Definition: 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).
Data Source: Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap (Nov. 2025).
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.
