Food
This percent of counties in the U.S. experience at least some level of food insecurity.
What is 100% of counties?
The percent of households in the U.S. experience water insecurity
What is 12%
Mental Illness and substance abuse are the primary drivers of homelessness. True or False?
What is False - the primary driver is overall lack of affordable housing. However, its estimated that 25-30% of unhoused individuals suffer from homelessness, and research shows being homeless takes significant mental and physical tolls.
This is the 2nd largest household expense after housing for U.S. households
What is transportation?
A 2025 West-Health Gallup Center poll found this percentage of US adults cut back on other household spending due to health care expenses.
What is 1/3?
According to a 2025 Urban Institute study, this is the percent of people who need charitable food assistance, but can't access it.
What is 3 in 10 people?
According to the Brookings Institution research, this is the increase in residential water bills across the US since 2010.
What is almost 50%?
The number of homes per 100 available for very low income households in the U.S.
What is 35?
(National Low Income Housing Coalition)
Dolly Parton or Loretta Lynn?
Loretta
Milk and Homemade Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies
or
Double Dip Ice Cream Cone from Maple View Farms, just outside of Carrboro/Chapel Hill
Maple View
This number of people in the U.S. received charitable food assistance in 2023.
What is 50 million, according to Feeding America?
According to Brookings, in areas where public water infrastructure has been privatized, utilities charge an average of this percent more than local government-run systems since 2010.
What is 59%?
Privatized systems have increased their rates at roughly three times the rate of inflation.
What is -
Burning Down the House by Talking Heads (1983)
Lowest-income families spend roughly this percent of their after-tax income on transportation.
What is 30%?
Up to this percent of adults skip or postpone medical care or obtaining prescriptions due to cost.
What is 36%?
These are common barriers to people seeking charitable food assistance according to 2025 Urban Institute research.
What is:
Limited pantry hours
Lack of awareness
Social stigma ?
From 2000-2016, the monthly water and sewer rates grew at a higher rate than these other public services.
What is Electricity, Gas, Rent
Cost-burdened households spend over 30% of their income on housing. This group represents the fastest growing segment of homeowners becoming cost-burdened.
What is Older Adults?
-Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
This is the current average new car price in US.
What is $48,000
Over $5 trillion
Rather than availability of food, this is the primary driver food insecurity.
What are wage and inflation gaps, not a lack of employment or food supply.
56% of food insecure households had at least 1 full-time working adult in 2023.
LeBron vs Jordon
Jordan
This is the number of states which allow a full-time minimum wage worker to comfortably afford a standard two-bedroom apartment.
This percent of households lack any access to public transportation in the U.S.
45%
This percent of the U.S. population carries medical or dental debt.
41%