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Facts + Stats

Facts + Stats

What is the need for food assistance like in Greater Cleveland?

Despite the Food Bank's reach throughout the community, there was a significant and growing need for food assistance. Before the pandemic:

  • One in seven people in the Food Bank’s service area is food insecure, meaning they do not know where their next meal will come from.
  • Cleveland’s child poverty rate has been consistently among the highest of large U.S. cities.
  • One in four senior citizens in the Greater Cleveland area were at risk of hunger.
  • High food costs have increased the number of new clients we’ve seen over the past year and we served 424,000 people in FY24 - a record for us.

54m

pounds were distributed in FY24

24,562

people assisted with SNAP applications

1 in 7

people in the Food Bank’s service area are food insecure

1 in 4

senior citizens in the Greater Cleveland area are at risk of hunger

54m

pounds of food distributed in FY2024

424,000

households served in FY2024

25%

of households visited an emergency feeding program for the first time

1 in 4

children in our service area are food insecure

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