- More than 11.2% of people in Colorado live in poverty
- 13% of Colorado children live in poverty
- 1 in 8 households in Colorado are food insecure or food insecure with hunger.
- The number Colorado children living in poverty has increased 85% since 2000, with more than 192,000 children at or below the poverty level.
- In 2009 nearly 50% of the homeless population in metro Denver are families.
- 8.5% of Colorado seniors live in poverty.
- More than 150,000 children in Colorado qualified for free or reduced fee school lunch last year
- More than half of households requesting assistance from a food pantry include at least one employed adult
- 33 million people in America are faced with food insecurity
Source: Colorado Anti-hunger Network
Food Bank of the Rockies (2010)