13% Of Households Food Insecure in 2024, USDA Says

USDA says 13.7%of U.S. households, or 18.3 million, were food insecure in 2024.  Food-insecure households, or those with low or very-low food security, had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources.

The 2024 prevalence of food insecurity was similar to the 13.5% of households in 2023 and the 12.8% in 2022. In 2024, 5.4% of U.S. households had very low food security, statistically similar to the 5.1% in both 2023 and 2022. In this more severe range of food insecurity, the food intake of some household members was reduced, and normal eating patterns were disrupted at times due to limited resources.

USDA added 9.1% of households with children, 3.3 million total, were food insecure at times during 2024.

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