Table 204.10.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2012-13

State	Number of students						Number of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch						Percent of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
	2000-01		2010-11	2011-12		2012-13	2000-01		2010-11	2011-12		2012-13	2000-01		2010-11	2011-12		2012-13
1	2		3	4		5	6		7	8		9	10		11	12		13
United States	46,579,068	1	48,941,267	48,995,812	1	49,084,316	17,839,867	1	23,544,479	24,291,646	1	25,188,294	38.3	1	48.1	49.6	1	51.3
Alabama	728,351		730,427	731,556		740,475	335,143		402,386	420,447		429,604	46.0		55.1	57.5		58.0
Alaska	105,333		132,104	131,166		131,483	32,468		50,701	53,238		53,082	30.8		38.4	40.6		40.4
Arizona	877,696	2	1,067,210	1,024,454		990,378	274,277	2	482,044	511,885		514,193	31.2	2	45.2	50.0		51.9
Arkansas	449,959		482,114	483,114		486,157	205,058		291,608	294,324		298,573	45.6		60.5	60.9		61.4
California	6,050,753		6,169,427	6,202,862	2	6,178,788	2,820,611		3,335,885	3,353,964	2	3,478,407	46.6		54.1	54.1	2	56.3
Colorado	724,349		842,864	853,610		863,121	195,148		336,426	348,896		358,876	26.9		39.9	40.9		41.6
Connecticut	562,179	2	552,919	543,883		549,295	143,030	2	190,554	194,339		201,085	25.4	2	34.5	35.7		36.6
Delaware	114,676		128,342	128,470		127,791	37,766		61,564	62,774		66,413	32.9		48.0	48.9		52.0
District of Columbia	68,380		71,263	72,329		75,411	47,839		52,027	45,199		46,416	70.0		73.0	62.5		61.6
Florida	2,434,755		2,641,555	2,668,037		2,691,881	1,079,009		1,479,519	1,535,670		1,576,379	44.3		56.0	57.6		58.6
Georgia	1,444,937		1,676,419	1,682,447		1,702,766	624,511		961,954	986,865		1,017,193	43.2		57.4	58.7		59.7
Hawaii	184,357		179,601	182,705		184,760	80,657		84,106	90,021		93,457	43.8		46.8	49.3		50.6
Idaho	244,755		275,815	276,969		279,277	85,824		124,104	135,642		134,560	35.1		45.0	49.0		48.2
Illinois	2,048,792	2	1,973,401	2,068,926		2,031,835	759,973	2	921,471	1,014,713		1,027,336	37.1	2	46.7	49.0		50.6
Indiana	977,219		1,038,817	1,037,779		1,039,797	285,267		485,728	497,663		509,604	29.2		46.8	48.0		49.0
Iowa	492,021		484,856	485,358		490,630	131,553		188,486	194,146		200,417	26.7		38.9	40.0		40.8
Kansas	462,594		479,953	481,519		470,283	154,693		228,852	235,362		233,322	33.4		47.7	48.9		49.6
Kentucky	626,723		673,128	677,628		675,167	298,334		380,773	368,355		373,837	47.6		56.6	54.4		55.4
Louisiana	741,162		695,772	702,301		693,980	433,068		460,546	471,347		459,617	58.4		66.2	67.1		66.2
Maine	198,532		183,477	178,989	2	179,323	60,162		78,915	76,985	2	80,636	30.3		43.0	43.0	2	45.0
Maryland	852,911		852,202	854,060		856,775	255,872		341,557	356,631		366,695	30.0		40.1	41.8		42.8
Massachusetts	979,590		955,301	952,044		952,970	237,871		326,849	334,511		352,988	24.3		34.2	35.1		37.0
Michigan	1,703,260		1,551,861	1,532,809		1,511,030	504,044		719,800	735,010		724,340	29.6		46.4	48.0		47.9
Minnesota	854,154		837,930	839,645		845,291	218,867		306,136	311,645		323,459	25.6		36.5	37.1		38.3
