Household Food Security in the United States from the CPS Food Security Supplement
The report series Household Food Security in the United States is
produced by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture.
This series provides information on food security in U.S.
households, how much they spent for food and the extent to
which food-insecure households participate in Federal and
community food assistance programs.
Data presented in these reports is drawn from the Current
Populations Survey’s Food Security Supplement which is conducted
annually in December.
Frequency and Timespan: Annual data from 1995 to the present
Geographic Level of Coverage: National with some state data
Source:
Coleman-Jensen, Alisha, Christian Gregory, and Anita Singh.
Household Food Security in the United States in 2013. ERR-173
(PDF), U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture, Econ. Res. Serv. September 2014.
The U.S.D.A.’s Economic Research Service monitors the extent and
severity of food insecurity in U.S. households through a
supplement to the Current Population Survey. Responses to a
series of 18 questions are used to determine whether a household
is food insecure.
