In 2015, 42.2 million people in 15.8 million households were food insecure at some point during the year, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service in the new report Household Food Security in the United States in 2015. The concept of “food security” is used by the USDA to measure a household’s ability to access adequate food. Today’s data show a decrease in the number of households impacted by food insecurity from 2014, but 12.7 percent of households still experienced food insecurity, highlighting the fact that too many families with low incomes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs.