Share of food insecure households with children by composition U.S. 2019

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This statistic displays the share of households with children with food insecurity in the United States in 2019, by composition. Some 28.7 percent of households comprising of single women and children were classified as food insecure in 2019.

Share of food insecure households with children in the United States in 2019, by composition*

Characteristic	Percentage of children
Single women with children	28.7%
Single men with children	15.4%
With children under 6 years	14.5%
With children under 18 years	13.6%
Married-couple families	7.5%
Other household with child**	17.5%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

* Food insecure defined as low or very low food security.
** Households with children in complex living arrangements, for example children of other relatives or unrelated roommate or boarder.

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