Food Pantry Desert Index (tract)
Main planning view for identifying possible high-need, low-coverage areas.
Open tract index map
Supported by the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
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Use the tract index first, then switch to pantry location and ZCTA views for additional context.
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Most users should begin with the tract index map.
Pantry locations (Missouri)
Mapped pantry points from merged source lists, filtered to Missouri.
Open pantry locationsAdditional map views
Use these when you need alternative geography or summary context.
Estimated food-insecure people (tract)
Tract-level counts of estimated food-insecure residents.
Open tract estimate mapFood Pantry Desert Index (ZCTA)
ZIP-oriented view for audiences that plan around ZIP geography.
Open ZCTA index mapEstimated food-insecure people (ZCTA)
ZCTA-level estimated food-insecure population counts.
Open ZCTA estimate mapFood bank and source profiles
Reference page for source context used in pantry map popup links.
Open source profilesInterpretation note: map scores are relative signals, not direct measures of real-time pantry capacity. See Methods for assumptions and limitations.