Enivronmental justice & Sustainability Indicator
Rural Food Deserts
Rural Food Deserts is a metric that contains the total number of people living in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food. Low access to food in rural areas is defined as living more than 10 miles from the nearest supermarket.
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The data for the total population living in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food is sourced from USDA - Food Access Research Atlas. The data spans from 2010 to 2019 for the United States, New York State and the 8 counties in our region.
-5.6%
The population residing in rural regions with limited access to food within the 8-county area has seen a decline of 5.6% since 2010, dropping from 311k to 301k individuals.
51k
In 2019, Monroe County was home to more than 51,000 individuals living in rural areas with limited access to food, comprising 82.3% of the total population across the 8-county region.
Yates County
In 2019, Yates County had the lowest rural population with limited access to food in our region, with only 42 individuals.
1.9x
The rural population with low food access in Seneca County surged by 1.9 times between 2010 and 2019, marking the highest increase in our region.
This infographic displays a line graph depicting the total population living in rural areas with low access to food in the 8-county region from 2010 to 2019. It also depicts the high concentration in Monroe County, which contains over 82% of the rural population with low access to food.
This tornado chart illustrates the percentage change in the population residing in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food from 2015 to 2019. This shows an increase (red) and decrease (green) in the number of people with low access to food for the 8 counties in our region.