Download data about Poverty and Hunger in Georgia.

Hunger and poverty are inextricably linked in our community. More than 12 percent of Georgians live in poverty. In Fulton County, the number rises to almost 25 percent -- one in four people. As alarming as these statistics are, they tell only part of the story of hunger in our community:

• Approximately 4.5 million different people receive emergency food assistance from the America's Second Harvest system in any given week.
• 36.4% of the members of households served by the A2H National Network are children under 18 years old.
• 8% of the members of households are children age 0 to 5 years.
• 10% of the members of households are elderly.
• 36% of households include at least one employed adult.
• 12% are homeless.
• 42% of clients served by the A2H National Network report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel.
• 35% had to choose between paying for food and paying their rent or mortgage.
• 32% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care.

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