Facts about food insecurity in Southern Nevada
- Three Square is Southern Nevada’s only food bank, and largest hunger relief organization, serving four counties – Clark (approximately 97% of the total food-insecure population in Southern Nevada), Lincoln, Esmeralda and Nye.
- 1 in 6 Southern Nevadans struggle with food insecurity — that's more than 397,000 people in our community who are food insecure (over 16% of people in Southern Nevada).
- One in four children, or more than 117,000 kids, lives in a food-insecure household.
- Food-insecure residents in Southern Nevada miss over 75 million meals a year, or about 190 missing meals per person.
- This equates to an average of 6.3 meals per week.
- For every one dollar donated, Three Square can provide two meals.
- In 2025:
- 94 cents of every dollar goes directly toward Three Square’s mission of providing wholesome food for hungry people.
- Three Square distributed more than 48 million meals. This is the equivalent of more than 58 million pounds of food and grocery product.
- Three Square provided enough food for more than 131,000 meals every day.
- Since opening in 2007, Three Square has provided over 702 million pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in need and has earned a reputation as one of the most efficient and effective food banks in the country.
Who does food insecurity affect?
Food insecurity doesn’t discriminate. Men, women, children, seniors, veterans and working families struggle every single day. Food insecurity also has no boundaries. Food insecurity exists in every zip code in Southern Nevada.