A great resource from the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service is online
here with a varity of data about food insecurity. Some key infomation, with additional background provided on the website, includes:
- The prevalence of food insecurity has changed little since 2008, despite rising poverty rates
- Food insecurity rates are high for single mother households and lower for households with elderly
- One in five households with children was affected by food insecurity in 2012
- Prevalence of food insecurity is not uniform across the country
- Disability is an important risk factor for food insecurity
- Increases in spending for USDA's food assistance programs are slowing down
- Children accounted for 45% of SNAP participants in 2011
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