Hunger Study 2001 Fact Sheet

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Facts from Hunger In America 2001

America's Second Harvest's Network of food banks provides emergency hunger-relief services to an estimated 23.3 million people (roughly 9% of all Americans).
Of emergency food recipients, 62.8% have attained high school diplomas or above.
87.7% of pantries, 77.3% of kitchens, and 74.8% of shelters surveyed reported that the elimination of their local food bank would have either a significant or devastating impact on their program.
38.9% of surveyed households have one or more adults currently employed.
38.6% of surveyed households have at least one member under the age of 18 years; of which 8.6% have one or more children age 0 to 5 years.
10.8% of the households have at least one member age 65 years or older.
14.9% of the clients live in rural areas.
Among the clients who have their own housing, 23.4% are homeowners.
Among all client households served, 44.7% reported having had to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities at least once during the previous 12 months, 35.7% said they had to choose between paying for food and paying for rent or mortgage
16.2% of all clients are in poor health and 18.4% of clients indicated that someone else in their household was in poor health.
29.7% of all client households have been forced to choose between paying for food and medicine in the past 12 months.
63.9% of clients or anyone in their household have applied for and 29.8% are currently receiving food stamps.
70.6% of households report that they are food insecure; of which 36.7 report that they are food insecure with hunger.

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