Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Food security is a complex social condition with continually changing and interacting factors with underlying causes. Focusing on a single metric of food security can give an incomplete understanding of the issue. This data chartbook, last updated in December 2025, provides a guided summary of select few food security metrics, including determinants, measures, and impacts, to provide a nuanced yet streamlined overview of the state of food security in New Jersey. The metrics included in this chartbook are not an exhaustive list.

Explore the Statewide Data Chartbook

Leveraging data within this statewide chartbook, OFSA has developed dynamic county chartbook profiles for each of New Jersey’s 21 counties. Explore your county’s data chartbook below:

• Atlantic County
• Bergen County
• Burlington County
• Camden County
• Cape May County
• Cumberland County
• Essex County
• Gloucester County
• Hudson County
• Hunterdon County
• Mercer County
• Middlesex County
• Monmouth County
• Morris County
• Ocean County
• Passaic County
• Salem County
• Somerset County
• Sussex County
• Union County
• Warren County