Table 44.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2008-09

State	Number of students						Number of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch						Percent of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
	2000-01		2005-06	2007-08		2008-09	2000-01		2005-06	2007-08		2008-09	2000-01		2005-06	2007-08		2008-09
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10		11	12		13
United States	46,579,068	1	48,403,390	47,772,027	1	48,168,458	17,839,867	1	20,333,474	20,522,564	1	21,501,568	38.3	1	42.0	43.0	1	44.6
Alabama	728,351		741,544	738,382		742,997	335,143		383,219	377,454		389,252	46.0		51.7	51.1		52.4
Alaska	105,333		103,498	131,029		130,662	32,468		41,872	44,043		44,578	30.8		40.5	33.6		34.1
Arizona	877,696	2	955,320	1,010,604		1,075,949	274,277	2	492,450	412,305		515,916	31.2	2	51.5	40.8		47.9
Arkansas	449,959		474,206	479,016		478,965	205,058		250,641	269,355		273,549	45.6		52.9	56.2		57.1
California	6,050,753		6,311,900	5,953,047		6,180,511	2,820,611		3,063,627	3,099,565		3,267,160	46.6		48.5	52.1		52.9
Colorado	724,349		779,825	791,996		816,922	195,148		258,264	275,475		289,326	26.9		33.1	34.8		35.4
Connecticut	562,179	2	575,051	568,405		552,978	143,030	2	152,669	168,586		169,742	25.4	2	26.5	29.7		30.7
Delaware	114,676		120,937	119,256		122,622	37,766		43,682	44,185		48,982	32.9		36.1	37.1		39.9
District of Columbia	68,380		66,498	61,184		66,511	47,839		41,050	38,309		46,102	70.0		61.7	62.6		69.3
Florida	2,434,755		2,674,998	2,666,811		2,631,020	1,079,009		1,224,228	1,215,459		1,304,324	44.3		45.8	45.6		49.6
Georgia	1,444,937		1,598,461	1,649,589		1,655,792	624,511		795,394	840,921		877,701	43.2		49.8	51.0		53.0
Hawaii	184,357		184,925	179,897		179,406	80,657		74,926	67,747		74,895	43.8		40.5	37.7		41.7
Idaho	244,755		260,343	271,976		274,672	85,824		99,093	101,202		109,071	35.1		38.1	37.2		39.7
Illinois	2,048,792	2	1,976,077	1,955,299		1,977,007	759,973	2	785,715	810,398		832,946	37.1	2	39.8	41.4		42.1
Indiana	977,219		1,034,719	1,044,593		1,045,833	285,267		373,433	410,324		437,293	29.2		36.1	39.3		41.8
Iowa	492,021		481,094	482,204		482,735	131,553		154,416	161,551		165,830	26.7		32.1	33.5		34.4
Kansas	462,594		466,263	468,014		470,397	154,693		180,919	186,948		202,060	33.4		38.8	39.9		43.0
Kentucky	626,723		641,682	665,066		660,419	298,334		336,287	340,413		345,926	47.6		52.4	51.2		52.4
Louisiana	741,162		654,388	680,499		684,745	433,068		400,596	430,263		444,562	58.4		61.2	63.2		64.9
Maine	198,532		189,572	190,737		187,484	60,162		65,877	68,814		71,407	30.3		34.8	36.1		38.1
Maryland	852,911		860,018	841,948		840,506	255,872		272,069	282,129		292,398	30.0		31.6	33.5		34.8
Massachusetts	979,590		971,907	962,806		958,910	237,871		274,515	283,819		294,681	24.3		28.2	29.5		30.7
Michigan	1,703,260		1,711,532	1,665,559		1,629,880	504,044		609,754	627,239		681,764	29.6		35.6	37.7		41.8
Minnesota	854,154		838,998	833,547		826,121	218,867		253,938	264,646		270,777	25.6		30.3	31.7		32.8
Mississippi	497,421		494,744	494,013		491,129	319,670		344,107	330,635		336,113	64.3		69.6	66.9		68.4
