U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce household food insecurity and hunger  — NWS‑01 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
12.8 percent (2022)

Target:
6.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
11.1 percent of households were food insecure in 2018

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Households with food insecurity in the past 12 months, 2018-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
11.1
CI 10.7 / 11.5
SE 0.208
10.5
CI 10.2 / 10.9
SE 0.187
10.5
CI 10.1 / 10.9
SE 0.203
10.2
CI 9.8 / 10.6
SE 0.206
12.8
CI 12.4 / 13.2
SE 0.224

Households with food insecurity in the past 12 months by Race/Ethnicity (of household reference person), 2018-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
29.8
CI 23.5 / 36.0
SE 3.179
19.4
CI 14.7 / 24.2
SE 2.438
19.8
CI 15.6 / 23.9
SE 2.118
19.4
CI 14.2 / 24.6
SE 2.670
28.3
CI 21.5 / 35.0
SE 3.459
Asian only
6.3
CI 4.9 / 7.7
SE 0.710
5.0
CI 3.6 / 6.4
SE 0.706
4.9
CI 3.6 / 6.1
SE 0.624
6.1
CI 4.7 / 7.4
SE 0.699
5.8
CI 4.4 / 7.2
SE 0.705
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
17.9
CI 8.6 / 27.1
SE 4.696
10.5
CI 4.5 / 16.5
SE 3.067
18.2
CI 8.4 / 28.0
SE 4.998
8.7
CI 2.9 / 14.5
SE 2.965
22.9
CI 12.5 / 33.2
SE 5.290
Black or African American only
21.3
CI 19.6 / 23.0
SE 0.870
18.7
CI 17.2 / 20.3
SE 0.786
21.3
CI 19.7 / 23.0
SE 0.829
19.9
CI 18.4 / 21.5
SE 0.798
22.6
CI 20.9 / 24.2
SE 0.844
White only
9.2
CI 8.8 / 9.7
SE 0.214
9.2
CI 8.8 / 9.6
SE 0.197
8.7
CI 8.4 / 9.1
SE 0.198
8.5
CI 8.1 / 8.9
SE 0.205
11.0
CI 10.6 / 11.5
SE 0.215
2 or more races
16.8
CI 13.3 / 20.3
SE 1.784
20.6
CI 16.0 / 25.2
SE 2.338
18.9
CI 14.5 / 23.3
SE 2.244
21.8
CI 17.3 / 26.3
SE 2.302
22.8
CI 18.5 / 27.1
SE 2.173
Hispanic or Latino
16.2
CI 14.9 / 17.6
SE 0.689
15.6
CI 14.3 / 17.0
SE 0.672
17.2
CI 15.8 / 18.6
SE 0.704
16.2
CI 14.9 / 17.6
SE 0.708
20.8
CI 19.2 / 22.4
SE 0.810
Not Hispanic or Latino
10.2
CI 9.8 / 10.6
SE 0.212
9.7
CI 9.3 / 10.1
SE 0.198
9.4
CI 9.0 / 9.9
SE 0.219
9.2
CI 8.8 / 9.6
SE 0.214
11.4
CI 11.0 / 11.8
SE 0.221
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
27.6
CI 20.9 / 34.4
SE 3.428
23.6
CI 17.1 / 30.0
SE 3.271
18.4
CI 13.8 / 23.1
SE 2.348
18.4
CI 12.1 / 24.7
SE 3.206
23.0
CI 17.0 / 29.0
SE 3.049
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
5.9
CI 4.6 / 7.3
SE 0.706
5.0
CI 3.6 / 6.4
SE 0.710
4.5
CI 3.2 / 5.7
SE 0.638
6.1
CI 4.7 / 7.5
SE 0.714
5.7
CI 4.4 / 7.1
SE 0.699
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
16.2
CI 7.0 / 25.5
SE 4.716
9.4
CI 3.3 / 15.4
SE 3.073
21.0
CI 10.0 / 31.9
SE 5.584
10.6
CI 3.6 / 17.6
SE 3.581
22.2
CI 11.2 / 33.2
SE 5.625
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
21.2
CI 19.5 / 23.0
SE 0.898
19.1
CI 17.5 / 20.7
SE 0.809
21.7
CI 20.1 / 23.4
SE 0.850
19.8
CI 18.2 / 21.4
SE 0.811
22.4
CI 20.7 / 24.1
SE 0.882
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
8.1
CI 7.7 / 8.5
SE 0.209
7.9
CI 7.5 / 8.3
SE 0.203
7.1
CI 6.7 / 7.5
SE 0.198
7.0
CI 6.6 / 7.4
SE 0.206
9.3
CI 8.8 / 9.7
SE 0.214
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
17.9
CI 14.2 / 21.5
SE 1.877
19.3
CI 14.9 / 23.8
SE 2.277
19.0
CI 14.3 / 23.8
SE 2.429
22.1
CI 17.2 / 27.0
SE 2.492
22.7
CI 17.9 / 27.5
SE 2.454

Highest and lowest rates for Households with food insecurity in the past 12 months: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity (of household reference person), 2018-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired