Food Insecurity

Community
Food
Number of
Insecurity Food Insecure
Total
Rate
Individuals Population
Median
Income
Percent
Poverty Unemployment African
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
Chicago
20.6%
581,558
2,824,064
46,781
20.4%
10.9%
33.8%
27.4%
Albany Park
16.3%
8,577
52,657
44,261
19.0%
5.9%
4.4%
51.0%
Archer Heights
14.3%
1,756
12,315
46,207
12.1%
4.9%
1.5%
67.8%
Armour Square
16.2%
2,230
13,735
30,263
27.9%
3.9%
9.2%
3.7%
Ashburn
15.7%
6,992
44,627
59,478
11.1%
6.6%
49.4%
31.5%
Auburn Gresham
24.6%
13,567
55,258
32,672
26.4%
11.4%
98.6%
0.7%
Austin
24.7%
25,515
103,304
33,797
26.1%
12.2%
85.1%
8.3%
Avalon Park
19.8%
2,065
10,420
35,163
21.9%
6.4%
98.1%
0.0%
Avondale
17.0%
7,188
42,187
47,183
16.9%
7.2%
3.0%
65.8%
Belmont Cragin
17.0%
13,879
81,448
42,965
19.7%
5.6%
6.5%
72.4%
Beverly
10.6%
2,490
23,462
87,628
4.5%
5.1%
32.1%
3.1%
Bridgeport
15.0%
4,847
32,394
47,819
16.6%
6.2%
0.8%
27.0%
Brighton Park
19.6%
8,894
45,387
38,993
21.6%
8.2%
1.1%
82.0%
Burnside
28.8%
1,193
4,138
30,104
38.7%
13.0%
98.0%
0.0%
Calumet Heights
19.4%
3,188
16,431
48,864
20.4%
6.8%
95.9%
4.3%
Chatham
21.9%
8,026
36,584
42,861
24.0%
9.0%
97.3%
0.3%
Chicago Lawn
24.0%
13,433
56,019
39,821
26.5%
11.6%
56.3%
37.2%
Clearing
11.2%
2,731
24,483
53,465
7.1%
3.8%
1.0%
40.5%
Douglas
29.7%
6,401
21,546
34,005
23.3%
21.0%
77.5%
1.9%
Dunning
10.4%
4,636
44,664
59,400
7.1%
3.8%
1.2%
20.6%
East Garfield Park
29.9%
6,214
20,796
28,726
43.4%
13.0%
93.1%
2.0%
East Side
18.6%
4,948
26,608
42,329
18.6%
8.1%
2.9%
77.6%
Edgewater
14.7%
8,527
57,846
49,316
17.0%
5.6%
15.7%
13.7%
Edison Park
7.4%
866
11,715
83,817
2.9%
2.8%
0.0%
3.7%
Englewood
31.2%
10,976
35,186
20,925
43.3%
14.3%
98.8%
0.4%
Forest Glen
7.8%
1,560
20,033
85,664
5.0%
2.2%
1.7%
12.6%
Fuller Park
24.8%
823
3,317
28,508
36.2%
8.2%
97.4%
0.0%
Gage Park
18.3%
7,315
39,981
45,323
19.1%
7.1%
5.8%
85.7%
Garfield Ridge
12.3%
4,513
36,636
55,520
9.6%
4.5%
8.7%
33.5%
Grand Boulevard
27.4%
5,957
21,777
45,679
32.8%
13.8%
94.0%
1.1%
Greater Grand Crossing
27.1%
10,147
37,465
31,843
32.8%
12.7%
97.6%
0.6%
Hegewisch
15.2%
1,655
10,880
47,265
15.3%
5.8%
8.5%
43.3%
Hermosa
18.5%
4,831
26,060
42,746
17.9%
8.0%
2.3%
84.9%
Prepared by the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Source: Map the Meal Gap 2009, Feeding America
Community
Number of
Food
Total
Rate
Median
Income
Percent
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
Humboldt Park
25.8%
14,920
57,763
29,655
33.8%
11.3%
42.6%
52.5%
Hyde Park
15.8%
4,352
27,604
53,820
18.2%
6.1%
34.1%
5.3%
Irving Park
13.0%
7,599
58,410
57,284
11.2%
4.8%
3.6%
44.3%
Jefferson Park
8.9%
2,551
28,812
59,890
4.3%
2.7%
0.3%
19.9%
Kenwood
22.7%
4,055
17,870
38,480
25.1%
10.8%
72.0%
2.9%
Lake View
9.7%
9,691
99,544
80,966
10.1%
3.0%
3.5%
8.0%
Lincoln Park
10.2%
7,068
69,518
98,243
9.8%
4.4%
5.0%
5.1%
Lincoln Square
12.9%
5,297
40,971
55,143
13.4%
4.9%
4.8%
18.6%
Logan Square
17.2%
13,965
81,140
55,308
21.0%
6.6%
7.2%
53.5%
Loop
10.2%
2,042
20,006
89,664
8.9%
4.1%
12.0%
3.9%
Lower West Side
20.8%
7,789
37,477
35,733
29.6%
6.9%
3.0%
81.8%
McKinley Park
16.6%
2,689
16,192
48,211
18.5%
6.4%
1.4%
61.1%
Montclare
13.6%
1,977
14,556
44,657
10.1%
5.1%
2.6%
55.5%
Morgan Park
16.5%
3,855
23,357
56,431
15.2%
6.6%
67.0%
2.1%
Mount Greenwood
8.5%
1,670
19,550
76,142
3.2%
3.6%
4.7%
5.8%
Near North Side
13.0%
10,048
77,412
64,435
13.4%
5.4%
13.0%
5.1%
Near South Side
14.3%
2,378
16,657
79,791
14.0%
6.3%
36.9%
4.8%
Near West Side
23.3%
12,215
52,384
51,749
26.8%
13.2%
40.4%
7.3%
New City
24.0%
11,265
47,011
35,819
33.6%
9.6%
31.7%
53.2%
North Center
9.9%
3,436
34,623
81,920
6.6%
4.4%
2.4%
13.3%
North Lawndale
31.2%
11,325
36,243
26,403
43.4%
14.8%
91.8%
5.5%
North Park
12.8%
2,459
19,249
51,108
10.6%
5.7%
2.4%
18.1%
Norwood Park
8.3%
3,419
41,097
67,862
5.0%
2.3%
0.4%
13.5%
OHare
10.8%
1,268
11,795
48,730
10.1%
3.4%
0.5%
9.1%
Oakland
28.9%
1,472
5,098
21,093
33.9%
14.6%
92.4%
2.7%
Portage Park
12.3%
8,132
66,365
57,722
12.3%
3.9%
1.7%
34.5%
Pullman
24.1%
1,905
7,900
33,545
23.9%
12.2%
84.1%
8.1%
Riverdale
40.8%
2,150
5,269
13,580
61.5%
21.2%
97.7%
0.6%
Rogers Park
18.5%
10,376
56,125
42,622
23.9%
6.9%
27.8%
25.7%
Roseland
24.4%
12,146
49,833
39,377
23.8%
12.4%
97.5%
0.5%
South Chicago
26.4%
9,182
34,796
30,166
30.5%
12.8%
72.5%
25.5%
South Deering
20.8%
3,691
17,725
35,972
24.6%
7.6%
62.2%
30.6%
South Lawndale
19.4%
14,966
77,324
37,251
22.5%
6.8%
13.9%
82.1%
Community
Number of
Food
Total
Rate
Median
Income
Percent
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
South Shore
25.5%
13,783
54,128
30,686
31.4%
11.0%
95.1%
1.3%
Uptown
17.8%
10,669
60,070
45,697
24.9%
6.6%
19.4%
15.9%
Washington Heights
20.1%
5,677
28,246
45,366
16.4%
9.2%
97.7%
0.4%
Washington Park
34.0%
4,176
12,271
20,228
52.6%
15.0%
98.7%
1.0%
West Elsdon
14.8%
2,694
18,249
48,741
12.4%
5.3%
2.1%
75.4%
West Englewood
31.1%
13,145
42,329
27,489
40.2%
15.5%
96.5%
1.9%
West Garfield Park
29.5%
5,727
19,383
22,242
38.4%
13.9%
95.9%
1.8%
West Lawn
16.0%
5,322
33,310
46,558
16.7%
5.4%
3.8%
72.8%
West Pullman
23.1%
8,044
34,759
38,675
25.9%
