Table 46.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2010-11

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	2009-10		2010-11	2000-01		2005-06	2009-10		2010-11	2000-01		2005-06	2009-10		2010-11
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10		11	12		13
United States	46,579,068	1	48,403,390	48,663,648	1	48,941,267	17,839,867	1	20,333,474	23,095,560	1	23,544,479	38.3	1	42.0	47.5	1	48.1
Alabama	728,351		741,544	748,836		730,427	335,143		383,219	411,067		402,386	46.0		51.7	54.9		55.1
Alaska	105,333		103,498	131,508		132,104	32,468		41,872	47,605		50,701	30.8		40.5	36.2		38.4
Arizona	877,696	2	955,320	1,061,408		1,067,210	274,277	2	492,450	508,240		482,044	31.2	2	51.5	47.9		45.2
Arkansas	449,959		474,206	480,060		482,114	205,058		250,641	286,477		291,608	45.6		52.9	59.7		60.5
California	6,050,753		6,311,900	6,085,255		6,169,427	2,820,611		3,063,627	3,386,691		3,335,885	46.6		48.5	55.7		54.1
Colorado	724,349		779,825	831,906		842,864	195,148		258,264	319,404		336,426	26.9		33.1	38.4		39.9
Connecticut	562,179	2	575,051	556,498		552,919	143,030	2	152,669	179,651		190,554	25.4	2	26.5	32.3		34.5
Delaware	114,676		120,937	124,809		128,342	37,766		43,682	58,375		61,564	32.9		36.1	46.8		48.0
District of Columbia	68,380		66,498	66,849		71,263	47,839		41,050	48,330		52,027	70.0		61.7	72.3		73.0
Florida	2,434,755		2,674,998	2,634,321		2,641,555	1,079,009		1,224,228	1,408,541		1,479,519	44.3		45.8	53.5		56.0
Georgia	1,444,937		1,598,461	1,667,685		1,676,419	624,511		795,394	934,899		961,954	43.2		49.8	56.1		57.4
Hawaii	184,357		184,925	180,196		179,601	80,657		74,926	77,947		84,106	43.8		40.5	43.3		46.8
Idaho	244,755		260,343	276,299		275,815	85,824		99,093	118,932		124,104	35.1		38.1	43.0		45.0
Illinois	2,048,792	2	1,976,077	1,954,124		1,973,401	759,973	2	785,715	901,759		921,471	37.1	2	39.8	46.1		46.7
Indiana	977,219		1,034,719	1,046,357		1,038,817	285,267		373,433	474,326		485,728	29.2		36.1	45.3		46.8
Iowa	492,021		481,094	482,123		484,856	131,553		154,416	179,921		188,486	26.7		32.1	37.3		38.9
Kansas	462,594		466,263	469,218		479,953	154,693		180,919	214,437		228,852	33.4		38.8	45.7		47.7
Kentucky	626,723		641,682	674,953		673,128	298,334		336,287	370,264		380,773	47.6		52.4	54.9		56.6
Louisiana	741,162		654,388	690,741		695,772	433,068		400,596	454,338		460,546	58.4		61.2	65.8		66.2
Maine	198,532		189,572	184,232		183,477	60,162		65,877	76,715		78,915	30.3		34.8	41.6		43.0
Maryland	852,911		860,018	848,412		852,202	255,872		272,069	324,904		341,557	30.0		31.6	38.3		40.1
Massachusetts	979,590		971,907	957,053		955,301	237,871		274,515	315,153		326,849	24.3		28.2	32.9		34.2
Michigan	1,703,260		1,711,532	1,615,731		1,551,861	504,044		609,754	741,028		719,800	29.6		35.6	45.9		46.4
Minnesota	854,154		838,998	836,936		837,930	218,867		253,938	296,756		306,136	25.6		30.3	35.5		36.5
Mississippi	497,421		494,744	488,994		489,462	319,670		344,107	344,894		345,734	64.3		69.6	70.5		70.6
Missouri	912,247		915,844	907,811		902,375	315,608		358,428	401,755		406,358	34.6		39.1	44.3		45.0
