1.5 million Texas households face hunger issues, report finds

A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture says one in six Texas households struggled to avoid hunger between 2013 and 2015, despite low unemployment statewide. The report, released today, states 15.4 percent of Texas households experienced “food insecurity” in that period, meaning they faced hunger or had to find ways to avoid being hungry. That’s down from 17 percent between 2012 and 2014, according to the USDA. Texas falls behind California in the top states that are food-insecure, with 1.5 million Texas households reporting food insecurities between 2013 and 2015, the report shows.

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock