Income and Poverty - Food insecurity (2018) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Food insecurity rate Rank Food insecurity rate Child food security rate South Carolina 1 118 16 Mississippi 2 19 23 Arkansas 3 17 23 Alabama 4 17 23 Louisiana 5 16 25 New Mexico 6 15 24 Oklahoma 7 15 22 Texas 8 15 22 Kentucky 9 15 19 North Carolina 10 14 19 Tennessee 11 14 18 West Virginia 12 14 20 Ohio 13 14 19 Michigan 14 14 15 Missouri 15 13 15 Indiana 16 13 18 Arizona 17 13 19 Florida 18 13 19 Alaska 19 13 18 Maine 20 13 19 Nevada 21 13 20 Kansas 22 13 18 Delaware 23 13 19 Georgia 24 13 16 Nebraska 25 12 17 Wyoming 26 12 16 Connecticut 27 12 16 Oregon 28 12 16 Rhode Island 29 11 18 Vermont 30 11 15 Hawaii 31 11 18 New York 32 11 17 Maryland 33 11 16 Utah 34 11 12 Pennsylvania 35 11 15 South Dakota 36 11 17 Idaho 37 11 13 California 38 11 15 Washington 39 11 15 Montana 40 10 16 Illinois 41 10 13 Colorado 42 10 12 Virginia 43 10 13 Iowa 44 10 14 New Hampshire 45 9 13 Massachusetts 46 9 10 Wisconsin 47 9 14 New Jersey 48 9 11 Minnesota 49 8 12 North Dakota 50 7 10 Source: 2010-2018: Map the Meal Gap, (http://www.feedingamerica.org/); DATE LAST UPDATED: June 23, 2020.