Center on Hunger and Poverty - Food Security Institute

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Tennessee, average 1998-2000

	Total	Food Insecure	Food Insecure with Hunger
Percent of Households (%)	100.0	12.37	3.90
Number of Households (thousands)	2,117	261	82
Number of People in Households (thousands)	5,216	662	177
Rank (out of 51)	--	13	10

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Source: A. Sullivan and E. Choi (August 2002). Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Fifty States: 1998-2000. Waltham, MA: Food Security Institute, Center on Hunger and Poverty.