Table 1.

Food insecurity prevalence before and in the first year of the pandemic overall and among those with and without children in the household by race/ethnicity.

Food Insecurity 1	Race/Ethnicity	n 2	Before Pandemic 3		First Year of Pandemic 4		Absolute Difference
			Prevalence (95% CI)	p-Value	Prevalence (95% CI)	p-Value
Overall	Overall	2826	19% (17–21%)		30% (27%–32%)		11%
	White	2184	15% (13–17%)	Ref	24% (22%–27%)	Ref	9%
	Black	200	31% (22–40%)	<0.001	45% (35%–55%)	<0.001	14%
	Latino	292	44% (35–53%)	<0.001	58% (49%–67%)	<0.001	14%
	Asian	150	16% (8–23%)	0.823	26% (17%–36%)	0.660	11%
Adults with children in the household	Overall	1052	27% (23–31%)		42% (38%–47%)		15%
	White	717	21% (17–25%)	Ref	36% (31%–42%)	Ref	15%
	Black	113	36% (23–48%)	0.244	46% (32%–60%)	0.343	10%
	Latino	171	47% (36–59%)	<0.001	64% (53%–75%)	0.015	16%
	Asian	51	19% (7–31%)	0.834	30% (15%–45%)	0.882	11%
Adults without children in the household	Overall	1774	14% (12–17%)		22% (20%–25%)		8%
	White	1467	12% (10–14%)	Ref	19% (16%–22%)	Ref	7%
	Black	87	24% (12–36%)	<0.001	43% (28%–58%)	<0.001	19%
	Latino	121	37% (25–50%)	<0.001	48% (34%–61%)	<0.001	10%
	Asian	99	13% (3–23%)	0.915	24% (12%–36%)	0.733	11%

Chi-square tests with a p-value < 0.05 are bolded. ¹ Food insecurity measured using the USDA 6-item U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. ² “Other” race/ethnicity (Middle Eastern or North African, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, multiracial, or other) not included in analysis; n = 102. ³ Before pandemic period defined as year before pandemic. ⁴ First year of pandemic period defined as after the WHO declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020 through the end of survey collection.