That's the share of households earning under $50,000 a year that reported not having enough food or having children miss meals in early 2026, up from 16 percent in late 2025 and more than triple the 6.7 percent rate recorded in mid-2020. Grocery prices are up 2.9 percent year-over-year, and there is a broad increase in households skipping meals, using food banks, relying on SNAP benefits, or dipping into savings to cover food costs.
