Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts and the largest city in the northeastern United States has a population of about 673,000 people.
The city is one of the top 30 most economically powerful in the world. Wealth notwithstanding, there is unfortunately a significantly high hunger insecurity rate in Suffolk County, where Boston resides, than the rest of Massachusetts. |
There is a total of 113,220 people who struggle with food insecurity in Suffolk county, with 82% of these people below government thresholds for nutrition programs like SNAP.
The average meal costs $3.56, with an annual food budget shortfall of $72,365,000. |