Low-Income and Low-Foodstore-Access Census Tracts, 2015–19

by Alana Rhone, Ryan Williams, and Christopher Dicken

This report updates estimates of low-income and low-foodstore-access census tracts, listed in the USDA, Economic Research Service’s Food Access Research Atlas, using a 2019 directory of foodstores and 2014–18 American Community Survey data on household vehicle access and family income.

Keywords: Supermarkets, grocery stores, low income, food access, low access, food deserts, low income and low access, census tracts, healthy and affordable food, foodstore

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