Montana	154,438		143,093	140,553		140,497	47,415		50,172	56,201		57,836	30.7		35.1	40.0		41.2
Nebraska	286,138		286,610	295,261		298,276	87,045		99,387	121,811		127,114	30.4		34.7	41.3		42.6
Nevada	282,621		410,531	426,838		436,840	92,978		170,039	182,399		219,904	32.9		41.4	42.7		50.3
New Hampshire	206,919		203,998	197,140		194,001	31,212		35,087	46,246		48,904	15.1		17.2	23.5		25.2
New Jersey	1,312,983		1,395,600	1,369,418		1,356,882	357,728		373,946	445,174		444,735	27.2		26.8	32.5		32.8
New Mexico	320,303		326,755	327,689		335,810	174,939		181,916	218,203		227,077	54.6		55.7	66.6		67.6
New York	2,859,927		2,812,964	2,766,052	2	2,722,761	1,236,945		1,260,933	1,248,215	2	1,315,564	43.3		44.8	45.1	2	48.3
North Carolina	1,194,371		1,356,570	1,445,761		1,487,699	470,316		603,316	720,798		747,978	39.4		44.5	49.9		50.3
North Dakota	109,201		98,284	93,055		94,273	31,840		29,064	30,693		29,929	29.2		29.6	33.0		31.7
Ohio	1,745,237		1,836,982	1,761,636		1,747,851	494,829		597,517	709,928		745,121	28.4		32.5	40.3		42.6
Oklahoma	623,110		632,812	654,167		659,376	300,179		346,070	384,448		398,917	48.2		54.7	58.8		60.5
Oregon	535,617		534,814	541,789		553,468	186,203		230,737	272,196		280,174	34.8		43.1	50.2		50.6
Pennsylvania	1,798,977		1,813,760	1,734,989		1,742,608	510,121		574,951	662,900		686,641	28.4		31.7	38.2		39.4
Rhode Island	157,347		151,686	143,674		142,575	52,209		53,521	60,179		61,127	33.2		35.3	41.9		42.9
South Carolina	677,411		700,397	721,532		722,203	320,254		361,567	394,018		395,033	47.3		51.6	54.6		54.7
South Dakota	128,598		121,999	122,263		125,883	37,857		39,059	45,956		46,718	29.4		32.0	37.6		37.1
Tennessee	909,161	2	934,444	948,007		987,078	436,298	2	448,431	516,062		542,953	48.0	2	48.0	54.4		55.0
Texas	4,059,353		4,523,575	4,847,073		4,916,401	1,823,029		2,181,697	2,449,189		2,471,212	44.9		48.2	50.5		50.3
Utah	470,265		508,399	580,718		585,552	135,428		164,255	244,433		223,943	28.8		32.3	42.1		38.2
Vermont	102,049		96,638	85,339		85,144	23,986		25,487	29,529		31,339	23.5		26.4	34.6		36.8
Virginia	1,067,710		1,167,860	1,219,806		1,250,206	320,233		377,725	444,715		458,879	30.0		32.3	36.5		36.7
Washington	1,004,770	2	1,031,967	996,604		1,043,466	326,295	2	376,198	428,258		418,065	32.5	2	36.5	43.0		40.1
West Virginia	286,285		280,699	282,661		282,879	143,446		137,878	147,036		145,605	50.1		49.1	52.0		51.5
Wisconsin	859,276		864,207	871,156		872,164	219,276		256,645	323,510		342,660	25.5		29.7	37.1		39.3
Wyoming	89,895		84,402	88,152		88,779	43,483		26,707	31,054		32,968	48.4		31.6	35.2		37.1

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

2 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations for 2000-01 were based on the reported percentages for 2001-02 applied to the 2000-01 enrollments. The state-level imputation for 2009-10 was based on the reported percentage for 2008-09 applied to the 2009-10 enrollment.

NOTE: Table reflects counts of students enrolled in all 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, 2009-10, and 2010-11. (This table was prepared December 2012.)