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Hunger Facts
In many ways, America is the land of plenty. But for 1 in 6 people in the United States, hunger is a reality. Many people believe that the problems associated with hunger are confined to small pockets of society, certain areas of the country, or certain neighborhoods, but the reality is much different.
Right now, millions of Americans are struggling with hunger. These are often hard-working adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days.
It’s time to educate ourselves about the causes of hunger in America.
Right now, millions of Americans are struggling with hunger. These are often hard-working adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet and are forced to go without food for several meals, or even days.
It’s time to educate ourselves about the causes of hunger in America.
Help feed hungry children and their families.
We live in the world’s wealthiest nation...
Yet 14.5 percent of U.S. households-nearly 49 million Americans, including 15.9 million children-struggle to put food on the table.
-More than one in five children is at risk of hunger. Among African-Americans and Latinos, nearly one in three children is at risk of hunger.
-Most Americans (51.4 percent) will live in poverty at some point before age 65.
-65 percent of low-income families have at least one working family member, and 79 percent of single mothers who head households work.
-In most areas, a family of four needs to earn twice the poverty line to provide children with basic necessities.
-Nationally, more that 44 percent of children live in low-income working families (families who earn less than twice the poverty line.)
-A person working full-time at the minimum wage earns about $14,500 a year. The official poverty line for a family of three-one parent with two children-is $17,568.
Each day in America 1,392 babies are born into extreme poverty and 2,723 babies born into poverty.
Every 32 seconds a child is born to poverty.
Every 62 seconds a child is born into extreme poverty.
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