USDA yesterday released its annual food security report, showing that 10.5% of U.S. households were food insecure in 2020. Surprisingly, the 2020 estimate was unchanged from 2019 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Observers expected the 2020 statistics to show a jump in household food insecurity.

The annual food security report uses data from a December food security supplement to the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS), the same data source used for federal statistics on unemployment and povert...