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Of San Diego County’s 3.3 million residents,* 790,000 are estimated to be nutrition insecure.** That’s 1

in 4 (24%) San Diegans. Of this number, 202,000 are children, 161,000 are older adults (age 60+), and

134,000 of those facing nutrition insecurity are living with disabilities.** San Diegans experiencing

nutrition insecurity are unable to consistently provide three nutritious meals a day for themselves or

their families. (*U.S. Census Bureau. 2022. **San Diego Hunger Coalition. June 2023)

 The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank and our North County Food Bank chapter feed

approximately 400,000 people every month in partnership with 544 nonprofit community partners that

operate feeding programs. Our nonprofit partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, low-

income day care centers, senior centers, faith-based organizations, schools and day centers for the

elderly and disabled.

The Food Bank’s nonprofit partners collect food from our 90,000-square-foot warehouse in Miramar

and our 70,000-square-foot warehouse in Vista (North County Food Bank). They then distribute the

food directly to people in need in their local communities. By acting as a central distribution point, and

through our own direct distributions, the Food Bank and our nonprofit partners provide food to

communities throughout the county’s 4,300-square-mile radius. In the fiscal year 2022-2023, the Food

Bank distributed 45 million pounds of food. Of that number, 16 million pounds or 36 percent was fresh

produce.

Due to our region’s high cost of living, hundreds of thousands of low-income families, including low-

income military families and fixed-income seniors rely on the Food Bank to put food on the table. Of

the 400,000 people the Food Bank serves monthly, 39,000 are low-income military personnel and their

dependents; 15,500 are fixed-income seniors on our Senior Food Program; 81,000 live at or near the

poverty level and receive assistance through our Emergency Food Assistance Program; and 3,000 are

elementary schoolchildren living in poverty who receive weekend backpacks full of food through our

Food 4 Kids Backpack Program at 61 schools in 15 San Diego County school districts.