New County Data on Nutrition and Food Insecurity Across California

February 17, 2010

We are pleased announce the release of the 2010 County Nutrition and Food Insecurity Profiles, which feature county-level nutrition and food insecurity information across California.  The County Profiles provide local evidence of the need for healthy, affordable food in communities and the extent to which federal nutrition programs can help alleviate this need.  Found to be a key advocacy and educational tool, the County Profiles are used to inform decision-makers, community advocates, health professionals, anti-hunger advocates, the media, and general public.

This year, the County Nutrition and Food Insecurity Profiles include the following information:

• Food Insecurity and Health Indicators;

• County demographics;

• Participation rates for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Summer Nutrition Programs;

• Program Access Index (PAI) rating, which examines participation by income-eligible individuals in the county's Food Stamp Program;

• Local fiscal impact of Food Stamp Program underutilization; and,

• Participation information for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

To download a copy of your county's Nutrition and Food Insecurity Profile, please click on the name of your county below.

 

County Statewide Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba  

 

For a complete set of the Nutrition and Food Insecurity Profiles for all of California's 58 counties, please click here.  For information about our sources and methodology, please click here to read the Data Sources and Methodology. 

 

If you have additional questions about the Profiles, please contact Evonne Silva at evonne@cfpa.net or Tia Shimada at tia@cfpa.net.