Map the Meal Gap 2016: Overall Food Insecurity in New Jersey by County in 2014 1 County Atlantic Bergen Burlington Camden Cape May Cumberland Essex Gloucester Hudson Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris Ocean Passaic Salem Somerset Sussex Union Warren State Total6 Population Food insecurity rate Estimated number food insecure individuals (rounded) Likely Income Eligibility for Federal Nutrition Assistance 2 % below 185% poverty % above 185% poverty SNAP, WIC, free school meals, CSFP, TEFAP Charitable Response 275,325 920,456 450,155 512,632 96,286 157,429 789,616 289,705 654,878 126,746 369,526 824,046 629,702 497,103 581,413 505,403 65,501 328,704 146,888 545,236 107,624 14.8% 8.8% 10.8% 13.5% 14.2% 14.3% 18.6% 10.9% 12.5% 6.4% 12.0% 9.6% 9.3% 6.9% 10.4% 11.5% 14.1% 7.3% 7.9% 11.4% 10.0% 40,670 81,130 48,560 69,120 13,680 22,490 146,750 31,680 81,660 8,120 44,280 79,140 58,680 34,080 60,510 58,270 9,200 23,870 11,560 61,950 10,760 71% 57% 43% 66% 56% 79% 69% 50% 84% 41% 60% 57% 54% 48% 69% 84% 64% 49% 51% 69% 54% 29% 43% 57% 34% 44% 21% 31% 50% 16% 59% 40% 43% 46% 52% 31% 16% 36% 52% 49% 32% 46% 8,938,175 11.8% 1,051,880 64.0% 36.0% For additional data and maps by county, state, and congressional district, please visit www.feedingamerica.org/mapthegap . Gundersen, C., A. Dewey, A. Crumbaugh, M. Kato & E. Engelhard. Map the Meal Gap 2016: Food Insecurity and Child Food Insecurity Estimates at the County Level. Feeding America, 2016. This research is generously supported by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and The Nielsen Company. 1 Map the Meal Gap's food insecurity rates are determined using data from the 2001-2014 Current Population Survey on individuals in food insecure households; data from the 2014 American Community Survey on median household incomes, poverty rates, homeownership, and race and ethnic demographics; and 2014 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on unemployment rates. 2 Numbers reflect percentage of food insecure individuals living in households with incomes within the income bands indicated. Eligibility for federal nutrition programs is determined in part by these income thresholds which can vary by state. 6 Population and food insecurity data in the state totals row do not reflect the sum of all counties in that state. The state totals are aggregated from the congressional districts data in that state. All data in the state totals row pertaining to the cost of food or the "Meal Gap" reflect state-level data and are not aggregations of either counties or congressional districts. Map the Meal Gap 2016: Overall Food Insecurity in New Jersey by Congressional District in 2014 1 Congressional District 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Population 732,232 733,973 734,551 748,864 745,147 748,924 748,182 762,249 759,352 742,855 739,014 742,832 Food insecurity rate Estimated number food insecure individuals (rounded) 13.4% 13.6% 11.0% 10.3% 7.8% 10.3% 6.8% 12.1% 11.3% 24.8% 7.8% 12.0% 98,200 99,710 80,760 77,360 58,140 77,090 50,800 92,610 86,020 184,570 57,360 89,260 Likely Income Eligibility for Federal Nutrition Assistance2 % below 185% poverty % above 185% poverty SNAP, WIC, free school meals, CSFP, TEFAP Charitable Response 61% 70% 46% 59% 49% 61% 49% 92% 81% 70% 42% 59% 39% 30% 54% 41% 51% 39% 51% 8% 19% 31% 58% 41% For additional data and maps by county, state, and congressional district, please visit www.feedingamerica.org/mapthegap . Gundersen, C., A. Dewey, A. Crumbaugh, M. Kato & E. Engelhard. Map the Meal Gap 2016: Food Insecurity and Child Food Insecurity Estimates at the County Level. Feeding America, 2016. This research is generously supported by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and The Nielsen Company. 1 Map the Meal Gap's food insecurity rates are determined using data from the 2001-2014 Current Population Survey on individuals in food insecure households; and data from the 2014 American Community Survey on median household incomes, unemployment rates, poverty rates, homeownership, and race and ethnic demographics. 2 Numbers reflect percentage of food insecure individuals living in households with incomes within the income bands indicated. Eligibility for federal nutrition programs is determined in part by these income thresholds which can vary by state.