Child Hunger and Nutrition Key Facts ......................................................................................................................... F-2 Children Receiving Food Stamps/SNAP, 1989-2009 (graph)........................................... F-3 Food Stamp/SNAP Recipients, December 2007 – December 2010 (graph).................... F-3 Average Number of Children Receiving Food Stamps Each Month, FYs 1989-2009 ...... F-4 Prevalence of Household Level Food Insecurity, by State, 2007-2009 (Average) ........... F-5 Number of Children by Food Security Status of Households and Selected Household Characteristics, 2009........................................................................................................ F-6 National School Lunch Program....................................................................................... F-6 Children in National School Lunch Program, FY 2010 ..................................................... F-7 Children in National School Breakfast Program, FY 2010................................................ F-8 Children in Summer Food Service Program, FY 2010 ..................................................... F-9 Participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, FY 2010 ................................. F-10 Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), FY 2008 ......................................................................................... F-11
Child Hunger and Nutrition
P
roper nutrition is essential to a child’s health, development and well-being, but more than 16 million U.S. households struggle to afford the food that their family needs. Food insecurity, which refers to the availability of and access to food for the household, is particularly devastating for children. Hunger and poor nutrition are linked to low birthweight and birth defects, obesity, mental health problems, dental health problem, and poor education outcomes. Federal child nutrition programs offer a critical lifeline for children living in food insecure families. • In 43 states and the District of Columbia, more than one in 10 households has limited access to adequate food. • One in seven Americans receives SNAP benefits (Food Stamps) that help them put food on the table. The overwhelming majority – three quarters – are in families with children. • During 2009, an average of 15.6 million children received food stamps each month, an increase of 65 percent in just 10 years. This increase accompanied the increase of children living in poverty over the same time period and the recent recession. • In 2010, nearly 32 million children participated in the National School Lunch program. Almost two-thirds of them lived in families with income low enough to qualify them for either free or reduced-price meals. • Only one in nine low-income children who eats a free or reduced price school lunch during the school year is reached by the Summer Food Service Program. • Almost nine million women and children participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Infants and young children make up 76 percent of the programs beneficiaries. Since the recession began in late 2007, participation has increased by more than 800,000.
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Children’s Defense Fund
After peaking in 1994, the number of children receiving food stamps has been rising rapidly again since 2000, reaching a record 15.6 million children in 2009.
Children Receiving Food Stamps/SNAP, 1989–2009 16
15.6
15 14
In millions
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 0 1989
1994
1999
2004
2009
Note: The name of the Food Stamp Program was changed to SNAP in 2008. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2009, Table 3.5
The 38.2 million people receiving SNAP benefits in October 2009 was the largest number ever receiving food stamps.
Food Stamp/SNAP Recipients, December 2007 – December 2010 38.2
45
Number of recipients in millions
40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0
Dec 2007
May 2008
Oct 2008
Mar 2009
Aug 2009
Jan 2010
May 2010
Aug 2010
Dec 2010
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, at <http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34SNAPmonthly.htm>.
State of America’s Children® 2011
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During 2009 an average of 15.6 million children received food stamps each month, an increase of 65 percent in 10 years.
