202,560
East Tennesseans Faced Food Insecurity In 2023
44,860
Children in East Tennessee Are Food Insecure
35th
Tennessee's Rank Among All 50 States for Food Insecurity
30%
The Percentage Food Insecurity Increased by in 2024
Who Faces Hunger in Tennessee?
Hunger can effect people from all walks of life. Millions of people in America are just one missed paycheck, move, or medical emergency away from hunger. But hunger doesn't effect everyone equally. Some groups like children, seniors, and people of color face hunger at much higher rates.
Useful Facts
2024
Second Harvest Food Bank of East TN released its annual report for fiscal year ending on June 30, 2024, sharing that 202,560 East Tennesseans face food Insecurity, and of those, 44,860 are children.
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2024
AmericasHealthRankings.org
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tennessee ranks 35th in food insecurity in the United States.
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https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/measures/food_insecurity_household/TN
2023
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
A Vanderbilt University poll shows hunger rising by 30% in just one year, with more participants in East Tennessee reporting insecurity than in West and Middle Tennessee. 41.2% of Tennessee parents reported low or very low food security.
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https://news.vumc.org/2023/03/23/poll-shows-food-insecurity-on-rise-in-tennessee/
2022
Feeding America
According to Feeding America’s interactive map, 16,980 people in Blount County were food insecure in 2022, and the Annual Food Budget Shortfall in Blount County was $13,683,000. 38% of incomes in Blount County qualify for federal food assistance.
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