Food Insecurity Statistics in NC

Wilkes County

25.8% of Children Live in Food Insecure Homes
Overall percent of population who are food insecure
15
Number in population who are food insecure
10,490
Number of children eligible for free and reduced price school meals
3,820

But of those, how many actually get the meals?

Percent of eligible children actually getting free and reduced price school lunch
80
Percent of eligible children actually getting free and reduced price school breakfast
65
Percent of eligible children actually getting free summer meals
16

County Non-profit Partner Resources

Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina
Food Bank Partner Agencies
Brushy Mountain Baptist Association, Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission, Brushy Mountain Baptist Association, Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes, Maple Springs United Methodist Church, Antioch Baptist Church, Pilgrim Baptist Church
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000) live births)
5
Obesity Rate
27
Diabetes Rate
11
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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