Table 2 Summary statistics of top-five states with high and low access to FPs in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.

From: Socioeconomic, demographic and geographic disparities in accessibility to food pantries in the united States

(a)

States with the Highest FP Accessibility in Urban Areas

State

No. High-Access BGs

No. BGs

Percentage of High-Access BGs

Mean ADI of High-Access BGs

Mean ADI of all BGs

New York

10,149

14,688

69.1%

26.9

30.0

Hawaii

609

883

69.0%

13.2

11.7

Rhode Island

539

792

68.1%

46.1

41.1

Oregon

1493

2,338

63.9%

23.3

31.1

Illinois

5,158

8,362

61.7%

54.1

51.3

States with the Lowest FP Accessibility in Urban Areas

State

No. Low-Access BGs

No. BGs

Percentage of Low-Access BGs

Mean ADI of Low-Access BGs

Mean ADI of all BGs

West Virginia

516

986

52.3%

69.0

71.5

Mississippi

528

1,050

50.3%

63.4

69.5

South Carolina

1,355

2,746

49.3%

59.9

62.2

Alabama

1,333

2,901

45.9%

62.4

67.9

Louisiana

1,581

3,510

45.0%

64.5

62.5

(b)

States with the Highest FP Accessibility in Rural Areas

State

No. High-Access BGs

No. BGs

Percentage of High-Access BGs

Mean ADI of High-Access BGs

Mean ADI of all BGs

Connecticut

177

180

98.3%

39.7

39.4

Massachusetts

91

95

95.8%

34.3

34.0

New Hampshire

388

427

90.9%

49.6

49.3

Vermont

331

387

85.5%

53.9

53.3

Indiana

1,126

1,329

84.7%

74.8

74.7

States with the Lowest FP Accessibility in Rural Areas

State

No. Low-Access BGs

No. BGs

Percentage of Low-Access BGs

Mean ADI of Low-Access BGs

Mean ADI of all BGs

Alaska

83

180

46.1%

66.1

49.1

Arizona

102

295

34.6%

88.7

76.4

Nevada

73

216

33.8%

66.0

53.1

South Dakota

121

390

31.0%

80.5

70.7

California

213

741

28.7%

42.5

39.1