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- 17 million children and 5 million seniors are food insecure in America.
USDA Economic Research Service – Household Food Security in the United States 2008,
Hunger in America 2010: San Antonio and Southwest Texas.
- Food insecurity is defined as: a family's resources are so limited to buy food that they are running out of food,
reducing the quality of food that their family eats, feeding their children unbalanced diets, or skipping meals so their
children can eat. 15.8% of Texans are food insecure.
U.S. Census – 2008 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Data
- 5.7% of Texans experience hunger on a regular basis - more than one million people.
USDA/Economic Research Service
- The rate of children living in poverty in Texas is 22.5% and in Bexar County, the rate is 23.5%.
USDA/ Economic Research Service, U.S. Census – 2008 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Data
- Three million Texans, or one in eight, including 1.2 million children were forced to visit a
soup kitchen or food pantry to feed themselves in 2009.
The Texas Food Bank Network, Feeding America - Hunger in America 2010 and Mathematica research
- Texas has the highest rate of childhood hunger – 22.1%. In Bexar County, 23.5% of children are living in poverty.
Hunger in America 2010: San Antonio and Southwest Texas, U.S. Census – 2008 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Data
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