Mississippi	497,421		489,462	487,870		491,220	319,670		345,734	348,664		352,084	64.3		70.6	71.5		71.7
Missouri	912,247		902,375	885,138		898,402	315,608		406,358	411,750		408,726	34.6		45.0	46.5		45.5
Montana	154,438		140,497	142,349		142,908	47,415		57,836	57,349		60,262	30.7		41.2	40.3		42.2
Nebraska	286,138		298,276	301,296		303,332	87,045		127,114	132,010		133,912	30.4		42.6	43.8		44.1
Nevada	282,621		436,840	438,745		443,158	92,978		219,904	237,212		228,660	32.9		50.3	54.1		51.6
New Hampshire	206,919		194,001	190,784		187,940	31,212		48,904	50,123		50,596	15.1		25.2	26.3		26.9
New Jersey	1,312,983		1,356,882	1,316,792		1,363,967	357,728		444,735	467,798		501,804	27.2		32.8	35.5		36.8
New Mexico	320,303		335,810	333,331		335,922	174,939		227,077	228,227		229,249	54.6		67.6	68.5		68.2
New York	2,859,927		2,722,761	2,685,751		2,708,341	1,236,945		1,315,564	1,334,698		1,297,148	43.3		48.3	49.7		47.9
North Carolina	1,194,371		1,487,699	1,497,711		1,506,080	470,316		747,978	784,268		809,732	39.4		50.3	52.4		53.8
North Dakota	109,201		94,273	94,018		98,993	31,840		29,929	30,870		30,330	29.2		31.7	32.8		30.6
Ohio	1,745,237		1,747,851	1,738,642		1,656,390	494,829		745,121	758,106		674,438	28.4		42.6	43.6		40.7
Oklahoma	623,110		659,376	665,243		665,404	300,179		398,917	406,908		410,378	48.2		60.5	61.2		61.7
Oregon	535,617		553,468	540,266		533,966	186,203		280,174	287,214		286,635	34.8		50.6	53.2		53.7
Pennsylvania	1,798,977		1,742,608	1,732,035		1,716,262	510,121		686,641	696,531		712,584	28.4		39.4	40.2		41.5
Rhode Island	157,347		142,575	141,456		141,124	52,209		61,127	62,082		65,184	33.2		42.9	43.9		46.2
South Carolina	677,411		722,203	726,003		735,998	320,254		395,033	412,345		427,396	47.3		54.7	56.8		58.1
South Dakota	128,598		125,883	128,016		130,294	37,857		46,718	49,469		51,678	29.4		37.1	38.6		39.7
Tennessee	909,161	2	987,078	964,832		982,312	436,298	2	542,953	554,768		575,522	48.0	2	55.0	57.5		58.6
Texas	4,059,353		4,916,401	5,000,193		5,077,507	1,823,029		2,471,212	2,552,819		3,059,657	44.9		50.3	51.1		60.3
Utah	470,265		585,552	598,294		600,146	135,428		223,943	284,910		362,933	28.8		38.2	47.6		60.5
Vermont	102,049		85,144	83,451		83,568	23,986		31,339	32,748		32,581	23.5		36.8	39.2		39.0
Virginia	1,067,710		1,250,206	1,227,099		1,235,561	320,233		458,879	480,821		487,463	30.0		36.7	39.2		39.5
Washington	1,004,770	2	1,043,466	1,041,934		1,050,904	326,295	2	418,065	463,246		474,940	32.5	2	40.1	44.5		45.2
West Virginia	286,285		282,879	282,870		283,044	143,446		145,605	149,407		148,493	50.1		51.5	52.8		52.5
Wisconsin	859,276		872,164	869,670		871,376	219,276		342,660	354,527		360,803	25.5		39.3	40.8		41.4
Wyoming	89,895		88,779	89,363		91,533	43,483		32,968	33,145		34,617	48.4		37.1	37.1		37.8

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, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13. (This table was prepared December 2014.)