Hunger rates in the United States have risen over the past year following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and a period of high inflation.
More than 26.5 million Americans reported they had “sometimes not enough to eat” or “often not enough to eat” in the past seven days, according to a June 28 Household Pulse Survey report from the U.S. Census Bureau conducted from June 7 to 19.
The number of hungry Americans in June is up 4.33 percent from last month’s survey and 11.8 percent from the June 2022 survey. Over 10.9 million Americans reported picking up free groceries in the June 2023 report. Even though it is down from 12.2 million in May 2023, it’s still elevated compared to 8.9 million in June 2022….