AIAN families are more likely than others to struggle with food insecurity: Prevalence of household food insecurity by race and ethnicity, 2016–2021

Share of families that are food insecure
All 11.1%
White 8.0%
AIAN 23.3%
Black 21.0%
Hispanic 16.9%
Economic Policy Institute

Note: AIAN refers to American Indian and Alaska Native. Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive (i.e., white alone, non-Hispanic; Black alone, non-Hispanic; AIAN alone, non-Hispanic; and Hispanic, any race). 

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Table 2 in Household Food Insecurity Across Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2016–21, published April 2024. 

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