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Ahead of Crossroads’ Annual Nourish Change Breakfast, National Nonprofit Releases New Report Showing Hunger Soaring in Texas
Food Hardship in Texas Increased 60% Between 2021 and 2023
The number of Texans who didn’t have enough to eat over a one-week period increased by 60 percent - from 1,657,518 to 2,667,937 - between August 2021 and August 2023, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey analyzed by Hunger Free America. Previously, in 2021, food hardship in Texas declined, likely because of a large influx of federal food and cash aid.