Average Number of Children Receiving Food Stamps Each Month, FYs 1989â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2009 FY 1989
FY 1994
FY 1999
FY 2004
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
203,627 13,852 142,460 103,406 1,130,068 108,030 62,617 15,639 29,772 319,164 247,169 39,780 29,783 480,701 139,258 80,704 60,856 190,408 356,575 38,077 127,879 153,172 445,279 120,559 224,555 192,188 26,322 45,161 19,408 9,273 191,648 75,537 722,389 177,509 18,890 492,247 123,659 90,838 441,560 29,370 137,577 25,213 230,158 846,306 52,402 14,362 148,798 153,771 111,043 175,538 14,572
280,653 24,710 280,587 134,327 2,206,228 142,831 123,647 28,661 52,408 748,014 415,623 56,673 43,834 546,825 254,607 96,003 89,723 228,424 403,454 59,146 206,048 240,069 539,922 175,763 252,405 295,224 35,654 62,558 45,887 30,016 290,707 126,461 1,094,408 313,632 22,968 598,321 190,671 134,838 544,571 51,496 205,812 24,734 347,335 1,406,259 68,105 29,579 275,223 231,318 135,908 181,645 16,868
216,200 20,743 150,380 130,021 1,336,701 84,579 86,894 19,432 42,400 425,329 328,559 61,446 29,799 397,268 159,095 60,457 56,731 167,608 280,474 41,572 142,036 131,011 343,440 95,861 152,968 197,603 28,819 45,471 28,936 19,239 193,346 92,563 718,290 258,261 16,147 305,001 131,670 103,126 395,157 41,458 157,901 22,140 217,141 800,811 53,059 18,208 168,992 152,780 96,025 96,597 12,554
256,164 26,409 297,908 160,903 1,241,903 123,636 87,480 28,835 40,083 532,930 421,231 41,147 45,628 529,423 259,955 83,382 78,205 235,191 355,683 50,107 129,061 178,840 449,409 114,724 200,443 291,754 37,002 58,361 59,580 24,456 176,165 118,897 641,795 385,631 18,638 466,333 180,314 185,357 447,651 39,641 250,296 28,656 344,082 1,256,104 67,001 15,969 217,235 192,982 109,115 176,275 14,199
276,831 25,630 298,550 176,187 1,296,318 127,338 80,830 33,312 34,796 546,972 474,327 36,989 44,148 593,394 279,973 105,476 84,800 251,041 307,897 61,232 145,358 191,733 530,380 134,878 207,351 427,138 34,452 59,053 59,270 25,313 192,124 121,240 711,247 430,347 20,513 490,566 198,018 183,006 479,009 35,963 257,284 29,105 374,945 1,365,363 63,880 18,822 235,793 219,633 104,475 202,616 10,681
291,898 26,523 341,683 177,424 1,390,566 129,819 84,597 37,847 35,532 640,032 516,910 38,777 51,601 605,282 297,523 111,610 84,907 257,537 323,236 64,234 159,185 207,960 526,251 139,669 217,663 459,828 34,988 59,931 69,267 25,913 206,272 123,018 779,428 459,199 21,997 523,686 193,676 185,055 502,300 38,382 271,376 30,856 394,134 1,412,481 70,383 21,322 254,592 246,904 108,705 207,662 11,320
335,000 29,000 414,000 190,000 1,586,000 164,000 98,000 46,000 39,000 841,000 624,000 46,000 71,000 676,000 327,000 133,000 100,000 298,000 342,000 74,000 204,000 247,000 575,000 161,000 238,000 359,000 40,000 66,000 96,000 32,000 230,000 151,000 895,000 547,000 23,000 623,000 219,000 228,000 551,000 44,000 312,000 36,000 458,000 1,685,000 97,000 27,000 288,000 328,000 120,000 263,000 13,000
United States
9,429,127
14,390,783
9,332,299
11,772,169
12,695,597
13,470,941
15,589,000
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations from Fiscal Year QC database.
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Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Fund
In all but seven states, more than one in 10 households have limited access to adequate food.
