NEW MEXICO TAKES THE LEAD IN THE U-S WHEN IT COMES TO HUNGRY CHILDREN. THAT’S HOW THE 2019 MAP THE MEAL GAP RATES THIS STATE … AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS IT WORKS OUT TO 24-POINT-1 PERCENT OF KIDS IN NEW MEXICO 18 YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER WHO ARE AT RISK OF CHILDHOOD HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY. AND THAT IS ONE IN EVERY FOUR CHILDREN.
NEW MEXICO’S WORST FIVE COUNTIES FOR CHILD HUNGER ARE MCKINLEY, LUNA, CIBOLA, CATRON AND SIERRA. THE STATES WITH THE LOWEST CHILD HUNGER ARE NORTH DAKOTA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MINNESOTA.
