Hunger Data & Reports

29% of households served in Kentucky had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care.

34% of households served in Kentucky had to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel.

Demand for emergency food assistance in Kentucky has increased 84% since 2006.

Last year we distributed 50.9 million pounds of food and grocery products.

We reach 1 in 7 Kentuckians each year.

Our mission is to provide food and quality services to increase the capacity of Kentucky’s Feeding America food banks to end hunger.

Our vision is a hunger-free Kentucky.

One in four of Kentucky’s children lack consistent access to an adequate diet.

Over 700,000 Kentuckians do not always know where their next meal will come from.

Food Hardship in America 2012 (New!) Click here to see a TV news story on Kentucky’s data.