Definition: Estimated number of children ages 0-17 living in households unable to provide adequate food for all household members for the entire year due to insufficient resources (e.g., in 2023, 1,427,650 California children lived in food insecure households).Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living in households unable to provide adequate food for all household members for the entire year due to insufficient resources (e.g., in 2023, 16.9% of California children lived in food insecure households).
Footnote: Due to changes in methodology, these estimates should not be compared with data for 2017 and earlier years. For more information, see Feeding America's technical briefs.