6 in 2008.