Table 204.10.

Number and percentage of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2015-16

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	2014-15	2015-16	2000-01		2010-11	2014-15	2015-16		2000-01		2010-11	2014-15	2015-16
1	2		3	4	5	6		7	9	9		10		11	12	13
United States	46,579,068	1	48,941,267	49,864,608	49,753,676	17,839,867	1	23,544,479	25,826,297	25,900,186	1	38.3	1	48.1	51.8	52.1	1
Alabama	728,351		730,427	743,655	742,919	335,143		402,386	384,985	379,554		46.0		55.1	51.8	51.1
Alaska	105,333		132,104	131,158	132,466	32,468		50,701	56,566	56,625		30.8		38.4	43.1	42.7
Arizona	877,696	2	1,067,210	1,003,956	973,369	274,277	2	482,044	431,924	488,182		31.2	2	45.2	43.0	50.2
Arkansas	449,959		482,114	490,917	491,485	205,058		291,608	305,657	312,477		45.6		60.5	62.3	63.6
California	6,050,753		6,169,427	6,222,265	6,208,436	2,820,611		3,335,885	3,651,095	3,657,497		46.6		54.1	58.7	58.9
Colorado	724,349		842,864	888,721	899,008	195,148		336,426	369,738	376,162		26.9		39.9	41.6	41.8
Connecticut	562,179	2	552,919	542,412	537,536	143,030	2	190,554	204,521	203,774		25.4	2	34.5	37.7	37.9
Delaware	114,676		128,342	133,835	133,792	37,766		61,564	49,598	50,459		32.9		48.0	37.1	37.7
District of Columbia	68,380		71,263	80,907	83,009	47,839		52,027	74,760	63,402		70.0		73.0	92.4	76.4
Florida	2,434,755		2,641,555	2,755,825	2,791,193	1,079,009		1,479,519	1,609,398	1,640,217		44.3		56.0	58.4	58.8
Georgia	1,444,937		1,676,419	1,744,397	1,756,579	624,511		961,954	1,088,688	1,096,426		43.2		57.4	62.4	62.4
Hawaii	184,357		179,601	182,384	181,991	80,657		84,106	91,385	90,298		43.8		46.8	50.1	49.6
Idaho	244,755		275,815	290,860	292,233	85,824		124,104	141,199	137,145		35.1		45.0	48.5	46.9
Illinois	2,048,792	2	1,973,401	2,041,615	2,018,688	759,973	2	921,471	1,104,382	1,006,936		37.1	2	46.7	54.1	49.9
Indiana	977,219		1,038,817	1,044,411	1,045,235	285,267		485,728	513,987	504,787		29.2		46.8	49.2	48.3
Iowa	492,021		484,856	496,848	500,102	131,553		188,486	202,288	207,129		26.7		38.9	40.7	41.4
Kansas	462,594		479,953	490,859	488,568	154,693		228,852	244,715	240,209		33.4		47.7	49.9	49.2
Kentucky	626,723		673,128	688,586	686,113	298,334		380,773	391,714	407,754		47.6		56.6	56.9	59.4
Louisiana	741,162		695,772	716,796	683,839	433,068		460,546	455,884	419,284		58.4		66.2	63.6	61.3
Maine	198,532		183,477	177,278	176,400	60,162		78,915	83,544	81,172		30.3		43.0	47.1	46.0
Maryland	852,911		852,202	874,500	879,580	255,872		341,557	393,773	395,834		30.0		40.1	45.0	45.0
Massachusetts	979,590		955,301	955,840	953,423	237,871		326,849	381,601	380,636	3	24.3		34.2	39.9	39.9	3
Michigan	1,703,260		1,551,861	1,491,721	1,484,270	504,044		719,800	695,328	684,945		29.6		46.4	46.6	46.1
Minnesota	854,154		837,930	856,895	863,719	218,867		306,136	328,531	329,124		25.6		36.5	38.3	38.1
Mississippi	497,421		489,462	490,917	487,195	319,670		345,734	361,714	365,109		64.3		70.6	73.7	74.9
