Hardship stats

 Center on Budget and Policy Priorites

• Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs, and millions report that their households did not get enough to eat, are behind on their rent or mortgage, or both.
• About 23 million adults reported that their household didn’t get enough to eat for the week ending September 14, according to Census estimates.
• An estimated 13 million adult renters (more than 1 in 6) reported that they were not caught up on rent for the same week.
• More than 1 in 3 children living in rental housing live in a household that either isn’t getting enough to eat or is not caught up on rent.

• For about 42 percent of children in Black households and 36 percent in Hispanic households, the household was behind on the rent or mortgage or not getting enough to eat, compared to 20 percent in both white and Asian households.
• The rate was 34 percent for children in households with an American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, or multiracial respondent.