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Q: What are the Current Food Insecurity Statistics in Arkansas?

  • 1 in 5 or 19.3% of Arkansans are food insecure
  • 1 in 4 or 24% of children in Arkansas are food insecure
  • 1 in 8 or 12.5% of seniors in Arkansas are food insecure (where it was previously 7.7%)
  • Arkansas is 1st in the Nation for food insecurity, according to the USDA

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