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Topic: Houston Food Bank service area and impactCoverage Area: 18 counties in Southeast TexasMeals Provided: Over 143 million meals in FY 2025Community Partners: More than 1,600 pantries, kitchens, shelters, and meal sitesReading Time: About 1 minute
The Houston Food Bank is the largest food bank in the United States by size and distribution. It serves 18 counties across Southeast Texas through a network of more than 1,600 community partners — including food pantries, soup kitchens, meal sites, and shelters. In fiscal year 2025, the network helped provide access to more than 143 million meals.
The Houston Food Bank connects people to food through local partners in their community. Those partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, meal sites, and shelters. The food bank also works with smaller regional affiliate food banks that run their own local programs in certain counties.
Start by finding out whether your county is one of the 18 served. If it is, you can reach out to the Houston Food Bank directly to locate the nearest partner pantry, meal site, or shelter. You can also text-enable your phone to get updates about food access in your area. If you want to help rather than receive help, the same network connects volunteers and donors to local need.
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18 Southeast Texas counties
If you or someone you know needs food, a local food pantry or meal site in the Houston Food Bank network may be the fastest path to help. Community organizations, schools, faith groups, and social service agencies in Southeast Texas often partner with the food bank — ask any of them for a referral.
Hunger affects neighbors across the Houston region and far beyond the city limits. This network exists to make sure that anyone who needs food can find a nearby place to get it — no matter which Southeast Texas county they live in.
