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Table 7.    Number and percent of students in city, suburban, town, and rural regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09
 
Total City Suburban Town Rural
Number
of students		 Percent
of students		 Number
of students		 Percent
of students		 Number
of students		Percent of students Number
of students		Percent
of students		 Number
of students		Percent
of students
State or jurisdiction        
United States1  21,074,144 44.5   7,855,672 57.5   5,917,161 35.8   2,781,394 47.6   4,519,917 40.0
                             
Alabama 387,791 52.4   97,038 62.6   55,717 43.0   54,928 52.9   180,108 51.2
Alaska 43,489 37.3   15,997 37.0   881 22.9   8,138 27.9   18,473 45.8
Arizona 507,358 47.8   257,775 54.0   81,585 36.1   63,128 57.7   104,870 42.2
Arkansas 272,210 57.1   69,677 58.2   23,111 49.9   64,674 59.9   114,748 56.5
California 3,163,428 52.9   1,510,030 58.0   1,165,373 48.8   233,793 60.1   254,232 42.9
                             
Colorado 284,070 35.4   128,931 50.0   79,696 28.8   31,529 34.9   43,914 24.9
Connecticut 162,816 30.3   83,808 57.2   65,214 22.3   6,372 28.2   7,422 9.7
Delaware 45,734 40.7   7,579 53.7   21,246 39.8   7,969 40.7   8,940 35.3
District of Columbia 44,547 68.9   44,547 68.9   0 0.0   0 0.0   0 0.0
Florida 1,275,108 49.6   321,563 53.3   654,109 48.7   84,153 58.5   215,283 44.6
                             
Georgia 876,306 53.0   157,408 68.9   322,524 48.6   110,286 60.3   286,088 49.5
Hawaii 74,741 41.7   16,481 40.0   28,376 39.5   18,486 43.3   11,398 48.7
Idaho 106,630 39.6   27,185 36.3   15,535 34.9   26,512 44.0   37,398 41.8
Illinois 832,768 42.1   402,095 67.4   272,454 31.2   81,723 38.5   76,496 25.9
Indiana 435,102 41.7   169,903 58.6   86,584 34.9   74,911 42.1   103,704 31.8
                             
Iowa 163,658 34.2   56,739 44.4   8,375 20.3   48,414 37.3   50,130 27.9
Kansas 201,863 42.9   67,617 58.7   16,846 25.0   61,875 49.1   55,525 34.4
Kentucky 341,213 52.3   72,435 55.3   38,548 40.6   75,934 52.7   154,296 54.6
Louisiana 418,429 64.3   119,042 69.7   87,651 57.9   86,628 70.4   125,108 60.8
Maine 71,381 38.1   9,952 43.0   5,046 21.2   15,148 39.5   41,235 40.4
                             
Maryland 284,537 34.6   71,695 54.7   167,094 33.8   13,967 29.2   31,781 21.3
Massachusetts 274,560 30.0   107,949 58.6   145,812 24.0   5,997 30.8   14,802 14.1
Michigan 639,246 41.1   227,903 59.8   203,160 32.9   73,387 39.0   134,796 36.7
Minnesota 259,392 32.4   76,638 47.0   64,055 26.5   48,450 29.7   70,249 30.3
Mississippi 335,981 68.4   40,798 80.0   25,468 51.9   112,191 76.2   157,524 64.6
                             
Missouri 352,283 38.8   72,581 45.5   82,984 30.4   78,050 43.2   118,668 40.2
Montana 51,930 37.0   10,005 32.8   1,845 37.0   18,149 35.2   21,931 41.2
Nebraska 111,969 38.5   42,977 44.6   9,952 28.1   29,539 42.5   29,501 32.8
Nevada 167,755 40.1   72,219 45.3   62,340 41.9   11,441 35.4   21,755 28.1
New Hampshire 40,496 20.5   10,284 36.3   8,389 13.5   8,813 25.6   13,010 17.8
                             
New Jersey 402,556 29.9   81,667 61.1   289,717 27.4   9,298 36.1   21,874 16.6
New Mexico 199,694 62.9   55,353 51.6   28,770 65.0   59,612 67.8   55,959 72.0
New York 1,194,468 44.7   809,025 70.0   202,120 21.1   72,891 36.3   110,432 30.7
North Carolina 489,731 45.8   147,590 50.8   57,740 35.7   76,556 51.8   207,845 44.3
North Dakota 29,947 31.6   6,949 26.9   2,132 28.1   6,179 32.8   14,687 34.6
                             
Ohio 658,071 36.4   212,601 60.2   206,701 28.9   99,824 38.0   138,945 29.1
Oklahoma 361,479 56.2   92,654 66.7   50,658 41.4   89,984 58.5   128,183 56.3
Oregon 253,038 46.1   81,862 47.0   50,844 39.1   76,076 52.2   44,256 44.9
Pennsylvania 581,600 35.8   212,270 73.2   180,236 24.3   74,437 35.3   114,657 30.2
Rhode Island 54,640 40.1   25,218 58.1   25,517 36.2   721 27.2   3,184 16.2
                             
South Carolina 375,160 52.5   58,735 51.8   82,538 44.7   66,529 63.4   167,358 53.6
South Dakota 43,528 35.3   11,263 36.6   636 35.8   10,927 30.5   20,702 37.6
Tennessee 483,691 51.1   175,151 62.2   54,572 34.9   77,207 53.8   176,761 48.3
Texas 2,268,577 48.5   1,059,505 55.5   486,907 41.8   276,234 53.7   445,931 41.2
Utah 170,574 31.4   47,356 52.8   71,283 24.0   26,179 35.7   25,756 31.1
                             
Vermont 27,115 31.6   2,120 35.5   1,972 21.9   8,009 35.0   15,014 31.3
Virginia 407,442 33.1   128,972 45.2   119,939 25.1   38,847 42.5   119,684 31.7
Washington 388,509 39.8   125,615 47.5   139,339 32.7   61,023 49.8   62,532 38.4
West Virginia 140,625 49.9   17,774 46.8   20,594 45.4   35,078 49.0   67,179 53.0
Wisconsin 290,435 33.5   129,066 54.1   44,273 21.7   50,521 27.5   66,575 27.7
Wyoming 26,473 30.8   6,075 29.5   703 60.9   10,677 29.3   9,018 32.5
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 — —   † †   † †   † †   † †
DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 — —   † †   † †   † †   † †
Bureau of Indian Education 40,314 98.7   † †   † †   † †   † †
American Samoa — —   † †   † †   † †   † †
Guam — —   † †   † †   † †   † †
Commonwealth of
   the Northern
   Marianas Islands		 10,744 99.2   † †   † †   † †   † †
Puerto Rico 442,808 91.4   75,905 91.4   301,388 91.4   14,966 91.4   50,549 91.4
U.S. Virgin Islands 15,673 99.4   † †   † †   † †   † †
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: City includes the subcategories of Large City, Mid-size City, and Small City. Suburban includes the subcategories of Large Suburb, Mid-size Suburb, and Small Suburb. Town includes the subcategories of Town, Fringe; Town, Distant; and Town, Remote. Rural includes the subcategories of Rural, Fringe; Rural, Distant; and Rural, Remote. See Appendix B: Common Core of Data Definitions. The number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch was unavailable for 2.5 percent of U.S. schools, which included 1.8 percent of all students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a.

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