Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011

One in five children in Nebraska and Iowa struggles with hunger. This staggering statistic is from a new study done by Feeding America. Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011 provides data on a county level.

There are approximately 444,893 children in the 93 counties served by Food Bank for the Heartland, and and 92,270 of them are struggling with hunger. Douglas County has the most children at-risk for hunger (26,970) followed by Sarpy County (7,600) in Nebraska, Woodbury County (6,370) and Pottawattamie County (4,420) in Iowa. Thurston County has the highest rate of child food insecurity at 35.9 percent while Logan County has the lowest at 14.3 percent.

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