Table 1.–Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch by state and eligibility status: School years 1999–2000 through 2009–10

	School year
State or jurisdiction	1999– 2000	2000– 01	2001– 02	2002– 03	2003– 04	2004– 05	2005– 06	2006– 07	2007– 08	2008– 09	2009– 10
Reporting States
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	34	34	37	37	36	37	42	41	41	44	46
Percent eligible for free lunch	27	27	29	28	29	29	32	34	33	36	38
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	55	54	57	57	53	55	57	56	53	54	51
Percent with information not available	11	13	6	7	11	7	1	2	6	2	3
Alabama
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	45	46	49	50	51	52	52	51	51	52	55
Percent eligible for free lunch	37	38	40	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	47
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	54	54	51	50	49	47	48	49	49	48	45
Percent with information not available	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Alaska
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	26	24	25	26	27	29	31	34	34	34	36
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	—	—	19	20	21	25	27	27	27	29
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	—	—	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	53	55	75	53	51	49	46	54	66	66	64
Percent with information not available	22	21	0	21	22	23	22	12	0	0	0
Arizona
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	—	—	—	11	45	48	45	41	38	48	47
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	—	—	9	37	40	37	32	29	38	38
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	—	—	3	8	8	8	9	9	10	9
Percent not eligible	—	—	—	27	43	42	42	54	55	52	52
Percent with information not available	100	100	100	62	12	10	13	5	7	1	1
Arkansas
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	45	46	47	48	50	52	53	59	56	57	60
Percent eligible for free lunch	37	37	39	40	41	43	44	49	47	48	50
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Percent not eligible	55	54	53	52	50	48	47	41	44	43	40
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
California
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	47	47	47	48	49	49	49	50	51	52	55
Percent eligible for free lunch	40	39	39	39	40	40	39	40	41	43	46
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Percent not eligible	53	53	53	52	51	51	51	49	47	47	44
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1
Colorado
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	27	28	29	30	32	33	34	34	35	38
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	20	21	22	24	25	27	27	28	28	31
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	72	73	72	71	70	68	67	65	64	65	62
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Connecticut
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	23	—	—	25	26	26	27	27	30	30	32
Percent eligible for free lunch	18	—	—	—	—	—	21	22	24	25	26
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	—	—	—	—	—	6	5	5	6	6
Percent not eligible	75	—	—	75	74	74	73	70	70	68	67
Percent with information not available	2	100	100	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1
Delaware
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	33	33	35	36	34	36	36	37	36	40	47
Percent eligible for free lunch	27	26	28	29	28	30	31	31	30	33	40
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	7	7
Percent not eligible	66	67	65	64	66	64	64	63	61	59	53
Percent with information not available	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
District of Columbia
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	54	69	55	62	51	66	53	53	49	67	70
Percent eligible for free lunch	50	65	50	56	47	59	49	48	43	58	62
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	4	5	5	6	4	6	4	4	6	9	8
Percent not eligible	35	30	35	32	32	34	33	32	29	30	27
Percent with information not available	11	1	9	6	17	0	13	15	22	3	3
Florida
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	44	44	45	45	46	47	46	45	46	50	53
Percent eligible for free lunch	36	36	36	37	37	39	37	36	36	40	45
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Percent not eligible	56	56	55	55	54	53	54	55	54	50	47
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	43	43	44	45	46	48	50	50	51	53	56
Percent eligible for free lunch	35	35	36	37	38	39	42	42	42	44	48
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Percent not eligible	57	57	56	55	54	52	50	50	49	47	44
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawaii
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	39	44	42	44	43	42	41	41	38	42	43
Percent eligible for free lunch	30	33	31	33	32	31	29	29	27	30	33
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11
Percent not eligible	61	56	58	56	57	58	59	59	62	58	57
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Idaho
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	32	35	36	36	37	39	38	37	37	40	43
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	25	26	27	28	29	28	27	27	29	33
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Percent not eligible	66	65	64	64	63	59	62	62	63	60	57
Percent with information not available	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Illinois
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	—	—	35	36	37	37	37	37	38	39	43
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	—	30	30	31	32	31	32	32	33	37
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	—	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Percent not eligible	—	—	60	60	58	57	56	54	54	54	50
Percent with information not available	100	100	5	4	5	5	6	8	7	7	7
Indiana
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	29	31	32	34	36	36	38	39	42	45
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	22	24	25	27	28	28	29	31	33	37
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Percent not eligible	71	70	69	67	64	63	64	62	61	58	55
Percent with information not available	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	26	27	27	28	30	31	32	32	34	34	37
Percent eligible for free lunch	19	19	19	21	22	23	24	24	26	26	29
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	74	73	73	72	70	69	68	68	66	66	63
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	32	33	34	36	38	39	39	40	40	43	46
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	24	25	26	28	29	29	30	30	32	36
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	10
