Elementary & Secondary free lunch eligible (most recent) by state

DEFINITION
The total count of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program under the National School Act. The Free Lunch program provides cash subsidies for free and reduced-price lunches to students based on family size and income criteria.

Education Statistics > Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

2,493,594

# 2

Texas:

1,704,464

# 3

Florida:

956,395

# 4

Illinois:

661,335

# 5

Georgia:

580,919

# 6

North Carolina:

492,855

# 7

Michigan:

463,363

# 8

Ohio:

442,607

# 9

Pennsylvania:

406,702

# 10

Louisiana:

386,884

# 11

Arizona:

377,315

# 12

Alabama:

309,370

# 13

South Carolina:

302,705

# 14

New Jersey:

284,793

# 15

Missouri:

279,659

# 16

Virginia:

277,958

# 17

Mississippi:

277,690

# 18

Washington:

273,300

# 19

Indiana:

270,703

# 20

Oklahoma:

265,952

# 21

Massachusetts:

218,171

# 22

Maryland:

208,271

# 23

Arkansas:

187,450

# 24

Colorado:

180,675

# 25

Minnesota:

177,335

# 26

Oregon:

174,582

# 27

New Mexico:

156,401

# 28

Kansas:

131,423

# 29

Utah:

113,578

# 30

West Virginia:

108,989

# 31

Iowa:

107,313

# 32

Nevada:

105,024

# 33

Nebraska:

71,117

# 34

Idaho:

69,300

# 35

Hawaii:

57,897

# 36

Maine:

46,346

# 37

Rhode Island:

46,033

# 38

Montana:

38,084

# 39

District of Columbia:

36,889

# 40

Delaware:

32,634

# 41

South Dakota:

28,678

# 42

Alaska:

26,865

# 43

New Hampshire:

23,452

# 44

North Dakota:

20,867

# 45

Vermont:

19,784

# 46

Wyoming:

18,694

Weighted average:

302,487.3

DEFINITION: The total count of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program under the National School Act. The Free Lunch program provides cash subsidies for free and reduced-price lunches to students based on family size and income criteria.

Education Statistics > Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible (most recent) by state

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