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This chart shows the estimated number of people dying in individual famines since the 1860s, based on our dataset of famines. The length of each line shows the duration of the famine and the color shows the continent in which the famine occurred. Number of deaths and duration of individual famines, 1860s-20168.
The food insecurity rate in Texas was 13% in 2020. Explore a map of hunger statistics in Texas at the state and local level.
Texas has the eighth-highest rate of senior food insecurity in the nation with 9.8% of Texas seniors at risk for hunger. Seniors face unique challenges in the fight against hunger, such as health conditions, transportation problems, fixed income and social isolation.
People facing hunger in Texas are estimated to report needing $3,187,674,000 more per year to meet their food needs. The average cost of a meal in Texas is $3.45. Data from Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap study. Learn more ›.
20 lip 2022 · About 1 in 5 Texas children – and 1 in 8 Texans overall – faced the threat of hunger in 2020, according to the newest data in Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap report. When the data is broken down by race and ethnicity, the numbers are even more stark.
Texas has 1,697,870 children facing hunger with a food insecurity rate of 22.8% or 1 in 4, up from 18% in 2021. NTFB’s 13-county service area continues to have the fourth-highest number of people facing hunger in the nation, with a food insecurity rate of 14.2%, up from 11.9% in 2021.
3 lis 2023 · Texas has the second-highest rate of residents at risk of going hungry in the nation. That bleak ranking comes from new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The new USDA data revealed a dramatic increase in food insecurity across the nation in 2022, jumping by 31% across households.
