19-18


19-18.		Increase food security among U.S. households and in so doing reduce hunger.

Target: 94 percent.

Baseline: 88 percent of all U.S. households were food secure in 1995.

Target setting method: 6 percentage point improvement (50 percent decrease in food insecurity; consistent with the U.S. pledge to the 1996 World Food Summit).

Data sources: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; National Food and Nutrition Survey (beginning in 2001), HHS and USDA.

U.S. Households, 1995	Food Secure
U.S. Households, 1995	Percent
TOTAL	88
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	78
Asian or Pacific Islander	91
Asian	DSU
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU
Black or African American	76
White	90

Hispanic or Latino	75
Mexican American	73
Not Hispanic or Latino	89
Black or African American	76
White	91
Lower income level (<130 percent of poverty threshold)*
All	69
With children (under age 18 years)	59
With elderly persons (aged 65 years and over)	85
Higher income level (>130 percent of poverty threshold)*
All	94
With children (under age 18 years)	91
With elderly persons (aged 65 years and over)	98
Disability status
Persons with disabilities	DNC
Persons without disabilities	DNC
Select populations
Household characteristics
With children	83
With elderly persons	94

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
*A household income below 130 percent poverty threshold is used by the Food Stamp Program.