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Insightful Housing Survey

Issue: #464

February 27, 2017

The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, a program of the Community Service Council, provides access to data generated from the US Census Bureau and through the Community Service Council's Data and Systems Development Task Forces.

New American Housing Survey Statistics Provide Insight on U.S. Food Insecurity, Housing and Neighborhood Topics

About 10.5 million American households, or roughly 8.9 percent, reported that in the past month their access to adequate food was limited by a lack of money and other resources, according to new 2015 American Housing Survey statistics released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census
Bureau.

For the first time in its 42-year hi story, the American Housing Survey included questions on food security status, which allowed HUD to assign households a "food security status" score. Using these categories, about 10.5 million occupied households were classified as having "low" or "very low" food security, which is commonly known as being "food insecure."

The survey also looked at homeownership, race and having a disability in relation to food security. Results showed that 4.9 percent of homeowners and 15.5 percent of renters were food insecure, meaning they had "low" or "very low" food security.

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Until Next Week,

Jan Figart

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