This is a document published by the USDA Economic Research Service on characteristics and influential factors of food deserts. In this report 2002 and 2006 census data are used to identify socioeconomic and demographic issues related to the over 6,500 food deserts reported across the united states. This report focuses on areas of poverty and why people in these areas are not received the correct services. Other areas they touch on are relationships to education, deindustrialization, decreasing population and job rates. This report will be a solid foundation for my discussion of food deserts, how they happen, why they happen and where they are happening. The report also provides a section to how food deserts change over time. This article does
