Over 9 million adults ages 50 and older faced food insecurity in 2020
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Fact sheet (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Author(s):
- Dean, Olivia, author Figueiredo,, Carlos, author
- Contributor(s):
- AARP (Organization), issuing body. Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization)), issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, March 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Food Insecurity Aged -- statistics & numerical data Ethnicity Middle Aged -- statistics & numerical data United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2020, nearly 9.5 million (or about 8 percent of) Americans ages 50 and older were food insecure, meaning they had limited or uncertain access to adequate, nutritious food. The data reveal significant differences by state, age, race and ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918419160506676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918419160506676