9.9%
94.5%
3.7%
West Ridge
13.8%
9,958
71,915
50,060
17.0%
4.4%
10.5%
19.0%
West Town
14.7%
12,733
86,354
65,853
17.4%
5.6%
9.7%
30.2%
Woodlawn
26.7%
6,261
23,410
27,519
33.6%
12.1%
91.7%
1.4%
Suburban Cook
15.4%
389,188
2,525,639
Alsip
16.3%
3,038
18,649
52,475
7.5%
11.1%
13.9%
18.8%
Arlington Heights
11.2%
8,210
73,334
78,765
3.6%
7.6%
0.9%
5.2%
Barrington
9.9%
1,044
10,537
109,750
5.9%
6.2%
0.0%
4.1%
Bartlett
11.7%
4,739
40,616
91,863
3.2%
8.7%
1.5%
8.6%
Bedford Park
13.9%
86
621
58,523
10.8%
6.6%
0.0%
40.7%
Bellwood
23.8%
4,513
18,988
55,838
10.7%
17.3%
73.5%
18.7%
Berkeley
16.3%
799
4,908
55,872
5.3%
10.6%
33.4%
25.9%
Berwyn
18.4%
9,224
50,053
49,112
11.2%
11.6%
6.0%
54.1%
Blue Island
24.2%
5,381
22,229
44,270
18.7%
16.0%
30.1%
44.1%
Bridgeview
14.8%
2,194
14,817
48,130
13.4%
7.6%
2.5%
14.3%
Broadview
21.2%
1,619
7,623
52,070
7.3%
15.3%
73.4%
7.2%
Brookfield
13.2%
2,372
17,975
66,257
5.5%
8.8%
1.0%
16.5%
Buffalo Grove
11.1%
4,734
42,601
86,269
3.3%
7.9%
0.5%
4.9%
Burbank
15.8%
4,329
27,338
54,275
9.8%
10.3%
0.4%
23.0%
Burnham
27.7%
1,102
3,973
43,620
19.5%
20.0%
63.2%
17.3%
Burr Ridge
5.7%
646
11,308
153,071
2.0%
3.1%
3.3%
3.1%
Calumet City
22.5%
8,303
36,844
45,571
16.7%
13.6%
67.8%
13.4%
Calumet Park
25.0%
1,993
7,962
45,875
13.9%
17.5%
82.9%
8.4%
Chicago Heights
25.9%
7,933
30,584
39,116
23.5%
16.5%
42.3%
29.9%
Chicago Ridge
15.7%
2,101
13,345
46,426
15.2%
8.0%
6.3%
14.2%
Community
Number of
Food
Total
Rate
Median
Income
Percent
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
Cicero
21.8%
17,578
80,550
43,412
16.0%
13.3%
3.1%
84.7%
Country Club Hills
22.0%
3,633
16,508
59,259
8.4%
15.8%
84.9%
2.9%
Countryside
13.4%
774
5,784
60,403
7.6%
8.0%
1.6%
17.6%
Crestwood
14.8%
1,625
11,005
52,228
4.0%
11.1%
5.6%
9.0%
Des Plaines
14.5%
8,162
56,316
60,574
6.5%
10.1%
1.4%
15.1%
Dixmoor
38.7%
1,477
3,816
36,842
33.9%
30.4%
51.3%
26.4%
Dolton
22.4%
5,345
23,867
52,264
15.7%
13.3%
89.4%
1.6%
East Hazel Crest
19.8%
309
1,561
56,050
4.4%
15.9%
46.5%
9.7%
Elgin city
18.7%
19,170
102,590
57,009
10.7%
13.0%
6.3%
40.5%
Elk Grove
12.3%
4,082
33,206
72,879
3.6%
8.7%
2.1%
9.1%
Elmwood Park
15.0%
3,596
23,979
53,404
8.6%
9.7%
1.0%
17.3%
Evanston
13.3%
10,195
76,599
69,544
8.8%
7.3%
18.3%
7.6%
Evergreen Park
15.5%
3,000
19,356
59,056
6.3%
10.8%
18.8%
9.3%
Flossmoor
12.0%
1,096
9,164
88,193
1.3%
7.8%
40.7%
0.6%
Ford Heights
55.5%
1,772
3,195
22,049
47.4%
47.3%
97.2%
1.0%
Forest Park
14.5%
2,193
15,112
52,116
8.7%
7.4%
35.8%
8.0%
Forest View
17.4%
139
801
56,618
6.4%
14.0%
0.0%
17.6%
Franklin Park
