Missouri Hunger Atlas

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Measures vs. years by county

Measures2025
Missouri
Households food insecure 12.7%
Households with very low food security 5.8%
Pounds of food distributed 132203712
Pounds of food distributed per capita below poverty level 175
Pounds of food distributed per capita below poverty level rank category

Sources and data years for this table

2025 vintage

Households food insecure: USDA Economic Research Service (2023)

Households with very low food security: USDA Economic Research Service (2023)

Pounds of food distributed: Harvesters: The Community Food Network (2023); Operation Food Search (2023); Ozarks Food Harvest (2023); St. Louis Area Foodbank (2023); Second Harvest Community Food Bank (2023); Southeast Missouri Food Bank (2023); Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri (2023)

Pounds of food distributed per capita below poverty level: American Community Survey (ACS), U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023); Harvesters: The Community Food Network (2023); Operation Food Search (2023); Ozarks Food Harvest (2023); St. Louis Area Foodbank (2023); Second Harvest Community Food Bank (2023); Southeast Missouri Food Bank (2023); Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri (2023)

Pounds of food distributed per capita below poverty level rank category: American Community Survey (ACS), U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023); Harvesters: The Community Food Network (2023); Operation Food Search (2023); Ozarks Food Harvest (2023); St. Louis Area Foodbank (2023); Second Harvest Community Food Bank (2023); Southeast Missouri Food Bank (2023); Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri (2023)