Iowa (RI) — The spokesperson for the Food Bank of Iowa says the annual Feeding America survey isn’t very positive for the state. Annette Hacker says there are people in all 99 counties who don’t have enough food to meet their needs.
Hacker says there are a variety of reasons the problem isn’t getting better.
The ten counties with the highest percentages of residents who don’t get enough to eat are: Appanoose (16.9%), Wapello County (I5.2%) Cass County (14.7%), Crawford County (14.6%0, Clarke County (14.2%), Des Moines County (14.2%), Lee County (14.2%), Clayton County (14.1%), Decatur County (14.1%) and Lucas County (14%). Hacker says most of them are rural counties.
Hacker says the increase puts more pressure on food banks to try and fill the gap.
The study is based on 2023 data. You can see the full survey at feedingamerica.org.
