January 23, 2025
Originally published in JHU’s the HUB
Fewer Baltimore-area residents experienced food insecurity last year than in 2023 even though researchers found profound racial disparities with hunger and access to grocery stores, according to the latest results from an annual survey by Johns Hopkins University’s 21st Century Cities Initiative.
One of the starkest findings of the Baltimore Area Survey in 2023, its inaugural year, was the high level of food insecurity across the region, especially among Black Baltimoreans. But the latest survey found evidence “that food insecurity substantially declined and the drop was largest among Black Baltimore-area residents,” according to Michael Bader, faculty director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative, which brings together researchers from across Johns Hopkins to study urban issues.