America EatsA Clayton Farms initiative

A public research initiative by Clayton Farms

Where America can and cannot get fresh food.

The map opens on all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Select a state to see its counties, and sort food deserts or food swamps from worst to best.

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Worst means the largest share of low-income people living far from a supermarket. Default is worst first.

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Alabama: 8.8%Arizona: 8.7%Arkansas: 10.0%California: 3.2%Colorado: 5.0%Connecticut: 4.3%Delaware: 6.3%District of Columbia: 1.6%Florida: 7.6%Georgia: 10.0%Idaho: 7.9%Illinois: 4.8%Indiana: 8.7%Iowa: 5.7%Kansas: 8.4%Kentucky: 6.4%Louisiana: 10.7%Maine: 3.5%Maryland: 3.6%Massachusetts: 3.9%Michigan: 6.4%Minnesota: 5.7%Mississippi: 11.4%Missouri: 7.2%Montana: 7.3%Nebraska: 5.6%Nevada: 6.1%New Hampshire: 4.2%New Jersey: 3.7%New Mexico: 13.0%New York: 2.4%North Carolina: 7.5%North Dakota: 6.9%Ohio: 6.9%Oklahoma: 8.9%Oregon: 4.7%Pennsylvania: 4.6%Rhode Island: 4.7%South Carolina: 9.8%South Dakota: 8.5%Tennessee: 8.9%Texas: 8.3%Utah: 5.8%Vermont: 3.0%Virginia: 4.4%Washington: 5.1%West Virginia: 7.5%Wisconsin: 5.0%Wyoming: 8.0%Alaska: 7.8%Hawaii: 5.4%
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State colors run from the lowest to the highest state on this measure. Alaska and Hawaii are insets. Missing values stay blank. They are not drawn as zero.

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Fresh Assured Supply, the state index. Not a county score.

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low-income people with low supermarket access, 2019

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people living beyond the supermarket distance, 2019

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food-swamp ratio from 2020 store counts