These charts are from Feeding America, specifically "Mapping the Meal Gap" and are 2015.
Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Food-insecure households are not necessarily food insecure all the time. Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between important basic needs, such as housing or medical bills, and purchasing nutritionally adequate foods.
In America food insecurity was 13.4% (average meal $2.94) and Virginia lower at 11.2% (average meal $3.03).
The Village Harvest serves Caroline, Essex in particular with some clients from King George and Westmoreland
The most significant need is Essex County with the highest food insecurity rate at 15.7%. 51% are also above the SNAP threshold of 130% poverty. It is one of approximately 20 counties with a rate above 15%. These counties are above both the US and Virginia rate.
1. Caroline
2. Essex
3. King George
4. Westmoreland