18.3%
3,296
18,025
57,715
7.9%
13.7%
0.4%
43.0%
Glencoe
7.2%
641
8,893
201,050
4.8%
6.1%
1.1%
3.4%
Glenview
10.0%
4,563
45,549
105,059
3.7%
6.9%
0.8%
4.2%
Glenwood
15.7%
1,315
8,399
62,599
6.0%
8.9%
61.9%
7.3%
Hanover Park
16.8%
6,173
36,700
67,261
10.3%
11.2%
6.5%
33.5%
Harvey
28.2%
7,898
28,008
32,968
31.4%
15.4%
77.2%
13.6%
Harwood Heights
12.6%
1,006
8,010
53,360
7.6%
6.9%
0.0%
12.2%
Hazel Crest
22.3%
3,161
14,199
52,547
10.6%
15.3%
80.8%
4.6%
Hickory Hills
11.9%
1,589
13,404
65,344
8.2%
6.1%
1.2%
11.8%
Hillside
20.2%
1,618
8,008
49,909
10.0%
13.8%
46.9%
18.6%
Hinsdale
8.2%
1,471
18,019
155,809
1.9%
6.7%
1.2%
5.6%
Hodgkins
19.9%
468
2,358
32,104
26.5%
7.9%
1.3%
52.8%
Hoffman Estates
12.6%
6,854
54,393
76,171
5.7%
8.2%
4.3%
13.3%
Hometown
17.0%
702
4,120
45,018
13.6%
10.8%
0.0%
12.8%
Homewood
13.0%
2,385
18,279
70,186
2.9%
8.5%
28.4%
7.3%
Inverness
9.1%
690
7,611
133,194
4.5%
6.3%
0.9%
4.0%
Community
Number of
Food
Total
Rate
Median
Income
Percent
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
Justice
18.0%
2,235
12,429
48,175
10.8%
12.1%
19.5%
13.3%
Kenilworth
4.7%
110
2,329
247,000
0.9%
5.8%
0.4%
2.0%
La Grange
10.6%
1,618
15,194
97,090
3.5%
7.3%
5.4%
4.6%
La Grange Park
10.5%
1,307
12,395
70,669
3.9%
5.9%
5.3%
8.1%
Lansing
17.6%
4,699
26,669
53,178
10.5%
11.7%
25.1%
9.8%
Lemont
10.9%
1,708
15,608
88,060
3.5%
7.7%
0.2%
3.8%
Lincolnwood
11.0%
1,298
11,782
81,076
5.2%
6.8%
2.0%
4.8%
Lynwood
19.3%
1,625
8,404
64,245
13.0%
11.8%
59.9%
7.5%
Lyons
19.6%
2,018
10,317
49,949
7.1%
15.6%
3.3%
36.5%
Markham
32.3%
3,947
12,201
42,867
22.1%
25.1%
78.6%
8.0%
Matteson
18.0%
2,983
16,612
67,914
6.5%
11.6%
76.6%
1.6%
Maywood
23.4%
5,870
25,073
49,684
15.2%
14.9%
73.6%
20.6%
Melrose Park
20.7%
4,547
21,949
41,256
16.3%
12.3%
6.1%
64.0%
Merrionette Park
16.3%
360
2,203
38,258
13.7%
9.2%
5.9%
11.9%
Midlothian
17.8%
2,420
13,620
58,974
10.6%
12.4%
9.0%
23.3%
Morton Grove
11.9%
2,633
22,207
70,504
4.4%
8.0%
0.2%
4.6%
Mount Prospect
12.7%
6,762
53,290
66,645
5.9%
7.9%
2.2%
15.5%
Niles
13.6%
3,904
28,733
50,976
6.1%
8.9%
1.8%
7.9%
Norridge
13.0%
1,776
13,609
52,490
4.0%
9.0%
0.2%
8.2%
North Riverside
14.7%
912
6,225
50,557
6.6%
9.5%
3.3%
22.0%
Northbrook
9.2%
3,088
33,738
115,756
2.9%
6.5%
0.6%
1.7%
Northfield
8.9%
486
5,441
108,800
2.0%
6.2%
0.0%
3.5%
Northlake
13.8%
1,558
11,291
52,557
4.7%
8.0%
2.4%
47.4%
Oak Forest
14.1%
3,909
27,725
70,671
6.7%
10.0%
1.3%
11.5%
Oak Lawn
14.9%
7,887
52,992
58,005
6.5%
10.5%
3.3%
13.3%
Oak Park
12.6%
6,692
53,103
72,435
5.6%
7.5%
20.6%
5.6%
Olympia Fields
16.4%
