<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2hKPlQ_0q1TpUD900" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2hKPlQ_0q1TpUD900" width="1204" height="816" > Texas is one of six states with a higher percentage of households that are food insecure than the national average. Why it matters: The economy might've looked great in 2022 by some metrics, like the low unemployment rate, but not this one. <hr><ul><li> Food insecurity spiked to a level not seen since the U.S. economy was slowly recovering from the financial crisis, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/food-insecurity-statistics-poverty?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sendto_localnewslettertest&amp;stream=top" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Axios' Emily Peck and Kavya Beheraj report </a><a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/food-insecurity-statistics-poverty?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=sendto_localnewslettertest&amp;stream=top" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> . </li></ul><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Details: Food insecurity means that at times during the year, a given household couldn't get enough food for one or more of its members because they didn't have enough money or resources. <ul><li> People with "very low" food security eat less food or skip meals. In a house with children, the adults might go without so the kids can eat. </li><li> Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina are the other states with a higher percentage of households that are food insecure than the national average. </li></ul> By the numbers: 15.5% of Texas households were food insecure between 2020 and 2022, per a recent <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/107703/err-325.pdf?v=6601" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> federal report </a> . <ul><li> That's compared to 11.2% of American households over the same period. </li><li> In Texas, 5.8% of households on average had low food security, compared to 4.3% nationally. </li></ul><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Threat level: Food insecurity is ticking up after years of declines after the Great Recession. Texas had 18.8% of households experiencing food insecurity between 2008 and 2010. <ul><li> The number dropped to 13.1% between 2017 and 2019. The federal report on food insecurity called the current increase in the state "statistically significant." </li></ul> What they're saying: When times are tight, it can often be "easiest" to cut back on food, Lisa Davis, a senior vice president at the anti-poverty nonprofit Share Our Strength, tells Axios. <ul><li> "If you don't pay the rent or your mortgage, you don't have a place to live. If you don't put gas in the car, you can't get to work," Davis says. </li><li> "Food is the place that folks turn to when they have to tighten the belt even more." </li></ul><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> How to help: You can donate food to or volunteer at the <a href="https://ntfb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> North Texas Food Bank </a> , <a href="https://tafb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tarrant Area Food Bank </a> or <a href="https://minniesfoodpantry.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Minnie's Food Pantry </a> . <a href="https://www.axios.com/signup/dallas?utm_source=smartnewst&amp;utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_campaign=subs-partner-smartnews-dallas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get more local stories in your inbox with Axios Dallas. </a></div></body>

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Texas is one of six states with a higher percentage of households that are food insecure than the national average.Why it matters: The economy might've looked great in 2022 by some metrics, like the low unemployment rate, but not this one.Food insecurity spiked to a level not seen since the U.S. economy was slowly recovering from the financial crisis, Axios' Emily Peck and Kavya Beheraj report.Details: Food insecurity means that at times during the year, a given household couldn't get enough food for one or more of its members because they didn't have enough money or resources.People with \"very low\"...

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Texas is one of six states with a higher percentage of households that are food insecure than the national average.Why it matters: The economy might've looked great in 2022 by some metrics, like the low unemployment rate, but not this one.Food insecurity spiked to a level not seen since the U.S. economy was slowly recovering from the financial crisis, Axios' Emily Peck and Kavya Beheraj report.Details: Food insecurity means that at times during the year, a given household couldn't get enough food for one or more of its members because they didn't have enough money or resources.People with "very low"...