High rates of unemployment resulting from sluggish economic growth and low level ofrninvestment in urban centers combined with high population growth has negatively affectedrnincome earning potentials of urban residents. Even though there is long-held belief that urbanrnpopulation is better off, or even favored than rural populations, recent food and financial crisesrnhave highlighted the problem of urban food poverty in developing countries. Hence, the overallrnobjective of this study was to assess the demographic and socio-economic determinants of foodrnpoverty among households in Akaki-kality Sub-city. To do so, socio- economic and demographicrndata obtained from Akaki- kality Sub-city Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) office werernused. Foster, Greer and Thorbeck distributional measure of food poverty was employed tornestimate head count ratio (food poverty situation) , food poverty gap and to assess the severity ofrnhousehold food poverty while econometric analysis was used to identify determinates factors ofrnfood poverty in within Sub-city. Several explanatory variables were considered includingrnhousehold size, dependency ratio, age of household head, sex of household head, marital status,rneducation of household head, access to credit, health of household head and household foodrnexpenditure and food poverty as dependent variable. As the head count index shows 20.30 % ofrnthe total households are below the food poverty line. The food poverty gap and severity were 5 %rnand 1.9 %, respectively. The result of the regression model estimate indicates that out of the 9rnfactors included, five were found to have significant influence on the probability of being foodrnpoor at less than 5 % significance level. Urban population will continue to grow with itsrnassociated problems unless meaningful development interventions backed by research findingsrnare undertaken. Further, efforts need to be made to improve the income earning capacity ofrnhouseholds, education level with particular focus on vocational training, reduce family size withrna view to reducing their dependency ratio and saving and credit access to enable them cope withrnfood poverty