Missouri	912,247		915,844	917,188		917,871	315,608		358,428	362,385		354,973	34.6		39.1	39.5		38.7
Montana	154,438		143,093	140,715		140,430	47,415		50,172	50,936		52,021	30.7		35.1	36.2		37.0
Nebraska	286,138		286,610	291,238		291,805	87,045		99,387	108,986		112,293	30.4		34.7	37.4		38.5
Nevada	282,621		410,531	423,309		422,250	92,978		170,039	169,144		169,185	32.9		41.4	40.0		40.1
New Hampshire	206,919		203,998	200,772		197,934	31,212		35,087	36,416		40,496	15.1		17.2	18.1		20.5
New Jersey	1,312,983		1,395,600	1,341,122		1,377,573	357,728		373,946	387,965		414,582	27.2		26.8	28.9		30.1
New Mexico	320,303		326,755	321,544		322,363	174,939		181,916	199,302		202,758	54.6		55.7	62.0		62.9
New York	2,859,927		2,812,964	2,765,435		2,717,371	1,236,945		1,260,933	1,220,052		1,226,247	43.3		44.8	44.1		45.1
North Carolina	1,194,371		1,356,570	1,003,293		1,076,134	470,316		603,316	456,210		493,946	39.4		44.5	45.5		45.9
North Dakota	109,201		98,284	95,052		94,728	31,840		29,064	29,687		29,963	29.2		29.6	31.2		31.6
Ohio	1,745,237		1,836,982	1,822,586	2	1,813,999	494,829		597,517	616,031	2	661,151	28.4		32.5	33.8	2	36.4
Oklahoma	623,110		632,812	640,515		643,640	300,179		346,070	354,139		362,090	48.2		54.7	55.3		56.3
Oregon	535,617		534,814	558,791		553,825	186,203		230,737	235,632		255,795	34.8		43.1	42.2		46.2
Pennsylvania	1,798,977		1,813,760	1,635,217		1,638,671	510,121		574,951	560,384		591,250	28.4		31.7	34.3		36.1
Rhode Island	157,347		151,686	146,228		139,922	52,209		53,521	55,596		57,174	33.2		35.3	38.0		40.9
South Carolina	677,411		700,397	711,552		717,001	320,254		361,567	366,883		376,735	47.3		51.6	51.6		52.5
South Dakota	128,598		121,999	118,379		124,323	37,857		39,059	40,289		43,836	29.4		32.0	34.0		35.3
Tennessee	909,161	2	934,444	948,934		949,964	436,298	2	448,431	475,202		485,590	48.0	2	48.0	50.1		51.1
Texas	4,059,353		4,523,575	4,673,455		4,751,003	1,823,029		2,181,697	2,230,688		2,317,239	44.9		48.2	47.7		48.8
Utah	470,265		508,399	526,542		553,040	135,428		164,255	172,576		174,729	28.8		32.3	32.8		31.6
Vermont	102,049		96,638	87,038		85,842	23,986		25,487	25,767		27,115	23.5		26.4	29.6		31.6
Virginia	1,067,710		1,167,860	1,224,044		1,235,143	320,233		377,725	386,805		408,336	30.0		32.3	31.6		33.1
Washington	1,004,770	2	1,031,967	1,030,247		997,244	326,295	2	376,198	383,802		396,602	32.5	2	36.5	37.3		39.8
West Virginia	286,285		280,699	282,512		282,718	143,446		137,878	138,931		141,448	50.1		49.1	49.2		50.0
Wisconsin	859,276		864,207	874,478		872,338	219,276		256,645	281,027		292,609	25.5		29.7	32.1		33.5
Wyoming	89,895		84,402	86,364		87,153	43,483		26,707	25,944		27,050	48.4		31.6	30.0		31.0

1 U.S. total includes imputation for nonreporting states.

2 Imputation for survey nonresponse.

NOTE: Table reflects counts of students enrolled in schools for which both enrollment data and free/reduced-price lunch eligibility data were reported. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01, 2005-06, 2007-08, and 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)