> The prevalence of food insecurity varied considerably from State to State, ranging from 8.7 percent in Hawaii to 18.7 percent in Mississippi in 2014-16. (Data for 3 years were combined to provide more reliable State-level statistics.
In other words, almost 1 in 5 Mississippi households lacked enough food to feed the entire family at some point in 2016. For the nation as a whole, it's still 1 in 8 household.
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