About the Project
This research directory was created in parternship with the Los Angeles Food Policy Council. Currently synthesizing 62 sources and datasets, it was made to help researchers and policymakers better understand food insecurity in the Los Angeles area.Found some published research or data you think should be included? Help us improve our database by sending the link to foodle.lafpc@gmail.com.
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American Community Survey (ACS)
locations: state, county, censusTract, zip
format: table, map
dataPoints: age, education, health, housing, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, sex
APRA Projects Map
locations: county, supervisorialDistrict
format: map
dataPoints: income/poverty, foodAssistance, age, groceryStores
Bowen et al. 2019 - 'Food Insecurity Among Formerly Homeless Individuals Living in Permanent Supportive Housing'
locations: city
format: study, table
dataPoints: foodInsecurity, housing, income/poverty
Caldwell et al. 2020 - 'Food insecurity, participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the degree to which patients anticipate help from clinics to find food in Los Angeles County'
locations: county
format: study, table
dataPoints: age, education, foodInsecurity, health, housing, income/poverty, language, race/ethnicity, sex, SNAP
CalFresh Data Dashboard
locations: county, state
format: map, table, graph
dataPoints: age, income/poverty, SNAP
CalFresh Data Tables
locations: county, state
format: table
dataPoints: foodInsecurity, language, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, SNAP
California Department of Food and Agriculture Certified Farmers Markets
locations: address, county
format: table
dataPoints: farmersMarkets
California Department of Public Health - 'Stores Accepting the California WIC Card'
locations: address, city, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: foodAssistance, groceryStores, WIC
Census Reporter
locations: state, county, metro
format: map, graph
dataPoints: age, education, housing, income/poverty, language, placeOfOrigin, maritalStatus, race/ethnicity, sex, transportation, veteran
California Food Policy Advocates - 'Struggling to Make Ends Meet: Food Insecurity in CA'
locations: county, state
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: age, foodInsecurity, income/poverty, SNAP
Ecology Center Farmers' Market Finder
locations: address, city, congressionalDistrict, county, zip
format: map
dataPoints: farmersMarkets, SNAP
Environmental Health Inspection Results -'Restaurant and Market Health Violations'
locations: address, city
format: table
dataPoints: farmersMarkets, restaurants
Equity Explorer Map
locations: address, censusTract, county, crime/arrests, neighborhood, schoolDistrict, supervisorialDistrict, zip
format: map
dataPoints: COVID, disability, education, health, housing, income/poverty, language, placeOfOrigin, SNAP, tech, transportation
Food Assistance Providers
locations: county
format: map
dataPoints: income/poverty, foodAssistance
Food Finder Map
locations: address, city, county, neighborhood
format: map
dataPoints: age, farmersMarkets, foodInsecurity, foodAssistance, groceryStores
Food Stamps Now - 'Fast Food Restaurants that accept EBT Food Stamps'
locations: state
format: table
dataPoints: restaurants, SNAP
Food Stamps Now - 'List of EBT Accepted Stores in LA'
locations: address, city, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: SNAP
Food Stamps Now - 'List of Gas Stations that Accept EBT in Los Angeles'
locations: address, city, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: SNAP
Food Stamps Now - 'List of Grocery Stores that accept Food Stamps'
locations: state
format: table
dataPoints: groceryStores, SNAP
Food Stamps Now Search Tool
locations: city, state, zip
format: map
dataPoints: farmersMarkets, groceryStores, SNAP
Furness et al. 2007 - 'Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among low-income households in Los Angeles County'
locations: county
format: study
dataPoints: foodInsecurity, housing, income/poverty
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health - 'Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic'
locations: county, servicePlanningArea
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: age, COVID, education, foodInsecurity, health, housing, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, sex, SNAP
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health - 'Social Determinants of Health: Rising Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County
locations: county, servicePlanningArea
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: age, education, foodInsecurity, health, housing, income/poverty, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, sex
Los Angeles Controller - 'Food Resources in California'
locations: address, city, county, zip
format: table
dataPoints: foodAssistance
Los Angeles Food Policy Council - '2020 Annual Report'
locations: city, county
format: study
dataPoints: foodAssistance, recommendations
Los Angeles Food Policy Council - '2020 Food System Dashboard'
locations: city, county, neighborhood, servicePlanningArea
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: age, farmersMarkets, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, groceryStores, health, income/poverty, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, SNAP, WIC
Los Angeles Food Policy Council - 'Fresh Ideas for CalFresh'
locations: county, servicePlanningArea, supervisorialDistrict
format: study, table
dataPoints: COVID, income/poverty, language, recommendations, SNAP
Los Angeles Food Policy Council - 'Good Food for All Agenda'
locations: undefined
format: study
dataPoints: recommendations
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Active restaurant heat map'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance -'Full Service Restaurants'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Full-Service Restaurants - Council District 3'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Full-Service Restaurants - Council District 4'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Full-Service Restaurants - Council District 5'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Grocery Stores Listings'
locations: address, city, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: groceryStores
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'LA Restaurant Map'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Map of Restaurants'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Map of Restaurants in LA'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance -'Restaurants Active LA'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Restaurants in Boyle Heights Vicinity'
locations: address, councilDistrict, zip
format: map, table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Restaurants in LA'
locations: address, city, zip
format: table
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Restaurants in LA (Map)'
locations: city
format: map
dataPoints: restaurants
Los Angeles Office of Finance - 'Restaurants Heat Map'
locations: address, city, councilDistrict, zip
format: table, map
dataPoints: restaurants
Martinez et al. 2017 - 'Food insecurity in California's public university system: What are the risk factors?'
