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.