I'm not trying to split hairs, but that USDA figure is actually the percentage of households in the USA that experience hunger, and not the percentage of individuals. Relative to many other places, even that is a low figure. but in the USA, with our resources and with our dumpsters full of uneaten food, no one should have to go hungry for a night.

See http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/hunger-facts-domestic.html for more statistical information on hunger in the United States.

Janie