locations: state
format: study
dataPoints: age, foodInsecurity, income/poverty, race/ethnicity
Neighborhood Data for Social Change
locations: address, censusTract, city, neighborhood
format: map
dataPoints: age, crime/arrests, disability, education, foodInsecurity, health, housing, income/poverty, language, maritalStatus, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, SNAP, tech, transportation, veteran
Regional Economic Accounts
locations: state, county, metro
format: table
dataPoints: income/poverty
Ricks et al. 2015 - 'Food insecurity and intimate partner violence against women: results from the California Women’s Health Survey'
locations: state
format: study
dataPoints: education, foodInsecurity, income/poverty, race/ethnicity
SAIPE Model Input Data
locations: county, state
format: table
dataPoints: income/poverty, SNAP
SAIPE Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
locations: state, county
format: map
dataPoints: SNAP
Schmitz et al. 2016 - 'Food insecurity among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco'
locations: city
format: study
dataPoints: drug, housing, foodInsecurity
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
locations: county, schoolDistrict, state
format: table, map, graph
dataPoints: age, income/poverty
SNAP Community Characteristics - California
locations: congressionalDistrict, state
format: table
dataPoints: age, disability, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, SNAP
US Census QuickFacts
locations: city, county, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: age, disability, education, health, housing, income/poverty, language, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, sex, tech, transportation, veteran
USC Dornsife - 'Enough to Eat: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity and the Food Environment in L.A. County April 2020 - September 2021'
locations: censusTract, city, county
format: graph, map, study
dataPoints: age, COVID, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, groceryStores, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, restaurants, sex, SNAP
USC Food Desert and Assistance
locations: censusTract, county, servicePlanningArea
format: map
dataPoints: foodAssistance, foodInsecurity
USC Food Outlets
locations: censusTract, county, servicePlanningArea
format: map
dataPoints: foodInsecurity
USC Dornsife - 'Improving Healthy Food Access in Four Eastside Los Angeles Neighborhoods'
locations: neighborhood
format: study, map, table
dataPoints: age, income/poverty, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, groceryStores, placeOfOrigin, race/ethnicity, SNAP, transportation
USC Dornsife - 'The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County: April to July 2020'
locations: county, servicePlanningArea
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: age, COVID, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, sex, SNAP, transportation
USC Dornsife - 'The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County: April to May 2020'
locations: county
format: graph, study
dataPoints: age, COVID, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, groceryStores, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, sex, SNAP
USDA Food Atlas
locations: state, county
format: map
dataPoints: age, farmersMarkets, foodAssistance, foodInsecurity, groceryStores, health, income/poverty, race/ethnicity, restaurants, SNAP, transportation
USDA SNAP Store Locations
locations: state, county, zip, address
format: map
dataPoints: SNAP
WIC Program - 'Los Angeles WIC Stores CA'
locations: address, city, state, zip
format: table
dataPoints: foodAssistance, groceryStores, WIC
Wiss et al. 2021 - 'Food insecurity partially mediates the association between drug use and depressive symptoms among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles, California'
locations: city, county
format: graph, study, table
dataPoints: drug, foodInsecurity