Prevalence of Household Level Food Insecurity,1 by State, 2007–2009 (Average) Food Insecurity (Low or Very Low Food Security) Percent Arkansas Texas Mississippi Georgia Oklahoma Tennesse Alabama Missouri Maine North Carolina Ohio New Mexico Arizona Florida Kansas California Washington Oregon Rhode Island Vermont South Carolina Kentucky Michigan West Virginia Alaska District of Columbia Nevada Montana New York Indiana Colorado Illinois Nebraska Pennsylvania Utah Idaho Iowa New Jersey Conneticut Hawaii Wisconsin South Dakota Maryland Minnesota Louisiana Massachusetts Wyoming Delaware Virginia New Hampshire North Dakota 1
17.7% 17.4 17.1 15.6 15.2 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.7 14.5 14.2 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.9 13.7 13.6 13.5 13.4 13.4 13.4 12.9 12.9 12.8 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.2 12.2 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.2 11.1 10.5 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.5 9.2 8.9 6.7
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 9 9 9 12 13 14 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 22 25 25 27 28 28 30 31 31 31 34 34 36 37 37 39 39 39 42 43 44 45 45 47 48 49 50 51
Food Insecurity: access to adequate food is limited by lack of money or other resources
Source: Nord, Mark, Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson. Household Food Insecurity in the United States, 2009. ERR-108, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November 2010.
State of America’s Children® 2011
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Children in Black and Hispanic households are more than twice as likely as children in White households to experience food insecurity.
Number of Children by Food Security Status of Households and Selected Household Characteristics, 2009 In Food Secure Households
In Food Insecure Households 1
Race and Ethnicity of Households
Total
Number (1,000’s)
Percent
Number (1,000’s)
White non-Hispanic Black non Hispanic Hispanic Other
43,582 10,840 15,139 4,646
36,299 7,088 9,861 3,726
83.3% 65.4 65.1 81.0
7,283 3,752 5,278 884
Percent
16.7% 34.6 35.0 19.0
1 Food Insecurity: access to adequate food is limited by lack of money or other resources (same source as chart)
Source: Nord, Mark, Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Margaret Andrews, and Steven Carlson. Household Food Security in the United States, 2009. ERR-108, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November 2010.
The number of free or reduced-price school lunches increased 15 percent over the past decade.
National School Lunch Program Fiscal Year
Average participation 1 (in millions)
Total lunches served (in millions)
Percent of free/reduced price lunches
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
24.2 24.1 24.2 24.6 24.9 25.3 25.7 25.9 26.3 26.6 27.0 27.3 27.5 28.0 28.4 29.0 29.6 30.1 30.6 31.0 31.0 31.8
4,004.90 4,009.00 4,050.70 4,101.40 4,137.70 4,201.60 4,253.30 4,313.20 4,409.00 4,425.00 4,513.60 4,575.00 4,585.20 4,716.60 4,762.90 4,842.40 4,976.50 5,027.90 5,071.30 5,208.60 5,186.20 5,278.50
47.2% 48.3 50.4 53.1 54.8 55.9 56.4 56.9 57.6 57.8 57.6 57.1 56.8 57.6 58.5 59.1 59.4 59.3 59.3 60.1 62.5 65.3
1 This including free, reduced and full price lunches.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, (2011). National school lunch program published tables.
