14.8% of households with children experienced food insecurity in 2020. That’s up from 13.6% in 2019, the pre-pandemic year, according to the U.S.D.A.
Add this to the list of woes faced by Americans during the pandemic: A growing number of families went hungry, according to a new government report.
The U.S.D.A. also reported an increase in food insecurity for Black households — up from 19.1% in 2019 to 21.7% in 2020. Moreover, the situation has generally improved over the past decade. In 2011, 14.9% of overall U.S. households reported food-security issues. The U.S.D.A. report acknowledged the pandemic may have affected food security in different ways, but also noted there was “a substantial increase in assistance, including nutritional assistance” to Americans in need of help.
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