Percent not eligible	68	67	66	64	62	61	61	60	60	57	54
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kentucky
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	48	48	49	69	—	—	52	51	51	52	55
Percent eligible for free lunch	39	38	40	55	—	—	44	43	43	43	46
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	9	9	14	—	—	9	9	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	52	52	51	31	—	—	48	49	49	47	45
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	1	0
Louisiana
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	59	58	59	61	61	62	61	62	63	65	66
Percent eligible for free lunch	50	50	51	52	53	53	54	53	55	57	58
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	41	41	41	39	39	38	39	38	37	35	34
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maine
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	30	29	30	30	30	32	34	35	36	38	42
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	21	22	23	23	25	26	27	29	31	34
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	65	67	68	67	62	64	63	64	64	62	58
Percent with information not available	5	5	3	3	8	3	3	1	0	0	0
Maryland
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	35	38
Percent eligible for free lunch	24	23	23	24	24	25	24	25	26	27	31
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Percent not eligible	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	66	65	62
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	25	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	29	31	33
Percent eligible for free lunch	20	19	—	—	22	23	23	24	24	25	27
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	5	—	—	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Percent not eligible	75	76	75	74	73	72	72	70	71	69	67
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Michigan
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	30	30	31	31	33	34	36	36	38	42	46
Percent eligible for free lunch	25	24	25	25	27	27	29	30	31	35	40
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	6
Percent not eligible	70	70	65	64	62	60	64	64	62	58	54
Percent with information not available	0	0	4	5	5	6	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	26	26	26	27	28	30	30	31	32	33	35
Percent eligible for free lunch	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	28
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	74	74	74	73	72	70	70	69	68	67	65
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mississippi
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	63	64	65	65	64	64	70	68	67	68	71
Percent eligible for free lunch	55	55	57	57	56	56	62	59	58	59	62
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	8
Percent not eligible	37	36	35	35	36	35	30	32	33	32	29
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Missouri
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	34	35	35	36	38	39	39	39	40	39	44
Percent eligible for free lunch	27	27	28	29	31	32	31	31	32	31	36
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	66	65	65	64	62	61	61	61	60	61	55
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Montana
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	31	31	31	32	34	34	35	35	36	37	40
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	23	23	24	26	25	26	26	27	27	31
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	8
Percent not eligible	67	69	68	68	66	65	64	63	63	62	59
Percent with information not available	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1
Nebraska
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	30	30	31	32	34	35	35	36	37	38	41
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	21	22	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	31
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Percent not eligible	70	70	69	68	66	65	65	63	63	61	59
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nevada
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	27	27	30	34	34	29	41	—	39	39	42
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	20	23	28	27	—	—	—	32	31	36
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	7	6	6	—	—	—	8	8	6
Percent not eligible	54	56	53	49	47	71	58	—	59	58	56
Percent with information not available	18	17	17	17	19	1	0	100	1	3	2
New Hampshire
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	20	23
Percent eligible for free lunch	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	15	18
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Percent not eligible	84	84	85	84	83	83	82	81	82	80	77
Percent with information not available	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
New Jersey
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	27	28	27	27	—	27	27	28	30	32
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	22	22	21	21	—	21	22	22	24	26
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	6	6	6	6	—	6	6	6	6	6
Percent not eligible	72	73	72	73	73	—	73	69	69	70	67
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	4	3	0	1
New Mexico
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	51	55	55	57	58	58	56	61	61	62	66
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	45	45	47	48	48	48	54	54	55	59
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	10	10	10	10	10	8	6	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	49	45	45	43	42	42	44	39	37	36	33
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
New York
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	43	43	43	17	—	18	44	44	44	45	21
Percent eligible for free lunch	37	36	36	13	—	14	37	36	36	37	16
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	6	7	4	—	5	8	8	8	8	5
Percent not eligible	57	56	56	46	—	82	55	54	56	54	43
Percent with information not available	1	1	1	37	100	0	1	2	0	1	37
North Carolina
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	39	36	38	34	44	45	43	43	31	34	49
Percent eligible for free lunch	31	29	30	27	36	37	35	35	25	28	40
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	6	6	9
Percent not eligible	59	56	59	66	56	52	53	55	38	40	49
Percent with information not available	2	8	2	0	0	2	4	1	31	26	2
North Dakota
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	34
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	25
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	71	71	72	72	72	71	70	70	69	68	66
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	27	26	27	29	30	31	33	34	—	36	40
