Food Insecurity by State
California has the highest Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg) (14.2M), followed by Texas (10.8M) and Florida (9.3M). Wyoming has the lowest (233K).
Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg)
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | 14.2M | 9.6% | 3.5% |
| 2 |  Texas | 10.8M | 13.7% | 5% |
| 3 |  Florida | 9.3M | 9.9% | 3.8% |
| 4 |  New York | 7.8M | 10.3% | 3.5% |
| 5 |  Pennsylvania | 5.1M | 9.2% | 3.8% |
| 6 |  Illinois | 5M | 9.4% | 4% |
| 7 |  Ohio | 4.8M | 10.8% | 4.6% |
| 8 |  North Carolina | 4.5M | 10.9% | 3.6% |
| 9 |  Georgia | 4.2M | 9.9% | 3.9% |
| 10 |  Michigan | 4.1M | 11.4% | 4.6% |
| 11 |  New Jersey | 3.4M | 8.3% | 2.7% |
| 12 |  Virginia | 3.4M | 7.8% | 3.1% |
| 13 |  Washington | 3.1M | 7.9% | 3% |
| 14 |  Arizona | 2.9M | 10.1% | 3.1% |
| 15 |  Tennessee | 2.8M | 11.2% | 4.5% |
| 16 |  Massachusetts | 2.8M | 8.4% | 3.2% |
| 17 |  Indiana | 2.8M | 9.7% | 4.5% |
| 18 |  Missouri | 2.5M | 12.0% | 5.6% |
| 19 |  Wisconsin | 2.5M | 9.9% | 3.1% |
| 20 |  Colorado | 2.3M | 10.5% | 3.8% |
| 21 |  Minnesota | 2.3M | 7.4% | 2.8% |
| 22 |  Maryland | 2.3M | 8.7% | 2.9% |
| 23 |  South Carolina | 2.2M | 12.6% | 5.9% |
| 24 |  Alabama | 2M | 13.1% | 4.6% |
| 25 |  Louisiana | 1.9M | 14.5% | 5.7% |
| 26 |  Kentucky | 1.9M | 12.3% | 4.4% |
| 27 |  Oregon | 1.8M | 10.3% | 3.9% |
| 28 |  Oklahoma | 1.6M | 13.8% | 4.4% |
| 29 |  Connecticut | 1.4M | 9.6% | 4.2% |
| 30 |  Iowa | 1.3M | 7% | 2.3% |
| 31 |  Arkansas | 1.3M | 15.0% | 6.3% |
| 32 |  Nevada | 1.2M | 10.2% | 4.2% |
| 33 |  Mississippi | 1.2M | 15.3% | 5.5% |
| 34 |  Kansas | 1.2M | 10.2% | 4.2% |
| 35 |  Utah | 1.1M | 11.2% | 3.9% |
| 36 |  New Mexico | 865K | 11.5% | 4.5% |
| 37 |  Nebraska | 792K | 10.6% | 4.6% |
| 38 |  West Virginia | 740K | 14.0% | 5.2% |
| 39 |  Idaho | 695K | 9.8% | 3.9% |
| 40 |  Maine | 571K | 9.5% | 4.5% |
| 41 |  New Hampshire | 554K | 5.4% | 2% |
| 42 |  Hawaii | 487K | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| 43 |  Montana | 474K | 10.4% | 4.7% |
| 44 |  Rhode Island | 430K | 8.4% | 2.6% |
| 45 |  Delaware | 387K | 11.2% | 4.1% |
| 46 |  South Dakota | 367K | 8.7% | 3.7% |
| 47 |  District of Columbia | 342K | 9% | 2.8% |
| 48 |  North Dakota | 331K | 7.7% | 1.8% |
| 49 |  Vermont | 279K | 7.9% | 2.8% |
| 50 |  Alaska | 269K | 9.5% | 4% |
| 51 |  Wyoming | 233K | 11.2% | 4.7% |
What correlates with Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg)?
Pearson r against 2,094 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states, 17 near-identical series hidden. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg)?
- California has the highest Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg), at 14.2M, followed by Texas (10.8M) and Florida (9.3M).
- Which state has the lowest Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg)?
- Wyoming has the lowest Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg), at 233K.
- What is the median Households Facing Food Insecurity (2019-2021 avg) across US states?
- The median is 1.9M across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this food insecurity by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service - Household Food Security in the United States in 2021; US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service - Food Security in the US Key Statistics & Graphics.