Hunger in Our Area
What is the impact of food insecurity in the 34 counties served by the Food Bank?
Although the Food Bank is located in one of the United States’ best places to live, our data and experience show hunger remains a serious problem in central and eastern North Carolina. Across our 34-county service area individuals and families are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food to live a healthy, active life, or they went hungry because they had to skip meals. Hunger has grown into an epidemic, and is more prevalent than ever, affecting more than just the families living at or below the poverty line.
Food insecurity has emerged as a defined reality for hundreds of thousands of hard-working Americans who, even if they are working, cannot keep food on the table. In the 34 counties, the Food Bank serves, 508,430 people live in food-insecure households, including 164,510 children. The Food Bank is working to provide more access to the healthiest food possible to the families we serve, and continuing to build solutions to reduce the existing meal gap.
1 in 9 people face hunger across our 34-county service area.
1 in 7 children facing hunger across our 34-county service area.