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Table 3 Number of food pantries, and the proportion of food pantries per 100,000 people in the population in each study state, and in each study state stratified by urban and rural census tracts

From: A descriptive analysis of food pantries in twelve American states: hours of operation, faith-based affiliation, and location

 

Food Pantries, n (%)

Food Pantries Per 100,000 Populationa

Food Pantries per 1000 sq. miles

State

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Alabama

358

223 (62.3)

135 (37.7)

7.49

8.68

6.11

7.07

Georgia

326

240 (73.6)

86 (26.4)

3.37

3.52

3.00

5.67

Illinois

473

391 (82.7)

82 (17.3)

3.69

3.59

4.22

8.52

Indiana

503

370 (73.6)

133 (26.4)

7.76

8.34

6.50

14.04

Kansas

92

76 (82.6)

16 (17.4)

3.22

3.79

1.89

1.13

Kentucky

120

77 (64.2)

43 (35.8)

2.77

3.42

2.06

3.04

Louisiana

174

142 (81.6)

32 (18.4)

3.84

4.58

2.24

4.03

Michigan

734

587 (80.0)

147 (20.0)

7.43

8.26

5.29

12.98

Mississippi

156

108 (69.2)

48 (30.8)

5.26

7.96

2.98

3.32

Ohio

552

461 (83.5)

91(16.5)

4.78

5.34

3.13

13.51

Tennessee

165

112 (67.9)

53 (32.1)

2.60

2.85

2.19

4.00

West Virginia

124

73 (58.9)

51 (41.1)

6.69

9.37

4.75

5.16

Total

3777

2860 (75.7)

917 (24.3)

4.84

5.31

3.79

6.59

  1. a population counts from the 2010 Census of Population and Housing as per the 2015 USDA Food Access Research Atlas [29]