Number of Households by Food Stamp Participation and Food Security (6.1.4N)
As shown in Table 6.1.4N, when these percentages are translated to numbers of households, they imply that the A2H system serves nearly 3 million client households who are receiving food stamps but are food insecure (Table 6.1.2N).
Table 6.1.2N
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY FOOD STAMP PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
AND
FOOD SECURITY
Food Security Among Clients’ Households |
Pantry Client Households |
Kitchen Client Households |
Shelter Client Households |
All Client Households |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Among Food Stamp Program participants |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
810,200 |
85,700 |
51,800 |
949,600 |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
1,271,100 |
111,200 |
79,300 |
1,444,000 |
Food insecure with hunger |
1,094,600 |
136,600 |
122,300 |
1,369,100 |
SUBTOTAL |
2,365,700 |
247,700 |
201,600 |
2,813,200 |
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAM |
3,175,900 |
333,500 |
253,400 |
3,762,800 |
Among Food Stamp Program nonparticipants |
|
|
|
|
Food secure |
1,752,100 |
223,600 |
119,600 |
2,098,600 |
Food insecure |
|
|
|
|
Food insecure without hunger |
2,089,800 |
186,500 |
123,800 |
2,349,700 |
Food insecure with hunger |
1,582,200 |
256,400 |
173,200 |
2,058,800 |
SUBTOTAL |
3,672,000 |
442,900 |
297,000 |
4,408,600 |
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS NOT PARTICIPATING IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAM |
5,424,100 |
666,500 |
416,600 |
6,507,200 |
Note:
See
Appendix B
for the estimated number of people served in subgroups of A2H clients.
Columns in this table do not exactly add up to the column total. This discrepancy occurs because tables showing percentage distributions are weighted with the monthly weight, while the number of clients presented in this table is estimated at the annual level. Because the relationship between the monthly and annual weights varies across individuals depending on the frequency of visits to program sites, applying annual estimates to a monthly snapshot of percentage distributions results in small discrepancies in column totals.
Other key findings in the table include:
- Among food stamp participants in the A2H network, an estimated 1.4 million households are experiencing hunger
- Among A2H households not participating in the Food Stamp Program, over 4.4 million are food insecure, of which over 2 million are experiencing hunger.