The prevalence of food insecurity in the United States is a persisting issue and poses several implications to public health. In this study, we use data from the Current Population Survey and its Food Security Supplement to explore food insecurity dynamics in the United States over the period of 2005-2017. During and after the Great Recession, we find food insecurity rates worsening drastically between 2005-2009, plateauing in 2009-2013, before slowly declining again between 2013-2017, yet still not meeting pre-recession levels. We examine several characteristics that may influence U.S. households’ food security status, including education, race, marital status, family size, age, metropolitan proximity, and state. Our results suggest that particularly individuals with lower educational attainment are severely affected by increasing rates of food insecurity and are at persistent risk of entering into food insecurity almost a decade after the recession.