Table 204.10.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2011-12

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	2010-11	2011-12		2000-01		2005-06	2010-11	2011-12		2000-01		2005-06	2010-11	2011-12
1	2		3	4	5		6		7	8	9		10		11	12	13
United States	46,579,068	1	48,403,390	48,941,267	48,995,812	1	17,839,867	1	20,333,474	23,544,479	24,291,646	1	38.3	1	42.0	48.1	49.6	1
Alabama	728,351		741,544	730,427	731,556		335,143		383,219	402,386	420,447		46.0		51.7	55.1	57.5
Alaska	105,333		103,498	132,104	131,166		32,468		41,872	50,701	53,238		30.8		40.5	38.4	40.6
Arizona	877,696	2	955,320	1,067,210	1,024,454		274,277	2	492,450	482,044	511,885		31.2	2	51.5	45.2	50.0
Arkansas	449,959		474,206	482,114	483,114		205,058		250,641	291,608	294,324		45.6		52.9	60.5	60.9
California	6,050,753		6,311,900	6,169,427	6,202,862	2	2,820,611		3,063,627	3,335,885	3,353,964	2	46.6		48.5	54.1	54.1	2
Colorado	724,349		779,825	842,864	853,610		195,148		258,264	336,426	348,896		26.9		33.1	39.9	40.9
Connecticut	562,179	2	575,051	552,919	543,883		143,030	2	152,669	190,554	194,339		25.4	2	26.5	34.5	35.7
Delaware	114,676		120,937	128,342	128,470		37,766		43,682	61,564	62,774		32.9		36.1	48.0	48.9
District of Columbia	68,380		66,498	71,263	72,329		47,839		41,050	52,027	45,199		70.0		61.7	73.0	62.5
Florida	2,434,755		2,674,998	2,641,555	2,668,037		1,079,009		1,224,228	1,479,519	1,535,670		44.3		45.8	56.0	57.6
Georgia	1,444,937		1,598,461	1,676,419	1,682,447		624,511		795,394	961,954	986,865		43.2		49.8	57.4	58.7
Hawaii	184,357		184,925	179,601	182,705		80,657		74,926	84,106	90,021		43.8		40.5	46.8	49.3
Idaho	244,755		260,343	275,815	276,969		85,824		99,093	124,104	135,642		35.1		38.1	45.0	49.0
Illinois	2,048,792	2	1,976,077	1,973,401	2,068,926		759,973	2	785,715	921,471	1,014,713		37.1	2	39.8	46.7	49.0
Indiana	977,219		1,034,719	1,038,817	1,037,779		285,267		373,433	485,728	497,663		29.2		36.1	46.8	48.0
Iowa	492,021		481,094	484,856	485,358		131,553		154,416	188,486	194,146		26.7		32.1	38.9	40.0
Kansas	462,594		466,263	479,953	481,519		154,693		180,919	228,852	235,362		33.4		38.8	47.7	48.9
Kentucky	626,723		641,682	673,128	677,628		298,334		336,287	380,773	368,355		47.6		52.4	56.6	54.4
Louisiana	741,162		654,388	695,772	702,301		433,068		400,596	460,546	471,347		58.4		61.2	66.2	67.1
Maine	198,532		189,572	183,477	178,989	2	60,162		65,877	78,915	76,985	2	30.3		34.8	43.0	43.0	2
Maryland	852,911		860,018	852,202	854,060		255,872		272,069	341,557	356,631		30.0		31.6	40.1	41.8
Massachusetts	979,590		971,907	955,301	952,044		237,871		274,515	326,849	334,511		24.3		28.2	34.2	35.1
Michigan	1,703,260		1,711,532	1,551,861	1,532,809		504,044		609,754	719,800	735,010		29.6		35.6	46.4	48.0
Minnesota	854,154		838,998	837,930	839,645		218,867		253,938	306,136	311,645		25.6		30.3	36.5	37.1
Mississippi	497,421		494,744	489,462	487,870		319,670		344,107	345,734	348,664		64.3		69.6	70.6	71.5
