Equity Data Geo Explorer

Areas with the highest risk index:

New Mexico (0.22), Mississippi (0.22), Arkansas (0.21), Louisiana (0.21), Alabama (0.18), West Virginia (0.18), Tennessee (0.18), South Carolina (0.18), Oklahoma (0.18) and Indiana (0.18). The racial composition of these high-risk areas is given at right.
Data source(s): Food security statistics: Economic Research Service USDA. (2021). Food Access Research Atlas Data Download 2019 [Data File]. Federal poverty level: US Census Bureau (2020). Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months, 2020 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Black or African American: 8,231,114 (19.45%)
Asian: 964,799 (2.28%)
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1,415,642 (3.34%)
Hispanic or Latino: 3,850,631 (9.1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 53,329 (0.13%)
White: 27,440,820 (64.83%)
Other: 370,053 (0.87%)