TABLE 1—

Food Insecurity in the United States Among Low-Income Households.

	Food Insecure, %
	March 2020 (n = 1478)	June 2020 (n = 1741)
Total	44.4	43.3
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	42.5	39.8
Non-Hispanic Black	48.5	47.7
Hispanic	51.6	51.2
Children < 18 y in home
Yes	53.9	57.9
No	40.3	36.9
Employment status^a
Job or income loss (self)	. . .	63.5
Job or income loss (anyone in household)	. . .	59.2
Job or income loss (both self and others in household)	. . .	71.9
Neither self nor others in household lost job or income	. . .	39.3

Note. Both the March and June surveys were fielded by using TurkPrime, a Web-based survey platform for academic research. For both surveys, we used a census-matched panel of US adults (matched on age, sex, and race/ethnicity to the overall population) and limited the sample to adults with household income < 250% of the 2020 federal poverty level (according to the US Census; based on household size and annual household income). The March survey was fielded March 19–24, 2020, and the June survey was fielded June 23–July 1, 2020. Additional details about the survey methodology are available elsewhere.⁴

^{^a}

Respondents were asked, “Have you lost your job or lost income due to the COVID-19 outbreak?” Response options included, “Yes, I lost my job and am still not working”; “Yes, I lost my job, but am now working again”; “Yes, I had reduced hours or income at my job”; “Yes, I have been furloughed without pay”; and “No, I have not lost my job or income due to COVID-19.” Respondents with more than one person in their household were also asked whether others in the household experienced job or income loss with the same response categories (in this case they were able to check all that applied).