As gains erode, more than one in five Black and Hispanic households continue to suffer from food insecurity since 2001: Share of households experiencing food insecurity by race and ethnicity, 2001–2023
| Year | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7.6% | 21.3% | 21.8% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | 22.0% | 21.7% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | 22.1% | 22.3% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | 23.7% | 21.7% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | 22.4% | 17.9% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | 21.8% | 19.5% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | 22.2% | 20.1% |
| 2008 | 10.7% | 25.7% | 26.9% |
| 2009 | 11.0% | 24.9% | 26.9% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | 25.1% | 26.2% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | 25.1% | 26.2% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | 24.6% | 23.3% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | 26.1% | 23.7% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | 26.1% | 22.4% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | 21.5% | 19.1% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | 22.5% | 18.5% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | 21.8% | 18.0% |
| 2018 | 8.1% | 21.2% | 16.2% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | 19.1% | 15.6% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | 21.7% | 17.2% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | 19.8% | 16.2% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | 22.4% | 20.8% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | 23.3% | 21.9% |
Notes: Race and ethnicity are single-race and mutually exclusive (i.e., White alone non-Hispanic, Black alone non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race).
Source: USDA, Economic Research Service, "Trends in food insecurity in U.S. households with children", Accessed April 2025.