Missouri	912,247		915,844	902,375	885,138		315,608		358,428	406,358	411,750		34.6		39.1	45.0	46.5
Montana	154,438		143,093	140,497	142,349		47,415		50,172	57,836	57,349		30.7		35.1	41.2	40.3
Nebraska	286,138		286,610	298,276	301,296		87,045		99,387	127,114	132,010		30.4		34.7	42.6	43.8
Nevada	282,621		410,531	436,840	438,745		92,978		170,039	219,904	237,212		32.9		41.4	50.3	54.1
New Hampshire	206,919		203,998	194,001	190,784		31,212		35,087	48,904	50,123		15.1		17.2	25.2	26.3
New Jersey	1,312,983		1,395,600	1,356,882	1,316,792		357,728		373,946	444,735	467,798		27.2		26.8	32.8	35.5
New Mexico	320,303		326,755	335,810	333,331		174,939		181,916	227,077	228,227		54.6		55.7	67.6	68.5
New York	2,859,927		2,812,964	2,722,761	2,685,751		1,236,945		1,260,933	1,315,564	1,334,698		43.3		44.8	48.3	49.7
North Carolina	1,194,371		1,356,570	1,487,699	1,497,711		470,316		603,316	747,978	784,268		39.4		44.5	50.3	52.4
North Dakota	109,201		98,284	94,273	94,018		31,840		29,064	29,929	30,870		29.2		29.6	31.7	32.8
Ohio	1,745,237		1,836,982	1,747,851	1,738,642		494,829		597,517	745,121	758,106		28.4		32.5	42.6	43.6
Oklahoma	623,110		632,812	659,376	665,243		300,179		346,070	398,917	406,908		48.2		54.7	60.5	61.2
Oregon	535,617		534,814	553,468	540,266		186,203		230,737	280,174	287,214		34.8		43.1	50.6	53.2
Pennsylvania	1,798,977		1,813,760	1,742,608	1,732,035		510,121		574,951	686,641	696,531		28.4		31.7	39.4	40.2
Rhode Island	157,347		151,686	142,575	141,456		52,209		53,521	61,127	62,082		33.2		35.3	42.9	43.9
South Carolina	677,411		700,397	722,203	726,003		320,254		361,567	395,033	412,345		47.3		51.6	54.7	56.8
South Dakota	128,598		121,999	125,883	128,016		37,857		39,059	46,718	49,469		29.4		32.0	37.1	38.6
Tennessee	909,161	2	934,444	987,078	964,832		436,298	2	448,431	542,953	554,768		48.0	2	48.0	55.0	57.5
Texas	4,059,353		4,523,575	4,916,401	5,000,193		1,823,029		2,181,697	2,471,212	2,552,819		44.9		48.2	50.3	51.1
Utah	470,265		508,399	585,552	598,294		135,428		164,255	223,943	284,910		28.8		32.3	38.2	47.6
Vermont	102,049		96,638	85,144	83,451		23,986		25,487	31,339	32,748		23.5		26.4	36.8	39.2
Virginia	1,067,710		1,167,860	1,250,206	1,227,099		320,233		377,725	458,879	480,821		30.0		32.3	36.7	39.2
Washington	1,004,770	2	1,031,967	1,043,466	1,041,934		326,295	2	376,198	418,065	463,246		32.5	2	36.5	40.1	44.5
West Virginia	286,285		280,699	282,879	282,870		143,446		137,878	145,605	149,407		50.1		49.1	51.5	52.8
Wisconsin	859,276		864,207	872,164	869,670		219,276		256,645	342,660	354,527		25.5		29.7	39.3	40.8
Wyoming	89,895		84,402	88,779	89,363		43,483		26,707	32,968	33,145		48.4		31.6	37.1	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. State-level imputations for 2011-12 were based on the reported percentages for 2010-11 applied to the 2011-12 enrollments.

NOTE: Table reflects counts of students enrolled in all 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, 2005-06, 2010-11, and 2011-12. (This table was prepared September 2013.)