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Hunger stats and causes of poverty in the Garden State discussed.

· Nearly 829,000 people lived below the poverty line in 2024 ($15,060 for an individual and $31,200 for a family of four is the poverty line)

· As a percentage the poverty rate for the state was 9.2% which was actually less than the prior year at 9.7%. o The national poverty rate is around 12.1%

· For New Jersey residents that had a mortgage, their average monthly housing costs were just under $2,800 or $24,000 annually

· Lastly, we see some economic, gender, and racial discrepancies with poverty rate

o The poverty rate for women was 10.1% compared with 8.2% for men

o Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native, and Latinx/Hispanic residents were also between two and three times more likely to live in poverty than White and Asian residents

#NewJersey #NJ #F4endhuner #Endhunger #Volunteer #Foodrecovery #Foodrescue #Fooddrive #Foodinsecurity

Citations

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/nj-is-high-income-high-cost-state-census-data-shows/ https://www.njpp.org/publications/blog-category/census-2024-economic-gains-bypass-many-new-jersey-communities/ https://usafacts.org/answers/what-is-the-gross-domestic-product-gdp/state/new-jersey/ https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/new-jersey

Derek discussed hunger and food insecurity challenges across the state of New York, focusing primarily on New York City.

Key Stats

• Between 1.2 and 1.4 million New Yorkers are food insecure in New York City representing a food insecurity rate around 15%
• 2.8 million people are food insecure across the state of New York representing a rate between 10.4% to 14%
• The child hunger rate in New York City is 25% (1 in 4) and 20% state wide (1 in 5)
• The poverty rate in New York city is around 25% (over 2 million people) and 15% to 17% for the entire state

#F4endhunger #F4service #F4 #Endhunger #Foodinsecurity #Hungerawareness #Foodrescue #Foodrecovery #Fooddrive #Food #Love #Faith #Hope #Service

Citations

• https://www.cityharvest.org/
• https://www.cssny.org/news/entry/testimony-hunger-and-food-insecurity-in-new-york-city
• https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/new-york
• https://nyhealthfoundation.org/resource/hunger-on-the-rise-nys-food-insufficiency-2024update/
• https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-more-new-yorkers-facing-food-insecurity-tariffs-and-federal-funding-cuts-could-worsen
• https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-more-new-yorkers-facing-food-insecurity-tariffs-and-federal-funding-cuts-could-worsen

Derek discussed hunger and food insecurity challenges around the globe from South Sudan, Samalia, Gaza and the United States.April 28th in the USA is "Hunger Awareness Day"

Key Stats

South Sudan: 56% of population are food insecure

Somalia: 134% increase in fuel price

Gaza: 37,000 pregnant woman and 101,000 children are food insecure, or battling malnutrition

USA: April 28th is "Hunger Awareness Day"