NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM:  TOTAL PARTICIPATION
Data as of February 1, 2012
State/Territory	FY 2007	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
					Preliminary
Alabama	577,930	586,836	579,882	579,210	571,291
Alaska	53,233	51,911	53,554	54,723	54,441
Arizona	633,204	647,650	655,498	669,279	661,390
Arkansas	347,596	348,858	351,950	353,464	352,779
California	3,103,632	3,119,071	3,175,063	3,240,289	3,284,293
Colorado	364,749	376,744	390,868	400,180	399,306
Connecticut	316,382	316,596	302,997	303,647	301,596
Delaware	85,672	88,351	90,073	91,998	94,722
District of Columbia	41,501	42,746	44,579	46,367	46,699
Florida	1,536,860	1,557,738	1,560,392	1,609,077	1,648,629
Georgia	1,272,122	1,283,803	1,290,996	1,303,254	1,301,066
Guam	19,052	17,938	18,449	17,611	17,024
Hawaii	101,584	101,270	103,807	117,353	115,694
Idaho	165,308	168,458	170,003	170,081	170,863
Illinois	1,121,006	1,137,683	1,148,891	1,167,580	1,161,753
Indiana	744,055	763,328	788,167	807,786	806,869
Iowa	392,976	392,175	394,391	397,681	396,868
Kansas	344,187	350,683	356,495	360,637	362,145
Kentucky	548,586	548,904	570,755	556,263	553,608
Louisiana	583,224	585,533	586,936	595,935	595,046
Maine	108,746	108,513	107,734	110,693	109,303
Maryland	439,590	440,953	432,643	433,614	435,121
Massachusetts	561,853	557,824	547,582	544,130	542,258
Michigan	896,882	901,387	911,466	920,104	910,364
Minnesota	607,537	612,159	614,863	630,764	630,570
Mississippi	405,056	404,694	405,716	405,577	400,490
Missouri	639,003	639,155	645,262	649,539	646,289
Montana	83,844	86,482	86,652	87,476	87,622
Nebraska	237,410	239,956	243,466	246,266	250,190
Nevada	193,461	195,747	183,808	188,017	212,555
New Hampshire	113,628	112,861	110,811	109,991	107,661
New Jersey	654,779	669,759	705,558	721,587	728,539
New Mexico	221,055	217,092	221,822	227,526	231,844
New York	1,821,026	1,817,651	1,812,488	1,826,027	1,823,692
North Carolina	962,774	965,553	961,612	955,810	948,641
North Dakota	78,909	80,038	80,924	82,443	83,413
Ohio	1,100,203	1,105,478	1,119,810	1,136,376	1,133,548
Oklahoma	421,601	424,427	437,660	449,181	452,415
Oregon	304,241	308,175	310,817	315,224	312,688
Pennsylvania	1,143,904	1,147,643	1,150,589	1,159,852	1,152,311
Puerto Rico	384,531	370,336	373,353	352,447	340,443
Rhode Island	85,009	83,915	79,017	78,531	79,006
South Carolina	496,542	499,278	500,742	501,965	497,671
South Dakota	106,218	105,631	106,266	108,050	108,290
Tennessee	584,437	695,370	692,008	699,875	697,665
Texas	3,079,947	3,172,793	3,255,126	3,352,741	3,400,401
Utah	312,438	327,591	337,710	339,326	350,494
Vermont	55,451	54,819	54,859	55,144	54,915
Virginia	749,911	751,889	752,709	757,862	755,600
Virgin Islands	10,552	14,003	13,948	14,176	14,340
Washington	526,710	528,688	532,526	543,940	545,980
West Virginia	208,846	211,106	207,758	212,390	205,809
Wisconsin	598,421	597,111	594,850	602,516	605,399
Wyoming	53,564	55,081	56,424	56,540	57,420
Dept. of Defense	28,824	26,337	27,996	28,415	28,747
TOTAL	30,629,762	31,015,775	31,310,324	31,746,530	31,837,773
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.