Households facing hardships
   |
|
| 11% |
50% |
| 12% |
48% |
| 13% |
44% |
| 13% |
49% |
| 14% |
49% |
| 11% |
55% |
| 12% |
50% |
| 9% |
50% |
| 8% |
49% |
| 13% |
48% |
| 9% |
56% |
| 13% |
50% |
| 8% |
52% |
| 13% |
43% |
| 10% |
49% |
| 11% |
48% |
| 11% |
44% |
| 13% |
45% |
| 14% |
46% |
| 14% |
51% |
| 13% |
46% |
| 10% |
46% |
| 8% |
51% |
| 12% |
52% |
| 8% |
47% |
| 18% |
53% |
| 12% |
46% |
| 10% |
46% |
| 10% |
43% |
| 9% |
50% |
| 7% |
50% |
| 8% |
50% |
| 16% |
48% |
| 10% |
51% |
| 13% |
47% |
| 6% |
41% |
| 13% |
48% |
| 15% |
47% |
| 12% |
50% |
| 10% |
47% |
| 11% |
47% |
| 15% |
47% |
| 10% |
39% |
| 13% |
48% |
| 16% |
49% |
| 15% |
45% |
| 10% |
51% |
| 8% |
46% |
| 10% |
47% |
| 9% |
48% |
| 9% |
46% |
| 11% |
34% |
Data Notes & Sources
- Figure reflects the percent of households forced to reduce food intake, disrupt normal eating patterns, or go hungry because they lack the money or resources to obtain adequate food.
Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson, Household Food Security in the United States, 2006, Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 2007, http://www.ers.usda.gov (accessed March 14, 2008).
- Figure reflects the percent of families living in rental units who pay 30 percent or more of their income on housing.
U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey Custom Tables, 2006: Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income in the Past 12 Months," http://factfinder.census.gov (accessed March 14, 2008).