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2008 ARIZONA HUNGER FACTS
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Poverty
Continues in Arizona
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Poverty guidelines are updated annually in the Federal
Register by the U. S. Dept. of Health and Human
Services and currently define the poverty threshold
as a gross annual income of less than $21,200 for a
family of four. According to the U.S. Census
Bureau's 2007 American Community Survey:
+ 14.2% or 881,257 Arizonans live in poverty;
+ 20.2% or 330,910 are under the age of 18, meaning
that in Arizona, 1 in 5 children live in poverty;
+ 30.3% or 1,889,452 people in Arizona are
considered to be the "working poor" meaning that
they live at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty
Guideline, defined as a gross annual income of less
than $39,200 for a family of four. |
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United States Department of
Health and Human
Services
2009 Federal Poverty Guidelines |
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Status of
Food Stamp Participation
As of January 2008, 602,007 Arizonans receive food
stamps. Starting in September 1995, more than 192,439 low-income
Arizonans dropped off the Food Stamp roles due to program
eligibility changes and misunderstandings about benefit
eligibility. It took more than seven years to exceed
participation rates of September 1995.
As of January 2008, the average Arizona Food
Stamp benefit is $1.09 per meal. The average food stamp
allotment per person in Arizona was $101.43 and the average food
stamp allotment per household in Arizona was $246.19.
As of January 2008, reports show 608,423
Arizonans are living at or below 130% of the Federal Poverty
Guidelines, but DO NOT receive food stamps. |
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Of Those
Receiving Emergency Food in Arizona
41% are children and senior citizens.
30% of the households are headed by single-parents among
households with children under 18.
13% of the families had children under age five. These are
children who are at a critical stage of development, which will
in part determine their future success and productivity.
15% of families reported their children skipped meals because
there was not enough money for food.
The racial/ethnic make-up is 42% White, 9% Black, 7% Native
American and 41% Hispanic.
42% of the households reported having someone in the household
who is employed.
27% reported that work provided the primary source of income and
32% reported that it was Social Security.
47% of the households have annual incomes of $10,000 or less.
While 75% of the households had an income of 130% or below the
Federal Poverty Guideline.
28% of the people within the past year had to choose between
buying food and paying for medical care.
41% of the people within the past year had to choose between
buying food and paying for utilities.
83% of people interviewed are United States Citizens.
30% of people interviewed are homeless. |
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Food
Distribution in Arizona
In 2007, more than 1,250 food banks, pantries and
other agencies provided first -line defenses against hunger for
Arizona's children, adults and senior citizens.
The Association of Arizona Food Bank members and
their emergency food bank network distributed more than 120
million pounds of food last year. This amount is equivalent to
feeding every person in Apache County (total population 70,000)
three meals a day for an entire year. The gap still remains
between the number of hungry people in our state and the ability
of existing food programs to feed them.
For the past 27 years, food bank distribution of
emergency food boxes has been growing and continued to do so in
2007. There has been a 152% increase in annual food distribution
from 1990 to 2007. |
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For the past 12 months, Arizona food banks have
been distributing an average of nearly 10 million pounds of food
each month.
36% of pantry programs reported lack of food as
the most frequent reason for having to turn clients away.
In 2005, the four Feed America food banks in Arizona provided
emergency food and meals to 479,300 low-income individuals, a
16% decrease over the 2001 number of 570,342 and a 17% increase
over the 1997 number of 397,155. |
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Sources of
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| Arizona
Department of Economic Security |
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| Association of
Arizona Food Banks – Hunger in America 2006 – Arizona Report |
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| U.S. Census
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| Association of
Arizona Food Banks – Emergency Food Providers Directory |
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| Association of
Arizona Food Banks |
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| Feeding America's food bank
members in Arizona are: Community Food Bank, St Mary’s Food
Bank Alliance, United Food Bank and Yuma Community Food
Bank. |
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 15 /
Wednesday, January 23, 2008. |
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The statistics make it clear why the
Northern Arizona Food Bank
exists . . . to provide food for those in need.
The Food Bank does this by developing resources and procedures for the effective collection, storage and distribution of food.
We can't accomplish these tasks without your help.
Please
donate
to help us help those in need. |
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