Jefferson County

Population: 579,715
Source: 2023 U.S. Census

Hunger Relief by the Numbers

64

TOTAL HUNGER RELIEF PARTNERS

5

MOBILE PANTRIES

10

EVERYDAY EATS PARTNERS

14

FOOD FOR KIDS PARTNERS

The Need

Food Insecurity Rate (2024)

11.2%

Number of Individuals Experiencing Food Insecurity (2024)

64,980

Food Insecurity Ratio (2024)

1 in 9

Percentage of Food Insecure Households Earning Too Much to Qualify for SNAP (2024)

60.6%

Child Food Insecurity Rate (2024)

15.3%

Number of Children Experiencing Food Insecurity (2024)

16,380

Child Food Insecurity Ratio (2024)

1 in 7

Percentage of People Living Below the Poverty Line (2023)

6.7%

Percentage of Households Receiving SNAP Benefits (2023)

5.18%

Pounds of Food Distributed

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY LAST YEAR

10,460,591

Total Pounds of Food Distributed

This is equivalent to

8,717,159 meals

Data Sources

County population, poverty line data, and SNAP data sourced from the U.S. Census (2023 data).
https://data.census.gov/.

Food insecurity data sourced from Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study.