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Children’s Defense Fund
Almost 32 million children participate in the National School Lunch Program. Almost two-thirds of them receive free or reduced-price meals. Since the recession began in late 2007, participation increased by 1.2 million children,
Children in National School Lunch Program, FY 2010 Free Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming United States
Reduced Price
Full Price
Total
333,656 31,265 424,527 210,772 2,168,157 198,322 126,467 46,216 34,140 1,045,815 752,091 49,898 81,639 688,772 359,587 131,229 151,311 294,467 361,586 53,411 221,532 237,182 510,883 410,881 282,237 310,656 38,161 88,781 120,798 32,254 342,533 148,942 1,014,790 558,889 23,190 561,058 262,776 185,688 489,071 45,253 311,555 39,484 414,516 2,167,736 127,676 21,861 326,235 289,748 102,855 238,038 19,409
47,961 6,401 61,253 38,169 392,205 41,339 26,326 6,300 3,742 166,881 115,793 14,140 22,133 90,765 78,702 35,171 38,444 51,274 46,473 9,618 42,645 38,659 78,091 115,873 36,269 60,583 9,916 25,639 19,889 8,478 68,563 24,656 174,888 90,752 6,812 94,241 45,580 31,168 101,031 7,214 40,336 10,392 58,134 302,901 39,922 4,785 68,945 60,261 21,258 49,858 6,942
197,592 17,057 183,502 104,846 679,932 160,593 150,862 39,482 8,485 396,381 435,392 53,288 66,065 388,074 369,498 231,280 170,882 210,522 187,876 47,673 169,367 268,289 331,127 716,500 87,071 278,300 39,400 131,846 47,331 69,260 310,491 53,929 637,171 306,172 52,441 476,378 140,860 98,361 569,613 26,065 150,075 58,174 227,226 890,117 178,270 28,417 362,674 193,895 88,568 314,603 30,190
579,210 54,723 669,283 353,787 3,240,295 400,254 303,655 91,998 46,367 1,609,077 1,303,276 117,326 169,837 1,167,611 807,786 397,681 360,637 556,263 595,935 110,702 433,544 544,130 920,101 1,243,254 405,577 649,539 87,478 246,266 188,017 109,991 721,587 227,526 1,826,848 955,813 82,443 1,131,677 449,216 315,217 1,159,714 78,531 501,965 108,050 699,875 3,360,754 345,867 55,063 757,854 543,904 212,682 602,499 56,540
17,487,995
3,037,768
11,431,460
31,957,223
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations.
State of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ChildrenÂŽ 2011
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More than 80 percent of the 11.5 million children in the National School Breakfast Program receive free or reduced-price breakfasts.
Children in National School Breakfast Program, FY 2010 Free
Reduced Price
Full Price
Total
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
171,944 12,578 193,449 118,721 973,625 78,408 53,892 23,730 17,104 487,285 434,207 20,620 45,134 275,770 168,599 52,773 70,025 178,232 200,843 26,523 104,109 106,252 250,326 95,500 171,090 168,963 17,637 35,887 43,282 13,114 137,876 92,828 433,464 284,425 10,905 275,394 159,172 96,586 220,423 18,749 194,675 17,851 225,336 1,259,525 48,177 13,413 164,825 129,031 59,640 102,631 8,800
15,672 1,957 21,003 15,430 137,367 13,873 6,228 2,324 1,738 55,245 49,673 4,205 8,770 21,912 21,753 8,369 11,618 21,850 17,170 4,171 15,848 10,231 22,551 19,773 14,504 22,881 2,996 6,553 5,433 1,908 16,675 13,007 55,881 30,956 1,899 27,941 20,709 15,083 26,933 1,889 18,426 2,540 23,296 133,390 8,321 2,511 23,175 22,689 9,498 14,005 2,007
29,933 4,133 38,745 23,030 134,056 21,292 11,541 8,473 3,597 102,366 97,647 11,209 16,831 38,993 38,514 23,713 17,951 45,917 36,093 9,548 37,986 22,631 53,310 41,360 18,878 49,837 5,862 17,197 6,578 8,545 26,634 24,311 112,236 55,324 8,187 74,015 38,370 29,507 71,876 3,948 43,003 5,802 43,215 246,751 13,319 6,280 57,058 25,055 26,846 34,894 4,419
217,549 18,668 253,196 157,181 1,245,048 113,574 71,661 34,527 22,438 644,897 581,528 36,034 70,735 336,675 228,866 84,855 99,594 245,999 254,106 40,242 157,943 139,114 326,187 156,634 204,472 241,681 26,495 59,637 55,293 23,567 181,185 130,147 601,581 370,706 20,991 377,350 218,251 141,177 319,232 24,587 256,104 26,193 291,847 1,639,666 69,817 22,204 245,058 176,775 95,984 151,530 15,226
United States
8,563,351
1,033,838
1,926,816
11,524,004
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations.
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Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Fund
Only one in nine low-income children who received free or reduced-price school lunch during the school year is reached by the Summer Food Service Program.
