National School Lunch Annual Participation

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPATION
Data as of November 02, 2009
State/Territory	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
					Preliminary
Alabama	558,455	565,932	574,060	577,930	586,842
Alaska	52,069	52,091	53,363	53,233	51,911
Arizona	545,033	579,435	607,905	633,312	647,645
Arkansas	322,753	335,891	345,925	347,752	348,858
California	2,798,852	2,866,247	2,896,209	2,988,317	3,121,406
Colorado	335,266	336,565	347,945	364,749	376,748
Connecticut	291,886	301,773	307,389	316,382	316,596
Delaware	78,045	81,032	83,648	85,672	88,351
District of Columbia	46,536	46,976	45,229	41,501	42,746
Florida	1,463,971	1,523,765	1,523,315	1,536,860	1,557,738
Georgia	1,170,116	1,205,372	1,252,790	1,272,122	1,283,958
Guam	15,951	17,055	20,190	19,052	17,938
Hawaii	123,721	121,189	112,822	101,584	101,270
Idaho	152,570	155,700	161,257	165,308	168,458
Illinois	1,079,949	1,104,595	1,104,900	1,121,027	1,138,135
Indiana	679,283	700,890	723,568	744,055	763,328
Iowa	385,111	385,011	390,385	392,976	392,175
Kansas	323,008	326,805	336,461	344,187	350,683
Kentucky	528,271	534,807	542,971	548,586	548,904
Louisiana	629,519	615,879	571,269	583,224	585,533
Maine	106,064	107,685	109,152	108,738	108,496
Maryland	426,182	438,302	444,058	439,590	440,953
Massachusetts	548,522	558,107	559,612	561,853	557,824
Michigan	858,209	869,217	884,793	896,908	901,486
Minnesota	583,455	590,260	597,114	607,537	612,159
Mississippi	399,474	398,951	404,503	405,056	404,694
Missouri	610,807	624,385	634,351	639,003	639,160
Montana	78,651	79,664	83,073	83,844	86,482
Nebraska	225,506	228,691	232,823	237,410	239,956
Nevada	145,963	172,292	181,940	193,461	195,747
New Hampshire	111,863	113,074	112,654	113,628	112,861
New Jersey	616,759	629,815	638,688	654,779	669,759
New Mexico	208,483	211,792	213,111	221,055	217,092
New York	1,803,687	1,823,454	1,820,880	1,821,026	1,817,651
North Carolina	886,274	915,560	945,601	962,774	965,560
North Dakota	77,924	78,418	78,388	78,909	80,038
Ohio	1,046,400	1,060,938	1,085,362	1,100,203	1,105,460
Oklahoma	389,245	402,917	412,947	421,601	424,419
Oregon	284,467	291,326	301,199	304,241	308,159
Pennsylvania	1,086,661	1,121,383	1,136,505	1,142,541	1,144,816
Puerto Rico	379,940	369,889	362,119	384,531	370,336
Rhode Island	83,188	84,080	83,806	85,009	83,915
South Carolina	473,208	482,820	491,154	496,542	499,074
South Dakota	103,809	103,986	105,036	106,222	105,620
Tennessee	648,215	660,282	685,621	584,437	695,370
Texas	2,776,775	2,892,593	3,007,594	3,079,947	3,172,799
Utah	289,402	297,669	304,678	312,438	327,591
Vermont	54,808	55,363	55,431	55,451	54,819
Virginia	705,401	730,970	745,038	749,911	751,889
Virgin Islands	14,286	13,474	11,064	10,552	14,003
Washington	505,999	513,488	522,978	526,726	528,698
West Virginia	201,002	202,574	207,594	208,846	211,106
Wisconsin	569,642	583,338	591,230	598,421	597,111
Wyoming	49,449	51,187	52,305	53,564	55,081
Dept. of Defense	31,534	31,237	28,866	28,824	26,337
TOTAL	28,961,618	29,646,190	30,132,869	30,513,407	31,015,748
Participation data are nine-month averages; summer months (June-August) are excluded. Participation is based on average daily meals divided by an attendance factor of 0.927. Department of Defense activity represents children of armed forces personnel attending schools overseas. Data are subject to revision.