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Ending pandemic aid sparked a broad surge in hardship. This chart shows the percent of the U.S. experiencing financial distress, financial distress among young families, poverty, child poverty, food insecurity, and child food insecurity from 2020 through 2023. There is a large, across-the-board reduction in each hardship measure from 2020 to 2021, but then an even bigger across-the-board increase in each hardship measure from 2021 to 2022, coinciding with the expiration or elimination of several key social programs after 2021. Aside from child food insecurity, there is another increase across all measures from 2022 to 2023. Data: Household Pulse Survey, RAPID Survey Project, Census Bureau, USDA.