| NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPATION | |||||
| Data as of April 24, 2008 | |||||
| State/Territory | FY 2003 | FY 2004 | FY 2005 | FY 2006 | FY 2007 |
| Alabama | 549,241 | 558,455 | 565,938 | 574,070 | 577,931 |
| Alaska | 52,962 | 52,069 | 52,091 | 53,363 | 53,234 |
| Arizona | 517,837 | 545,033 | 579,435 | 607,905 | 633,205 |
| Arkansas | 317,843 | 322,753 | 335,891 | 345,909 | 347,633 |
| California | 2,732,303 | 2,798,852 | 2,866,247 | 2,896,209 | 2,988,190 |
| Colorado | 327,775 | 335,266 | 336,565 | 347,945 | 364,748 |
| Connecticut | 283,625 | 291,886 | 301,773 | 307,389 | 316,029 |
| Delaware | 75,377 | 78,045 | 81,032 | 83,648 | 85,672 |
| District of Columbia | 47,961 | 46,536 | 46,976 | 45,229 | 41,501 |
| Florida | 1,397,558 | 1,463,971 | 1,523,765 | 1,523,315 | 1,536,867 |
| Georgia | 1,129,503 | 1,170,116 | 1,205,372 | 1,252,790 | 1,272,104 |
| Guam | 17,408 | 15,951 | 17,055 | 20,190 | 19,052 |
| Hawaii | 131,954 | 123,721 | 121,189 | 112,822 | 101,584 |
| Idaho | 148,798 | 152,570 | 155,700 | 161,257 | 165,311 |
| Illinois | 1,097,467 | 1,079,949 | 1,104,595 | 1,104,942 | 1,121,027 |
| Indiana | 663,592 | 679,283 | 700,742 | 723,583 | 744,055 |
| Iowa | 380,864 | 385,111 | 385,011 | 390,385 | 392,975 |
| Kansas | 317,481 | 323,008 | 326,805 | 336,461 | 344,187 |
| Kentucky | 511,470 | 528,271 | 534,807 | 542,971 | 548,586 |
| Louisiana | 626,152 | 629,519 | 615,879 | 571,269 | 583,224 |
| Maine | 103,840 | 106,064 | 107,685 | 109,152 | 108,738 |
| Maryland | 435,790 | 426,182 | 438,302 | 444,058 | 439,590 |
| Massachusetts | 541,767 | 548,522 | 558,107 | 559,612 | 561,853 |
| Michigan | 842,678 | 858,209 | 869,217 | 884,793 | 896,915 |
| Minnesota | 577,652 | 583,459 | 590,260 | 597,113 | 607,542 |
| Mississippi | 395,089 | 399,474 | 398,951 | 404,503 | 405,056 |
| Missouri | 603,434 | 610,807 | 624,385 | 634,297 | 638,968 |
| Montana | 77,464 | 78,651 | 79,664 | 83,073 | 83,844 |
| Nebraska | 222,865 | 225,506 | 228,691 | 232,823 | 237,410 |
| Nevada | 136,856 | 145,963 | 172,292 | 181,940 | 193,461 |
| New Hampshire | 109,815 | 111,863 | 113,074 | 112,654 | 113,628 |
| New Jersey | 604,595 | 616,759 | 629,815 | 638,688 | 654,779 |
| New Mexico | 201,272 | 208,483 | 211,792 | 213,111 | 214,542 |
| New York | 1,788,136 | 1,803,687 | 1,823,454 | 1,820,880 | 1,821,469 |
| North Carolina | 863,716 | 886,274 | 915,560 | 945,601 | 962,768 |
| North Dakota | 77,230 | 77,924 | 78,418 | 78,388 | 78,909 |
| Ohio | 1,028,227 | 1,046,400 | 1,060,938 | 1,085,364 | 1,100,181 |
| Oklahoma | 382,577 | 389,259 | 402,922 | 413,007 | 421,616 |
| Oregon | 275,713 | 284,467 | 291,326 | 301,199 | 304,241 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,057,774 | 1,086,661 | 1,121,383 | 1,136,502 | 1,141,571 |
| Puerto Rico | 392,900 | 379,940 | 369,889 | 362,119 | 384,531 |
| Rhode Island | 82,161 | 83,188 | 84,080 | 83,806 | 85,009 |
| South Carolina | 466,847 | 473,208 | 482,820 | 491,154 | 496,534 |
| South Dakota | 103,592 | 103,809 | 103,986 | 105,036 | 106,222 |
| Tennessee | 635,613 | 648,215 | 660,282 | 685,621 | 584,437 |
| Texas | 2,671,975 | 2,776,775 | 2,892,593 | 3,007,604 | 3,079,938 |
| Utah | 283,627 | 289,402 | 297,669 | 304,678 | |