U.S. Regions Ranked By Accessibility Of Healthy Food By Its Residents

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U.S. Regions Ranked By Accessibility Of Healthy Food By Its Residents

by Liam Johnson

Saturday, August 8, 2015

As part of our series on Access to Healthy Food in the United States, we have ranked the regions in the U.S. according to the rating of its residents access to healthy food.

8 Plains

20,505,437
Total Population

13,743,862
Urban Population

6,761,575
Rural Population

29.47%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

28.33%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

30.61%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

7 Southwest

37,348,108
Total Population

29,394,551
Urban Population

7,953,557
Rural Population

27.17%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

31.74%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

22.59%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

6 Rocky Mountains

10,913,704
Total Population

8,205,632
Urban Population

2,708,072
Rural Population

26.4%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

28.54%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

24.27%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

5 Southeast

78,385,623
Total Population

53,119,561
Urban Population

25,266,062
Rural Population

21.21%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

35.28%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

7.13%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

4 Far West

52,580,653
Total Population

46,770,473
Urban Population

5,810,180
Rural Population

20.27%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

24.59%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

15.95%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

3 New England

14,444,865
Total Population

11,257,311
Urban Population

3,187,554
Rural Population

18.03%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

33.02%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

3.04%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

2 Great Lakes

46,421,564
Total Population

34,809,216
Urban Population

11,612,348
Rural Population

16.48%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

27.35%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

5.6%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

1 Mid East

48,145,584
Total Population

40,489,592
Urban Population

7,655,992
Rural Population

11.73%

Rate of Total Population With Low Access

21.98%

Rate of Total Urban Population With Low Access

1.48%

Rate of Rural Population With Low Access

Population

Urbanization

Housing Units

Source: Economic Research Service (ERS) of the United States Department of Agriculture

Source: O*NET

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