Section 6.1.1n

6.1.1n - Estimated Number of Households by Food Insecurity

As shown in Table 6.1.1N, the percentages reported above imply that more than 6.3 million A2H households are food insecure and that more than 3.3 million of them are classified as experiencing hunger.

Table 6.1.1n

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY FOOD SECURITY STATUS

Food Security Among Clients' Households	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
Food Security Among All Households
Food secure	2,087,800	344,300	225,680	2,657,780
Food insecure
Food insecure without hunger	2,555,000	349,800	132,680	3,037,480
Food insecure with hunger	2,657,200	405,900	261,640	3,324,740
SUBTOTAL	5,212,200	755,700	394,320	6,362,220
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS	7,300,000	1,100,000	620,000	9,020,000
Food Security Among Households with Children Younger than Age 18
Food secure	757,200	58,559	26,299	842,057
Food insecure
Food insecure without hunger	1,226,093	80,867	15,197	1,322,157
Food insecure with hunger	1,184,907	75,075	37,244	1,297,226
SUBTOTAL	2,411,000	155,942	52,441	2,619,383
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN AGE 18	3,168,200	214,500	78,740	3,461,440
Food Security Among Households with Seniors Age 65 or Older
Food secure	835,814	99,414	9,374	944,602
Food insecure
Food insecure without hunger	651,525	45,188	6,211	702,924
Food insecure with hunger	374,162	29,025	1,155	404,341
SUBTOTAL	1,025,687	74,386	7,366	1,107,439
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH SENIORS AGE 65 OR OLDER	1,861,500	173,800	16,740	2,052,040

Key findings include:

Overall, more than 6.3 million A2H client households are food insecure, of which 3.3 million are experiencing hunger.
Of households with children under 18, approximately 2.6 million are food insecure, of which approximately 1.3 million are experiencing hunger.
The comparable numbers of households with a senior member age 65 or older are 1.1 million and 0.4 million.