News release: “The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) announced today that the hunger and food insecurity rates in the United States increased in 2007, according to official data. More than 36.2 million people lived in households struggling against hunger in 2007, compared to 35.5 million in 2006 and 33.2 million in 2000. The number of people in the worst-off category – the hungriest Americans – has risen by nearly one third since 2000, from 8.5 million to 11.9 million.”

• Prevalence of Household-Level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security by State 2005-2007 (Average)
• Prevalence of Household-Level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security by State 2005-2007 (Average) and 2002-2004 (Average)