Missouri	912,247		902,375	918,090	917,862	315,608		406,358	470,927	460,004		34.6		45.0	51.3	50.1
Montana	154,438		140,497	144,373	140,868	47,415		57,836	63,014	65,095		30.7		41.2	43.6	46.2
Nebraska	286,138		298,276	312,600	316,009	87,045		127,114	138,379	139,569		30.4		42.6	44.3	44.2
Nevada	282,621		436,840	458,371	455,144	92,978		219,904	239,865	267,801		32.9		50.3	52.3	58.8
New Hampshire	206,919		194,001	183,597	181,307	31,212		48,904	53,232	51,343		15.1		25.2	29.0	28.3
New Jersey	1,312,983		1,356,882	1,368,423	1,368,639	357,728		444,735	502,980	514,386		27.2		32.8	36.8	37.6
New Mexico	320,303		335,810	338,108	334,061	174,939		227,077	211,610	239,540		54.6		67.6	62.6	71.7
New York	2,859,927		2,722,761	2,719,683	2,660,164	1,236,945		1,315,564	1,384,233	1,316,954		43.3		48.3	50.9	49.5
North Carolina	1,194,371		1,487,699	1,535,440	1,544,677	470,316		747,978	878,771	885,934		39.4		50.3	57.2	57.4
North Dakota	109,201		94,273	104,327	106,358	31,840		29,929	30,429	31,764		29.2		31.7	29.2	29.9
Ohio	1,745,237		1,747,851	1,723,450	1,707,833	494,829		745,121	776,616	766,460		28.4		42.6	45.1	44.9
Oklahoma	623,110		659,376	680,176	682,309	300,179		398,917	413,971	424,665		48.2		60.5	60.9	62.2
Oregon	535,617		553,468	543,924	549,322	186,203		280,174	287,720	282,506		34.8		50.6	52.9	51.4
Pennsylvania	1,798,977		1,742,608	1,723,315	1,665,328	510,121		686,641	786,304	802,045		28.4		39.4	45.6	48.2
Rhode Island	157,347		142,575	140,364	140,427	52,209		61,127	65,641	65,995		33.2		42.9	46.8	47.0
South Carolina	677,411		722,203	754,108	763,483	320,254		395,033	421,291	458,287		47.3		54.7	55.9	60.0
South Dakota	128,598		125,883	132,655	133,746	37,857		46,718	52,455	55,715		29.4		37.1	39.5	41.7
Tennessee	909,161	2	987,078	994,203	974,752	436,298	2	542,953	555,693	573,256		48.0	2	55.0	55.9	58.8
Texas	4,059,353		4,916,401	5,233,238	5,300,136	1,823,029		2,471,212	3,074,591	3,123,844		44.9		50.3	58.8	58.9
Utah	470,265		585,552	635,539	647,843	135,428		223,943	234,642	235,644		28.8		38.2	36.9	36.4
Vermont	102,049		85,144	84,403	84,355	23,986		31,339	32,979	32,354		23.5		36.8	39.1	38.4
Virginia	1,067,710		1,250,206	1,280,345	1,271,067	320,233		458,879	514,785	523,972		30.0		36.7	40.2	41.2
Washington	1,004,770	2	1,043,466	1,073,536	1,086,805	326,295	2	418,065	493,292	493,019		32.5	2	40.1	46.0	45.4
West Virginia	286,285		282,879	280,309	277,445	143,446		145,605	129,309	137,177		50.1		51.5	46.1	49.4
Wisconsin	859,276		872,164	870,436	857,907	219,276		342,660	361,200	342,247		25.5		39.3	41.5	39.9
Wyoming	89,895		88,779	94,037	94,681	43,483		32,968	35,393	35,473		48.4		37.1	37.6	37.5

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.

3 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations for 2015-16 were based on the reported percentages for 2014-15 applied to the 2015-16 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, 2014-15, and 2015-16. (This table was prepared June 2018.)