The current statistics of on poverty related issues according to the USDA states that U.S. households with children under age 18.

Reported that 82.7 percent (30.8 million) of households with children were food secure in 2022. Household food insecurity affected 17.3 percent (6.4 million) of households with children in 2022. In some of these food-insecure households only adults were food insecure, while in other households’ children also experienced food insecurity.

In 8.5 percent (3.2 million) of households with children, only adults were food insecure.

Both children and adults were food insecure in 8.8 percent of households with children (3.3 million households).

Children are usually protected from substantial reductions in food intake even in households with very low food security. Nevertheless, in about 1.0 percent of households with children (381,000 households), one or more child also experienced reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns at some time during the year.