Selected Findings of Hunger in the Mid-South 2010
How many clients receive food from Mid-South Food Bank?
- Mid-South Food Bank serves an estimated 186,500 different people annually with emergency food.
- Every week, 21,000 people depend on food from Mid-South Food Bank for their next meal.
Who receives emergency food assistance from Mid-South Food Bank member agencies?
Mid-South Food Bank serves a broad range of people in its service area. The key characteristics are as follows:
- 31% of the members of households are children under 18 years old (6% are age 0 - 5 yrs)
- 10% are elderly (over 65)
- About 40% of clients are Caucasian/White; 56% are African American; 4% are of Hispanic descent
- 27% of client households include at least one working adult
- 76% of households had incomes below the official federal poverty rate during the previous month
- 15% of clients are homeless
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