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USDA Ends 30-Year Household Food Security Survey After SNAP Cuts

The department says the hunger report is politicized and inaccurate and will publish a final 2024 edition before shifting to other data sources.

A general view of the U. S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
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President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress passed major reforms this year to the US food assistance program known as SNAP.
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Overview

  • USDA confirmed that the 2024 Household Food Security Report, scheduled for release on October 22, will be the last and that future surveys will not be funded.
  • The move follows a July law tightening SNAP rules, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will leave about 3 million people ineligible for benefits.
  • Researchers and anti-hunger groups warn ending the survey will hinder tracking changes in food insecurity and evaluating the effects of recent SNAP cuts.
  • The survey, fielded since the mid-1990s, has provided national, state, and demographic detail used by governments and charities to target and assess food assistance.
  • The most recent USDA report found about 13.5% of U.S. households experienced food insecurity at some point in 2023, a higher share than in 2022.