Enivronmental justice & Sustainability Indicator

Rural Food Deserts

Rural Food Deserts is a metric that contains the total number of people living in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food. Low access to food in rural areas is defined as living more than 10 miles from the nearest supermarket.

The data for the total population living in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food is sourced from USDA - Food Access Research Atlas. The data spans from 2010 to 2019 for the United States, New York State and the 8 counties in our region.

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This infographic displays a line graph depicting the total population living in rural areas with low access to food in the 8-county region from 2010 to 2019. It also depicts the high concentration in Monroe County, which contains over 82% of the rural population with low access to food.

Pro Tip: If you hover over the location in the legend, it highlights the line.

This tornado chart illustrates the percentage change in the population residing in rural areas within the 8-county region with low access to food from 2015 to 2019. This shows an increase (red) and decrease (green) in the number of people with low access to food for the 8 counties in our region.