Food Insecurity Statistics in NC

Wilson County

27.7% of Children Live in Food Insecure Homes
Overall percent of population who are food insecure
22
Number in population who are food insecure
17,810
Number of children eligible for free and reduced price school meals
5,380

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
15

County Non-profit Partner Resources

Food Bank
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina
Food Bank Partner Agencies
Abundant Life Church, Wilson Christ Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries, Wilson Glad Tidings Gospel Church, Wilson Kenly Church of God, Kenly Mt. Hebron Seventh Day Adventist Church, Wilson NC Love in Action, Wilson New Christian Food Pantry & Child Development Center, Wilson Pathway Outreach Center, Wilson St. Paul Church of Christ/Guardian Angel Outreach, Wilson St. Timothy Community Soup Kitchen, Wilson The Word Became Flesh Ministries, Wilson County Interfaith/Hope Station, Wilson WRAJ Outreach Ministries
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000) live births)
14
Obesity Rate
37
Diabetes Rate
12
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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