Southern Region States: Household Very Low Food Security Rates, by Race and Ethnicity and State, 2016–2018
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| State | Overall | | Hispanic1 | | Black | | White |
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| Percent | Margin of Error | Percent | Margin of Error | Percent | Margin of Error | Percent | Margin of Error |
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| Source: FRAC analysis of 2016-2018
Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) data. |
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| 1Very low food security rates for households with Hispanic heads in Alabama and Kentucky are not available, due to small sample sizes. |
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| Alabama | 6.8% | 0.8% | | 0.0% | -- | | 13.8% | 1.8% | | 4.4% | 0.6% |
| Arkansas | 6.1% | 0.7% | | 8.2% | 2.8% | | 11.0% | 2.1% | | 4.9% | 0.6% |
| Florida | 4.2% | 0.4% | | 3.6% | 0.6% | | 8.8% | 1.2% | | 3.2% | 0.4% |
| Georgia | 3.8% | 0.4% | | 1.8% | 0.8% | | 5.0% | 0.7% | | 3.4% | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | 5.7% | 0.7% | | 0.0% | -- | | 9.7% | 2.3% | | 5.7% | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | 6.8% | 0.5% | | 11.8% | 3.6% | | 9.9% | 1.2% | | 4.9% | 0.5% |
| Mississippi | 6.3% | 0.6% | | 10.5% | 5.2% | | 8.7% | 1.2% | | 4.8% | 0.6% |
| North Carolina | 5.5% | 0.5% | | 3.3% | 1.1% | | 9.4% | 1.5% | | 4.0% | 0.5% |
| South Carolina | 4.0% | 0.5% | | 1.3% | 1.2% | | 7.4% | 1.4% | | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| Tennessee | 5.2% | 0.4% | | 2.9% | 1.7% | | 7.5% | 1.2% | | 4.8% | 0.4% |
| Virginia | 4.8% | 0.6% | | 4.0% | 1.5% | | 9.7% | 2.0% | | 3.5% | 0.5% |
| Southern Region | 5.0% | 0.2% | | 3.6% | 0.4% | | 8.6% | 0.4% | | 4.0% | 0.2% |
| Rest of US | 4.4% | 0.1% | | 5.9% | 0.3% | | 9.6% | 0.5% | | 3.4% | 0.1% |
| US | 4.6% | 0.1% | | 5.5% | 0.2% | | 9.2% | 0.3% | | 3.6% | 0.1% |
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