US Counties With the Lowest Food Insecurity

2,299 US counties ranked by food insecurity, from lowest to highest. First are Falls Church city, VA (5.9%), Los Alamos County, NM (6.9%) and Arlington County, VA (7.1%). The middle one of the 2,299 has 15.8%.

What this measures

The estimated percentage of adults who were sometimes or often worried about running out of food. It is adjusted so places with older or younger populations can be compared fairly. It is an estimate from a statistical model, not a direct count from a local survey. Source: CDC PLACES.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

More on food insecurity

• US Counties With the Highest Food Insecurity
• Food insecurity by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.