The United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service recently released a report analyzing food insecurity from 2022-2024 and noted that the top six states experiencing this include Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, with a majority of the others experiencing food insecurity near the U.S. average (13.3%).
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From the raw data, the main states, by number of households (2022-2024) listed in dark orange include:
1.) Arkansas - 1,270,000 households (19.4%)
2.) Texas - 11,518,000 households (17.6%)
3.) Oklahoma - 1,598,000 households (16.9%)
4.) Louisiana - 1,889,000 households (17.7%)
5.) Mississippi - 1,203,000 households (17.3%)
6.) Kentucky - 1,799,000 households (18.8%)
Some key food bank websites can be found here for anyone who can give:
* Texas
1.) Central Texas Food Bank - https://www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/
2.) North Texas Food Bank - https://ntfb.org/
3,) Square Meals - https://squaremeals.org/Public-Resources/Texas-Food-Banks
* Oklahoma
1.) Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma - https://www.regionalfoodbank.org/
2.) Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma - https://okfoodbank.org/pantry-finder/
3.) Iron Gate Tulsa - https://www.irongatetulsa.org/
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* Arkansas
1.) Arkansas Food Bank - https://arkansasfoodbank.org/
2.) Food Banks of Arkansas - https://www.foodbanksofarkansas.org/
* Louisiana
1.) Feeding Louisiana - https://www.feedinglouisiana.org/
2.) Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank - https://brfoodbank.org/
3.) Second Harvest Food Bank, Feeding South Louisiana - https://no-hunger.org/
4.) Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana - https://www.foodbanknla.org/
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* Mississippi
1.) Mississippi Food Network - https://www.msfoodnet.org/
2.) Mississippi Food Pantries - https://www.foodpantries.org/st/mississippi
3.) Emergency Food Assistance Program - https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/help/emergency-food-assistance/
* Kentucky
1.) God's Pantry Food Bank - https://www.godspantry.org/
2.) Feeding Kentucky - https://feedingky.org/our-members/
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