Children in Summer Food Service Program, FY 2010 National School Lunch Program Total children Reduced-price receiving free or reduced-price meals Free meals meals Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming United States
Total children in Summer Food Service Program
381,617 37,665 485,780 248,941 2,560,362 239,661 152,793 52,516 37,882 1,212,696 867,884 64,038 103,772 779,537 438,288 166,401 189,755 345,741 408,059 63,029 264,177 275,841 588,974 526,754 318,506 371,238 48,077 114,420 140,687 40,731 411,096 173,598 1,189,678 649,641 30,002 655,299 308,356 216,856 590,102 291,320 52,466 351,890 49,876 472,650 2,470,637 167,597 26,646 395,180 350,010 124,113 287,896 26,350
333,656 31,265 424,527 210,772 2,168,157 198,322 126,467 46,216 34,140 1,045,815 752,091 49,898 81,639 688,772 359,587 131,229 151,311 294,467 361,586 53,411 221,532 237,182 510,883 410,881 282,237 310,656 38,161 88,781 120,798 32,254 342,533 148,942 1,014,790 558,889 23,190 561,058 262,776 185,688 489,071 255,982 45,253 311,555 39,484 414,516 2,167,736 127,676 21,861 326,235 289,748 102,855 238,038 19,409
47,961 6,401 61,253 38,169 392,205 41,339 26,326 6,300 3,742 166,881 115,793 14,140 22,133 90,765 78,702 35,171 38,444 51,274 46,473 9,618 42,645 38,659 78,091 115,873 36,269 60,583 9,916 25,639 19,889 8,478 68,563 24,656 174,888 90,752 6,812 94,241 45,580 31,168 101,031 35,337 7,214 40,336 10,392 58,134 302,901 39,922 4,785 68,945 60,261 21,258 49,858 6,942
26,657 4,498 17,508 18,884 117,957 10,229 9,068 10,873 35,034 129,940 70,218 6,244 21,365 56,217 54,765 10,463 18,147 50,137 25,912 7,630 49,585 51,810 64,732 65,380 25,671 24,877 7,304 9,260 5,964 4,604 46,265 37,964 382,067 66,533 2,747 69,034 11,665 37,957 99,943 44,103 7,543 58,733 4,986 29,892 162,636 16,777 2,913 50,767 36,744 16,959 90,626 3,779
20,502,836
17,743,977
3,073,105
2,291,566
Summer Food Service participants as percent of School Lunch free or reduced-price recipients 7.0% 11.9 3.6 7.6 4.6 4.3 5.9 20.7 92.5 10.7 8.1 9.8 20.6 7.2 12.5 6.3 9.6 14.5 6.4 12.1 18.8 18.8 11.0 12.4 8.1 6.7 15.2 8.1 4.2 11.3 11.3 21.9 32.1 10.2 9.2 10.5 3.8 17.5 16.9 15.1 14.4 16.7 10.0 6.3 6.6 10.0 10.9 12.8 10.5 13.7 31.5 14.3 11.2
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations.
