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Definition: Percentage of households unable to provide adequate food for one or more household members due to lack of resources Data Source and Years(s): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Household Food Security in the United States Report Series, 2020-2022
The food insecurity rate in Georgia was 12% in 2019. Explore a map of hunger statistics in Georgia at the state and local level.
Food Security Status of U.S. Households in 2023. Food secure —These households had access, at all times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. 86.5 percent (114.6 million) of U.S. households were food secure throughout 2023.
Over 4 hours, approximately 25 people who work in food organizations in Georgia, met, reviewed the state of food insecurity, and identified 3 evidence-based solutions that are short-term steps toward a long-term solution to ending limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
In 2023, 38.7 percent of households with incomes below the Federal poverty line were food insecure. Food-insecure households include those with low food security and very low food security.
Gap study, which monitors food insecurity across the nation. Food insecurity impacts communities in every county. According to this year’s results, 1 in 5 Georgia children are facing hunger, an increase from 1 in 8 last year.
Indicator 2.1.2, “Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)”, provides internationally-comparable estimates of the proportion of the population facing difficulties in accessing food.
