Dc Food Desert Map

About 13.5 million people in these census tracts have low access to sources of healthful food. People living below the poverty line, or who may rely on food stamps. Elderly people who struggle to care for themselves.

• ward 3 has no areas considered a food desert. People living below the poverty line, or who may rely on food stamps. Information provided by other agencies should be verified with them where appropriate.

Based on these maps, it is clear that the dc food deserts heavily affect the african american community.

Policy center, shows grocery store locations as points and food deserts as shaded areas. The feds' new food access research atlas lets you find out just where it's difficult to buy broccoli or bananas in counties across the u.s. More than 11 percent of washington, d.c., is considered a food desert, a term which defines places where residents have to walk more than half a mile to get to a grocery store. Interactive chart displaying where people have no access to food or are forced to rely on bodegas that often have overpriced, unhealthy food and no fresh food, fruits or vegetables.