HUNGER: BY THE NUMBERS

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In the United States


Many Americans are living on the edge, forced to choose between basic necessities like purchasing food, paying rent, or going to the doctor.

43.1 million

Americans live below the poverty level

549,000

Americans are homeless on a typical night

42 million

Americans are at risk of suffering from hunger

1 in 5

children in the U.S. live in poverty

Worldwide


While there has been slow but steady progress over the past thirty years, there are still a tremendous number of people around the world who live in extreme poverty.

795 million

people do not have enough to eat

767 million

people live on $1.90 a day or less

6

children die each minute of a hunger-related disease

65.3 million

refugees have been driven out of their homes

What You Can Do


As a society, we have the resources and knowledge to end hunger and homelessnesss ? we just need the collective will to make these ideas a reality.