Hunger in America 2010 National Report

Hunger in America 2010 National Report, Mathematica Policy Research Inc., February 2010.

  • “This report presents the result of a study conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America’s Second Harvest), the nation’s largest organization of emergency food providers. The study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network. Emergency food programs are defined to include food pantries, soup kitchens, and emergency shelters serving short-term residents. It should be recognized that many other types of providers served by food banks are, for the most part, not described in this study, including such programs as Congregate Meals for seniors, day care facilities, and after school programs.
  • “The FA system served an estimated 37.0 million different people annually, an increase of 46% since 2005. This includes 33.9 million pantry users, 1.8 million kitchen users, and 1.3 million shelter users. About 5.7 million different people, or 1 in 50 Americans, receive emergency food assistance from the FA system in any given week, an increase of 27% since 2005.”
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