Food Insecurity Statistics in NC

Pitt County

23.1% of Children Live in Food Insecure Homes
Overall percent of population who are food insecure
22
Number in population who are food insecure
37,480
Number of children eligible for free and reduced price school meals
8,850

But of those, how many actually get the meals?

Percent of eligible children actually getting free and reduced price school lunch
71
Percent of eligible children actually getting free and reduced price school breakfast
40
Percent of eligible children actually getting free summer meals
12

County Non-profit Partner Resources

Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina
Food Bank Partner Agencies
Agape Community Cultural Activity Spirit & Truth Worship Churches Outreach Network Freedom Family Foundation, Inc, Hope of Glory Ministries, Inc. , Joseph Provisions Koinonia Christian Center Church , Memorial Baptist Church , Mount Calvary Grace & Mercy Pentecostal Temple Holy Church of Deliverance , Philippi Church of Christ Project Anna, Inc. , Salvation Army , South Greenville Church of Christ , St. Paul's Episcopal Church , St. Peter Catholic Church Staton, Mill Road Community , Antioch United Holy Church , Development Center Grimesland , New Mt. Moriah United Holy Church Farmville Rose Hill , Free Will Baptist Church , The Anointed Ones Church Ayden Zion Chapel Senior Food Serv Ayden
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000) live births)
21
Obesity Rate
34
Diabetes Rate
10
Data shown is for 2015, and is the most recent available as of February, 2015. For more information, or data sources related to hunger, food insecurity, health, education, or economic profiles of counties, please contact Maureen Berner, Professor of Public Administration and Government, School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at mberner@sog.unc.edu.
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