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Hunger Facts

• 257,710 of those living in poverty are children under the age of 18 (nearly 1 in 5) with 21% of them under the age five.

• According to the 2004 Census Bureau American Community Survey 800,027 Arizona’s live at or below the Federal poverty level.

• Arizona’s poverty rate is higher than the national average- 14.2 percent or one in every seven people.

• 312,966 Arizona children (one in five ) live in poverty.

• Of those Arizonans 65 years and older, 7.5 percent live in poverty.

• 686,378 are considered food insecure: they do not know where their next meal will come from.

• The poverty guideline for a family of four is an annual income of $19,350.

• More than 574,000 low-income children in Arizona participate in the National School Lunch Program, which provides free and reduced-price lunches.