WIC Racial/Ethnic Data

					DIFFERENCE			PERCENT CHANGE
RACIAL ETHNIC GROUP CATEGORY	APRIL 1994	APRIL 1996	APRIL 1998	APRIL 2000	1994 to 1996	1996 to 1998	1998 to 2000	1994 to 1996	1996 to 1998	1998 to 2000

BLACK
WOMEN	354,746	374,226	401,374	395,042	19,480	27,148	-6,332	5	7	-2
INFANTS	482,059	489,450	498,190	498,395	7,391	8,740	205	2	2	0
CHILDREN	917,252	965,113	942,716	826,646	47,861	-22,397	-116,070	5	-2	-12
TOTAL	1,754,057	1,828,789	1,842,280	1,720,083	74,732	13,491	-122,197	4	1	-7
HISPANIC
WOMEN	436,641	553,572	585,311	653,675	116,931	31,739	68,364	27	6	12
INFANTS	504,285	587,231	622,184	671,452	82,946	34,953	49,268	16	6	8
CHILDREN	861,836	1,251,908	1,388,654	1,448,676	390,072	136,746	60,022	45	11	4
TOTAL	1,802,762	2,392,711	2,596,149	2,773,803	589,949	203,438	177,654	33	9	7
ASIAN / PACIFIC ISLANDER
WOMEN	43,721	48,653	56,941	61,130	4,932	8,288	4,189	11	17	7
INFANTS	51,146	56,480	64,400	67,278	5,334	7,920	2,878	10	14	4
CHILDREN	84,781	117,407	138,695	130,982	32,626	21,288	-7,713	38	18	-6
TOTAL	179,648	222,540	260,036	259,390	42,892	37,496	-646	24	17	0
AMERICAN INDIAN
WOMEN	23,264	24,857	25,442	24,000	1,593	585	-1,442	7	2	-6
INFANTS	27,151	27,680	27,655	27,180	529	-25	-475	2	0	-2
CHILDREN	66,359	70,238	68,041	60,926	3,879	-2,197	-7,115	6	-3	-10
TOTAL	116,774	122,775	121,138	112,106	6,001	-1,637	-9,032	5	-1	-7
WHITE
WOMEN	702,404	763,513	787,499	718,983	61,109	23,986	-68,516	9	3	-9
INFANTS	751,293	809,601	814,779	779,687	58,308	5,178	-35,092	8	1	-4
CHILDREN	1,492,744	1,555,757	1,553,169	1,407,361	63,013	-2,588	-145,808	4	0	-9
TOTAL	2,946,441	3,128,871	3,155,447	2,906,031	182,430	26,576	-249,416	6	1	-8
RACE NOT REPORTED
WOMEN	29,984	11,042	16,555	12,618	-18,942	5,513	-3,937	-63	50	-24
INFANTS	36,519	18,603	21,412	18,767	-17,916	2,809	-2,645	-49	15	-12
CHILDREN	41,663	22,121	29,738	22,716	-19,542	7,617	-7,022	-47	34	-24
TOTAL	108,166	51,766	67,705	54,101	-56,400	15,939	-13,604	-52	31	-20
TOTAL
WOMEN	1,590,760	1,775,863	1,873,122	1,865,448	185,103	97,259	-7,674	12	5	0
INFANTS	1,852,453	1,989,045	2,048,620	2,062,759	136,592	59,575	14,139	7	3	1
CHILDREN	3,464,636	3,982,544	4,121,013	3,897,307	517,908	138,469	-223,706	15	3	-5
GRAND TOTAL	6,907,849	7,747,452	8,042,755	7,825,514	839,603	295,303	-217,241	12	4	-3

TABLE III - (Summary) Difference/Percent Change in WIC Participant Enrollment Grouped by Racial/Ethnic Categories Fiscal Years 1994 to 2000

TABLE III - (Summary)
Difference/Percent Change in WIC Participant Enrollment
Grouped by Racial/Ethnic Categories
Fiscal Years 1994 to 2000