Percent eligible for free lunch	21	21	22	24	24	26	26	27	—	30	34
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	—	6	6
Percent not eligible	66	66	63	63	59	69	67	66	—	64	60
Percent with information not available	7	7	9	7	11	0	0	0	100	0	0
Oklahoma
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	46	48	49	51	53	54	55	55	55	56	59
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	38	38	41	42	44	44	45	45	46	49
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Percent not eligible	54	52	51	49	47	46	45	45	45	44	41
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	34	35	36	38	41	42	43	42	42	46	49
Percent eligible for free lunch	26	26	28	30	32	33	35	34	34	37	41
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	8
Percent not eligible	66	65	64	61	59	58	57	58	58	54	49
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Pennsylvania
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	29	28	28	29	28	28	31	30	31	33	38
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	22	23	23	22	22	25	24	25	27	31
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Percent not eligible	70	71	71	70	71	71	68	65	60	59	61
Percent with information not available	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	9	7	1
Rhode Island
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	33	33	34	33	35	32	35	33	38	40	42
Percent eligible for free lunch	28	28	28	27	29	26	28	26	32	33	35
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7
Percent not eligible	67	67	66	66	64	68	65	67	62	58	58
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
South Carolina
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	46	47	49	50	51	52	52	51	52	52	54
Percent eligible for free lunch	39	39	41	42	43	44	44	44	44	45	47
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Percent not eligible	54	53	51	50	49	48	48	49	48	47	45
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Dakota
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	29	30	30	31	30	32	29	33	35	37
Percent eligible for free lunch	19	20	20	21	23	22	23	21	25	25	28
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	9
Percent not eligible	68	71	69	68	68	70	68	66	65	64	62
Percent with information not available	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	2	2	1
Tennessee
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	—	—	—	—	—	—	47	48	49	50	53
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	42	42	45
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	—	—	—	—	—	—	51	50	49	48	44
Percent with information not available	100	100	100	100	100	100	2	2	2	2	3
Texas
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	45	45	45	46	47	48	48	47	48	49	51
Percent eligible for free lunch	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	39	39	40	43
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Percent not eligible	55	55	55	54	53	52	52	52	52	51	49
Percent with information not available	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Utah
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	28	29	31	32	32	32	31	30	31	42
Percent eligible for free lunch	19	19	20	22	23	23	23	21	21	23	33
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	9
Percent not eligible	70	70	69	67	65	68	68	69	61	68	58
Percent with information not available	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	9	1	0
Vermont
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	22	24	24	26	27	25	26	26	28	30	34
Percent eligible for free lunch	16	17	17	19	20	18	19	20	21	23	28
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	69	76	76	74	73	75	74	72	67	65	65
Percent with information not available	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	1
Virginia
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	30	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	33	36
Percent eligible for free lunch	23	21	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	29
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Percent not eligible	70	65	71	65	66	64	65	65	68	67	62
Percent with information not available	0	7	0	5	4	5	4	4	1	0	2
Washington
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	—	—	31	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	41
Percent eligible for free lunch	—	—	23	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	33
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	—	—	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8
Percent not eligible	—	—	65	63	61	64	64	63	63	58	55
Percent with information not available	100	100	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	4
West Virginia
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	50	50	50	48	49	50	49	50	49	50	52
Percent eligible for free lunch	40	39	39	38	39	40	39	40	40	41	43
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Percent not eligible	48	50	50	52	51	50	51	50	51	50	48
Percent with information not available	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	25	25	26	27	28	29	29	31	32	33	37
Percent eligible for free lunch	19	18	—	—	—	—	—	24	25	26	30
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	6	7	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	8	7
Percent not eligible	73	73	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	66	63
Percent with information not available	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wyoming
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch	28	48	—	30	31	32	32	30	30	31	35
Percent eligible for free lunch	20	32	—	21	22	22	22	20	21	21	25
Percent eligible for reduced-price lunch	9	16	—	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10
Percent not eligible	71	52	—	70	69	68	68	70	70	69	65
Percent with information not available	1	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—Not available.
Note: Estimates based on operational schools with membership. Estimates based counts form October 1st of the reported school year. Combined free and reduced-price lunch percentage may not match details due to item non-response. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999–2000, Version 1b; 2000–01, Version 1a; 2001–02, Version 1a; 2002–03, Version 1a; 2003–04, Version 1a; 2004–05, Version 1b; 2005-06, Version 1a; 2006–07, Version 1c; 2007–08, Version 1b; 2008–09, Version 1b; 2009–10, Version 1a.