Food Insecurity by State,
1996-1998 (avg) to 2001-2003 (avg)
| Percent of Households Food Insecure (with or without hunger) | |||||
State |
Average, 1996-1998 |
Average, 2001-2003 |
Change* |
Rank in '01-'03 Food Insecurity |
|
| Arkansas | 13.7 | 15.5 | 1.8 | * | 1 |
| Mississippi | 14.6 | 14.9 | 0.3 | 2 | |
| Texas | 15.2 | 14.9 | -0.3 | 2 | |
| New Mexico | 16.5 | 14.8 | -1.7 | 4 | |
| Utah | 10.3 | 14.6 | 4.3 | * | 5 |
| Oklahoma | 13.1 | 14.1 | 1.0 | 6 | |
| Idaho | 11.3 | 13.7 | 2.4 | * | 7 |
| North Carolina | 9.8 | 13.7 | 3.9 | * | 7 |
| South Carolina | 11.0 | 13.5 | 2.5 | * | 9 |
| Georgia | 10.9 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 10 | |
| Oregon | 14.2 | 12.9 | -1.3 | 10 | |
| Alabama | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12 | |
| Montana | 11.2 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 12 | |
| Arizona | 14.6 | 12.3 | -2.3 | 14 | |
| Louisiana | 14.4 | 12.3 | -2.1 | 14 | |
| California | 13.3 | 12.2 | -1.1 | * | 16 |
| Florida | 13.2 | 11.7 | -1.5 | 17 | |
| Kansas | 11.5 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 17 | |
| Washington | 13.2 | 11.6 | -1.6 | * | 19 |
| Alaska | 8.7 | 11.5 | 2.8 | * | 20 |
| Kentucky | 9.7 | 11.2 | 1.5 | * | 21 |
| Rhode Island | 10.2 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 22 | |
| Ohio | 9.7 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 23 | |
| Tennessee | 11.8 | 10.9 | -0.9 | 23 | |
| Missouri | 10.1 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 25 | |
| Nebraska | 8.7 | 10.4 | 1.7 | 25 | |
| Michigan | 9.6 | 10.1 | 0.5 | 27 | |
| Wyoming | 9.9 | 10.1 | 0.2 | 27 | |
| New York | 11.9 | 10.0 | -1.9 | * | 29 |
| Hawaii | 12.9 | 9.9 | -3.0 | * | 30 |
| Indiana | 9.0 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 30 | |
| Colorado | 10.8 | 9.7 | -1.1 | 32 | |
| Iowa | 8.0 | 9.5 | 1.5 | * | 33 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.3 | 9.5 | 1.2 | * | 33 |
| Maine | 9.8 | 9.2 | -0.6 | 35 | |
| Nevada | 10.4 | 9.2 | -1.2 | 35 | |
| District of Columbia | 13.7 | 9.0 | -4.7 | * | 37 |
| Wisconsin | 8.5 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 37 | |
| South Dakota | 8.2 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 39 | |
| Vermont | 8.8 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 39 | |
| West Virginia | 9.5 | 8.9 | -0.6 | 39 | |
| New Jersey | 8.9 | 8.6 | -0.3 | 42 | |
| Virginia | 10.2 | 8.4 | -1.8 | * | 43 |
| Connecticut | 11.0 | 8.0 | -3.0 | * | 44 |
| Illinois | 9.6 | 7.9 | -1.7 | * | 45 |
| Maryland | 8.7 | 7.7 | -1.0 | 46 | |
| Minnesota | 8.6 | 7.1 | -1.5 | 47 | |
| North Dakota | 5.5 | 6.9 | 1.4 | * | 48 |
| Delaware | 8.1 | 6.7 | -1.4 | * | 49 |
| New Hampshire | 8.6 | 6.4 | -2.2 | * | 50 |
| Massachusetts | 7.5 | 6.2 | -1.3 | 51 | |
| United States | 11.3 | 11.0 | -0.3 | N/A | |
*Change was statistically significant with 90-percent confidence (t > 1.645).
Note: Statistics for 1996-1998 were revised to account for changes in survey screening procedures introduced in 1998.
Source: Table D-1, Household Food Security in the United States, 2003/FANRR-42, Economic Research Service/USDA, November 2004.
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