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Report: Hunger in the U.S. went down in 2005
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published November 16, 2006
WASHINGTON - The number of people struggling with hunger in the United States fell in 2005, the first such decline in six years, the Agriculture Department said Wednesday. Last year, 35-million people suffered food insecurity, meaning they didn't have enough money or resources to get food. The number was 38-million in 2004. The report found: - There were more people with very low food security - those who are worst off. The number was 10.8-million, up from 10.7-million in 2004. - There were 24-million people with low food security, down from 27.5-million in 2004. In the report, the terms "low food security" and "very low food security" replace the old descriptions of "food insecurity without hunger" and "food insecurity with hunger." The change was recommended by the National Academies, which advise the government on science and medical issues. Among the states, Hawaii saw the biggest drop in the number of hungry people, from 12.9 percent in 1998 to 7.8 percent in 2005. South Carolina saw the biggest increase, from 11 percent in 1998 to 15.5 percent in 2005. The hunger report is based on Census Bureau data on poverty, which stopped climbing in 2005.
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