Table 42.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, and 2006–07

State or jurisdiction	Number of students				Number of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch				Percent of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
	2000–01	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2000–01	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2000–01	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	—	—	48,912,085	—	—	—	20,333,474	—	—	—	41.6	—
Alabama	728,351	721,205	741,547	743,469	335,143	376,494	383,219	379,537	46.0	52.2	51.7	51.0
Alaska	105,333	103,052	133,292	116,682	32,468	38,058	41,872	45,028	30.8	36.9	31.4	38.6
Arizona	—	933,789	1,094,454	1,014,149	—	500,442	492,450	434,432	—	53.6	45.0	42.8
Arkansas	449,959	463,121	474,206	476,132	205,058	240,352	250,641	279,400	45.6	51.9	52.9	58.7
California	6,050,753	6,322,433	6,312,103	6,210,343	2,820,611	3,100,883	3,063,627	3,119,120	46.6	49.0	48.5	50.2
Colorado	724,349	765,976	779,826	789,014	195,148	241,569	258,264	269,926	26.9	31.5	33.1	34.2
Connecticut	—	577,387	575,058	558,532	—	151,723	152,669	156,735	—	26.3	26.5	28.1
Delaware	114,676	119,091	120,937	121,886	37,766	42,411	43,682	45,163	32.9	35.6	36.1	37.1
District of Columbia	68,380	76,470	76,876	61,922	47,839	50,455	41,050	38,425	70.0	66.0	53.4	62.1
Florida	2,434,755	2,639,304	2,675,024	2,670,482	1,079,009	1,249,976	1,224,228	1,207,511	44.3	47.4	45.8	45.2
Georgia	1,444,937	1,553,435	1,598,461	1,628,309	624,511	743,797	795,394	819,824	43.2	47.9	49.8	50.3
Hawaii	184,357	184,096	184,925	179,730	80,657	76,597	74,926	73,650	43.8	41.6	40.5	41.0
Idaho	244,755	249,831	261,844	265,045	85,824	98,743	99,093	99,639	35.1	39.5	37.8	37.6
Illinois	—	1,989,386	2,111,706	1,944,728	—	785,978	785,715	794,322	—	39.5	37.2	40.8
Indiana	977,219	1,005,569	1,034,782	1,044,175	285,267	365,374	373,433	392,272	29.2	36.3	36.1	37.6
Iowa	492,021	477,007	481,099	481,181	131,553	148,429	154,416	155,065	26.7	31.1	32.1	32.2
Kansas	462,594	466,577	466,266	459,171	154,693	179,878	180,919	182,860	33.4	38.6	38.8	39.8
Kentucky	626,723	—	641,685	646,461	298,334	—	336,287	331,361	47.6	—	52.4	51.3
Louisiana	741,162	723,854	654,397	675,381	433,068	445,808	400,596	416,402	58.4	61.6	61.2	61.7
Maine	198,532	192,145	195,498	192,078	60,162	64,301	65,877	67,289	30.3	33.5	33.7	35.0
Maryland	852,911	865,553	860,020	850,026	255,872	277,669	272,069	274,539	30.0	32.1	31.6	32.3
Massachusetts	979,590	975,571	971,909	958,858	237,871	270,651	274,515	280,165	24.3	27.7	28.2	29.2
Michigan	1,703,260	1,625,345	1,711,544	1,713,777	504,044	584,773	609,754	619,879	29.6	36.0	35.6	36.2
Minnesota	854,154	838,433	839,084	838,453	218,867	247,520	253,938	259,532	25.6	29.5	30.3	31.0
Mississippi	497,421	493,682	494,954	494,686	319,670	318,743	344,107	334,359	64.3	64.6	69.5	67.6
Missouri	912,247	904,123	915,850	919,668	315,608	353,559	358,428	359,193	34.6	39.1	39.1	39.1
Montana	154,438	144,049	145,416	142,137	47,415	49,367	50,172	50,656	30.7	34.3	34.5	35.6
Nebraska	286,138	285,719	286,646	286,823	87,045	99,325	99,387	104,783	30.4	34.8	34.7	36.5
Nevada	282,621	397,502	412,407	—	92,978	114,155	170,039	—	32.9	28.7	41.2	—
New Hampshire	206,919	205,870	205,767	201,108	31,212	34,162	35,087	35,945	15.1	16.6	17.1	17.9
New Jersey	1,312,983	—	1,395,602	1,333,110	357,728	—	373,946	378,927	27.2	—	26.8	28.4
New Mexico	320,303	326,103	326,758	326,113	174,939	189,523	181,916	198,304	54.6	58.1	55.7	60.8
New York	2,859,927	2,836,334	2,838,209	2,753,057	1,236,945	515,130	1,260,933	1,229,063	43.3	18.2	44.4	44.6
North Carolina	1,194,371	1,351,576	1,416,436	1,422,787	470,316	624,500	603,316	624,349	39.4	46.2	42.6	43.9
North Dakota	109,201	100,508	98,284	96,587	31,840	29,204	29,064	29,246	29.2	29.1	29.6	30.3
Ohio	1,745,237	1,836,119	1,836,991	1,832,100	494,829	575,202	597,517	619,247	28.4	31.3	32.5	33.8
Oklahoma	623,110	628,837	634,739	638,736	300,179	339,012	346,070	352,841	48.2	53.9	54.5	55.2
Oregon	535,617	538,360	534,823	553,054	186,203	225,735	230,737	232,435	34.8	41.9	43.1	42.0
Pennsylvania	1,798,977	1,809,674	1,828,287	1,757,776	510,121	516,075	574,951	556,645	28.4	28.5	31.4	31.7
Rhode Island	157,347	154,863	151,690	149,441	52,209	50,172	53,521	49,558	33.2	32.4	35.3	33.2
South Carolina	677,411	701,700	701,544	702,851	320,254	367,133	361,567	360,907	47.3	52.3	51.5	51.3
South Dakota	128,598	122,791	122,008	115,450	37,857	36,845	39,059	34,996	29.4	30.0	32.0	30.3
Tennessee	—	—	953,798	958,352	—	—	448,431	466,781	—	—	47.0	48.7
Texas	4,059,353	4,403,057	4,523,873	4,566,432	1,823,029	2,098,348	2,181,697	2,172,930	44.9	47.7	48.2	47.6
Utah	470,265	494,533	508,430	520,331	135,428	160,051	164,255	160,559	28.8	32.4	32.3	30.9
Vermont	102,049	97,760	96,638	91,238	23,986	24,592	25,487	24,467	23.5	25.2	26.4	26.8
Virginia	1,067,710	1,147,470	1,214,229	1,172,057	320,233	374,532	377,725	383,298	30.0	32.6	31.1	32.7
Washington	—	1,019,982	1,031,985	1,021,710	—	368,022	376,198	375,159	—	36.1	36.5	36.7
West Virginia	286,285	280,124	280,703	281,070	143,446	141,053	137,878	139,804	50.1	50.4	49.1	49.7
Wisconsin	859,276	849,780	875,066	870,647	219,276	253,082	256,645	271,422	25.5	29.8	29.3	31.2
Wyoming	89,895	84,429	84,409	85,187	43,483	27,141	26,707	25,284	48.4	32.1	31.6	29.7

— Not available. NOTE: Table reflects counts of students enrolled in schools for which both enrollment data and free/reduced price lunch eligibility data were reported. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.)