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Food Insecurity Rate

County: Sangamon
Measurement Period: 2022
This indicator shows the percentage of the population that experienced food insecurity at some point during the year.

Why is this important?

Food insecurity is an economic and social indicator of the health of a community. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods or uncertain ability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways. Poverty and unemployment are frequently predictors of food insecurity in the United States. A survey commissioned by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) found that one in four Americans worries about having enough money to put food on the table in the next year. Food insecurity is associated with chronic health problems in adults including diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and mental health issues including major depression.
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County: Sangamon

12.0%
Source: Feeding America
Measurement period: 2022
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: July 2024
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Compared to IL Counties, Sangamon has a value of 12.0% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 13.1% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 14.2%.
IL Counties
Compared to U.S. Counties, Sangamon has a value of 12.0% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50% have a value lower than 14.2% while counties in the worst 25% have a value higher than 16.7%.
U.S. Counties
Compared to the IL Value (12.0%), Sangamon has a value of 12.0%.
IL Value
(12.0%)
Compared to the US Value (13.5%), Sangamon has a value of 12.0% which is lower and better.
US Value
(13.5%)
Compared to the prior value, Sangamon (12.0%) is greater and worse than the previously measured value (9.9%).
Prior Value
(9.9%)
Over time, the Sangamon value is decreasing, not significantly.
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Food Insecurity Rate

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Measurement Period: 2022
Data Source: Feeding America
November 23, 2024hcn.choosememorial.org
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12.0%
12.7%
13.1%
13.5%
13.7%
There are 5 County values. The lowest value is 12%, and the highest value is 13.7%. Half of the values are between 12% and 13.1%. The middle (median) value is 13.1%.

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Filed under: Economy / Food Insecurity, Economy / Poverty, Social Determinants of Health

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