Pallets of produce are stored inside Arkansas Foodbank’s refrigerated warehouse on Nov. 4, 2025. Arkansas was again ranked as the most food insecure state in the country, according to a federal report released in December. (Photo by Ainsley Platt/Arkansas Advocate)
A recent federal report again identified Arkansas as the hungriest state, with nearly one in five people on average struggling to afford or access nutritious food over a three year period ending in 2024.
A little over 19% of Arkansans were food insecure between 2022 and 2024 on average, reversing pre-pandemic improvements made by the state, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released in December. Comparatively, 15% of the state’s residents were food insecure between 2019 and 2021…