Hunger Study

Feeding America’s Hunger in America 2010 is part of a series of national hunger studies conducted every four years. These studies provide the most extensive, up-to-date research available on hunger in your community and across the United States. Feeding Illinois food banks conducted face-to-face interviews with clients of their partner agencies. The information obtained over the course of the study allowed Illinois food banks to have a better understanding of how we can best serve those in need within our service area.

This study was particularly important, as it is the first comprehensive survey of the Emergency Food System that reflects the close correlation between the economic downturn and the recent spike in demand for emergency food support.

Follow the links below to better understand hunger in your communities, Illinois, and the United States:

Hunger in Illinois - State Report 

Hunger in America - National Report

Visit Feeding America’s searchable Hunger in America database
 

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Hunger in Illinois

  • Over 1.9 million people are considered food insecure.

  • 38 percent of food insecure households do not qualify for federal food assistance.

  • 34 percent of children in Illinois do not qualify for federal food assistance. 

  • 1,645,722 Illinois residents participated in the SNAP (food stamps) program in 2010. This is an 11% increase from the previous year.

  • In 2009, enrollment in free and reduced price school meals continued to climb. More than 770,000 Illinois children received lunch and 293,000 received breakfast.