09/13/2017

One in Six Ohioans Struggles with Hunger

The state's food insecurity rate is higher than the national average

Struggling Ohioans are starting to see small improvements in their ability to put food on the table. 

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service show the rate of food insecurity in Ohio fell slightly in 2016 to 14.8 percent. That's down from 16 percent in 2011. 

While it's an improvement, Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, says it's still higher than the national food insecurity rate of about 12 percent.

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