State of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ChildrenÂŽ 2011
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Almost 3.3 million children receive nutritious meals and snacks in child care programs through the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, FY 2010 Family child care homes
Child care centers
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
5,682 2,868 11,336 4,886 118,566 5,900 4,831 4,687 205 12,313 19,841 762 1,748 28,418 23,988 12,730 27,754 3,836 31,965 7,117 16,955 21,178 38,938 70,948 2,353 13,648 6,479 18,485 882 1,165 2,504 15,914 64,458 13,979 9,206 24,042 17,819 15,237 14,690 442 2,213 6,244 5,471 10,097 35,866 14,256 3,619 11,161 17,985 4,843 17,977 3,359
United States
831,838
Adult care centers
Total
35,467 7,251 30,538 39,260 181,138 29,471 13,672 11,129 5,004 178,140 118,399 8,180 7,260 96,819 41,372 24,812 21,448 39,217 29,907 4,790 22,377 32,235 47,926 26,287 38,014 50,492 7,972 22,934 8,327 5,837 58,327 23,355 217,458 131,714 7,718 99,495 39,645 29,208 113,829 22,833 6,546 24,093 8,650 53,439 256,727 14,670 3,511 46,485 50,800 17,526 43,912 5,881
2,291 130 579 2,904 21,334 491 749 295 50 4,065 3,429 199 0 1,785 212 559 178 2,831 275 85 7,469 4,591 — 429 476 1,181 13 862 353 335 12,497 182 8,438 896 0 1,513 449 270 1,599 — 574 3,217 0 819 23,188 86 252 1,550 808 123 417 —
43,439 10,248 42,453 47,050 321,037 35,862 19,251 16,111 5,259 194,518 141,668 9,141 9,007 127,022 65,572 38,101 49,380 45,883 62,148 11,992 46,801 58,004 86,864 97,663 40,843 65,321 14,464 42,280 9,562 7,337 73,328 39,451 290,354 146,588 16,924 125,049 57,913 44,715 130,118 23,275 9,332 33,553 14,121 64,354 315,781 29,012 7,381 59,196 69,592 22,492 62,306 9,240
2,461,492
115,021
3,408,351
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, unpublished tabulations.
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Children’s Defense Fund
Infants and young children are 76 percent of WIC recipients. Since the recession began in late 2007, participation increased by more than 800,000.
Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), FY 2008
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming United States
Children ages 1–4
Women
Infants
Total
33,620 6,187 44,932 24,847 338,479 25,923 13,231 5,026 4,696 126,796 64,697 8,774 10,620 74,182 41,819 17,367 18,320 31,599 37,371 5,933 36,624 30,809 54,938 32,601 23,362 37,932 5,010 10,588 16,659 4,213 39,715 15,016 129,655 64,692 3,092 69,717 25,313 27,404 58,139 5,623 35,029 4,597 44,635 244,307 18,829 3,551 41,744 46,527 12,534 29,795 3,253
37,981 6,246 47,670 26,095 314,978 27,049 15,657 6,339 5,073 124,442 65,085 8,812 10,519 85,693 44,637 17,547 19,386 34,297 41,726 5,817 36,977 29,025 59,385 31,675 32,753 40,547 5,304 10,825 16,586 4,508 42,186 16,036 125,429 68,531 3,225 78,395 25,801 24,990 63,093 5,961 37,548 5,290 47,853 242,889 18,347 3,290 39,611 42,911 12,493 30,454 3,159
69,209 13,383 92,599 43,164 785,549 54,751 31,260 12,663 7,704 254,433 134,951 18,734 25,037 149,995 83,680 40,731 39,283 75,871 69,650 14,740 72,811 68,111 128,952 77,323 54,422 71,666 10,359 23,528 32,852 9,641 87,176 35,619 263,749 141,177 7,067 155,568 51,679 60,854 139,648 14,092 62,176 11,053 82,344 505,258 35,359 10,655 78,795 103,949 28,032 67,643 6,269
140,810 25,816 185,201 94,107 1,439,006 107,722 60,148 24,028 17,473 505,671 264,733 36,320 46,175 309,870 170,137 75,645 76,989 141,768 148,747 26,490 146,411 127,944 243,275 141,598 110,537 150,145 20,673 44,941 66,097 18,362 169,078 66,671 518,833 274,400 13,383 303,679 102,793 113,248 260,879 25,676 134,753 20,940 174,832 992,454 72,535 17,496 160,150 193,387 53,060 127,891 12,680
2,110,322
2,150,125
4,515,211
8,775,657
Data as of March 02, 2011 Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services, Monthly Data - Agency Level, Participation and Food Cost by Category per person: FY 2009 (final), at http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/wicmain.htm. Calculations by Children’s Defense Fund.
State of America’s Children® 2011
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