738
4,509
90,298
6.6%
11.0%
62.5%
0.4%
Orland Hills
11.3%
809
7,153
72,895
4.4%
6.8%
6.6%
8.2%
Orland Park
11.8%
6,475
55,087
79,554
3.7%
8.3%
0.9%
6.7%
Palatine
13.2%
8,800
66,537
73,049
7.4%
8.3%
2.9%
15.9%
Palos Heights
9.1%
1,122
12,365
85,082
3.3%
5.0%
0.3%
4.5%
Palos Hills
12.0%
2,027
16,871
58,315
5.4%
7.1%
5.5%
4.8%
Palos Park
7.9%
393
4,990
95,521
0.5%
4.8%
0.0%
2.5%
Community
Park Forest
Number of
Food
Total
Rate
22,545
4,175
18.5%
Median
Income
Percent
American
Rate
Rate
Percent
Hispanic
48,069
10.8%
11.3%
52.9%
5.5%
Park Ridge
10.5%
3,801
36,229
88,148
2.5%
7.4%
0.2%
4.5%
Phoenix
26.6%
503
1,894
33,903
13.6%
18.9%
94.6%
3.7%
Posen
23.3%
1,145
4,906
54,429
14.5%
17.0%
18.9%
50.6%
Prospect Heights
13.5%
2,157
16,004
57,081
6.1%
8.1%
1.8%
27.2%
Richton Park
19.4%
2,483
12,766
61,217
8.1%
12.8%
76.0%
4.8%
River Forest
8.2%
909
11,123
109,904
4.8%
3.7%
7.5%
4.6%
River Grove
16.1%
1,610
9,981
47,447
12.0%
9.9%
0.5%
17.7%
Riverdale
32.0%
4,541
14,180
40,659
24.6%
23.1%
94.1%
1.0%
Riverside
9.4%
775
8,234
90,816
3.5%
5.2%
0.3%
13.9%
Robbins
45.0%
2,619
5,820
24,083
36.8%
36.6%
91.6%
1.2%
Rolling Meadows
13.7%
3,156
23,072
57,648
7.0%
8.3%
2.7%
21.8%
Rosemont
17.9%
713
3,985
31,517
19.9%
7.9%
1.0%
42.0%
Sauk
23.9%
2,450
10,258
49,060
19.0%
15.5%
60.4%
7.5%
Schaumburg
12.3%
8,728
70,698
68,594
4.5%
8.3%
3.1%
7.6%
Schiller Park
15.7%
1,780
11,354
48,904
7.4%
10.7%
2.1%
21.2%
Skokie
13.1%
8,647
66,170
66,916
7.5%
8.1%
6.2%
5.7%
South Chicago Heights
19.7%
742
3,769
45,521
16.1%
11.9%
18.3%
29.2%
South Holland
18.6%
3,917
21,117
61,968
8.2%
11.7%
74.0%
3.5%
Steger
19.0%
1,965
10,347
48,241
8.9%
14.5%
15.5%
11.6%
Stickney
15.7%
903
5,764
54,286
9.5%
9.4%
2.7%
37.4%
Stone Park
24.4%
1,183
4,840
53,487
15.7%
17.4%
0.7%
89.8%
Streamwood
15.1%
5,602
37,087
70,473
6.1%
10.8%
3.8%
27.4%
Summit
23.3%
2,373
10,178
45,984
16.5%
16.1%
10.6%
57.7%
Thornton
13.6%
311
2,284
55,078
11.1%
6.5%
11.6%
13.3%
Tinley Park
12.7%
7,500
59,093
74,105
5.7%
8.6%
2.8%
7.2%
University Park
24.2%
2,060
8,511
47,276
17.5%
15.1%
86.7%
3.5%
Westchester
13.0%
2,050
15,735
68,400
3.4%
8.7%
15.8%
13.0%
Western Springs
6.5%
814
12,479
125,091
1.3%
3.6%
0.1%
4.3%
Wheeling
14.3%
5,148
35,918
57,701
8.1%
8.5%
2.3%
30.1%
Willow Springs
13.7%
788
5,765
79,679
2.9%
11.2%
1.6%
7.8%
Wilmette
8.4%
2,233
26,426
127,319
2.0%
6.2%
0.6%
2.2%
Winnetka
6.2%
760
12,344
201,650
1.4%
5.9%
0.3%
3.2%
Worth
15.3%
1,593
10,423
53,464
8.9%
10.2%
2.5%
11.4%
Cook County
16.1%
845,910
5,257,001

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