NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM:  TOTAL PARTICIPATION
Data as of May 10, 2013
State/Territory	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012
Alabama	586,836	579,880	579,209	571,291	562,959
Alaska	51,911	53,554	54,723	54,410	53,920
Arizona	647,650	655,498	669,279	661,437	662,518
Arkansas	348,858	351,950	353,464	352,786	348,603
California	3,119,071	3,175,063	3,239,902	3,281,699	3,333,430
Colorado	376,744	390,868	400,180	399,393	389,955
Connecticut	316,596	302,997	303,647	301,596	297,118
Delaware	88,351	90,073	91,998	94,722	96,040
District of Columbia	42,746	44,579	46,367	46,699	47,735
Florida	1,557,738	1,560,392	1,609,077	1,648,756	1,653,935
Georgia	1,283,803	1,290,996	1,303,198	1,301,069	1,287,033
Guam	17,938	18,449	17,611	17,131	17,364
Hawaii	101,270	103,807	117,353	115,694	113,618
Idaho	168,458	170,003	170,081	170,852	170,127
Illinois	1,137,683	1,148,891	1,167,580	1,162,998	1,142,445
Indiana	763,328	788,167	807,786	807,689	801,188
Iowa	392,175	394,391	397,648	396,894	395,603
Kansas	350,683	356,495	360,637	362,152	361,686
Kentucky	548,904	570,755	556,256	553,826	549,534
Louisiana	585,533	586,936	596,034	595,046	588,506
Maine	108,513	107,734	110,693	109,305	107,216
Maryland	440,953	432,643	433,597	435,111	434,022
Massachusetts	557,824	547,582	544,130	542,347	534,456
Michigan	901,387	911,466	920,107	910,354	907,684
Minnesota	612,159	615,043	630,764	631,230	627,280
Mississippi	404,694	405,716	405,577	400,490	398,654
Missouri	639,155	645,262	649,539	646,161	638,943
Montana	86,482	86,652	87,476	87,622	86,705
Nebraska	239,956	243,466	246,266	250,190	251,186
Nevada	195,747	183,808	188,017	212,555	218,552
New Hampshire	112,861	110,811	109,991	107,790	104,546
New Jersey	669,759	705,558	721,726	727,528	728,994
New Mexico	217,092	221,822	227,526	230,861	227,050
New York	1,817,651	1,812,488	1,826,027	1,823,476	1,796,235
North Carolina	965,553	961,612	955,800	948,641	942,608
North Dakota	80,038	80,924	82,443	83,484	85,078
Ohio	1,105,478	1,120,056	1,136,482	1,133,772	1,114,371
Oklahoma	424,427	437,660	449,171	452,426	446,075
Oregon	308,175	310,817	315,223	312,828	307,104
Pennsylvania	1,147,616	1,150,870	1,159,907	1,153,682	1,127,444
Puerto Rico	370,336	373,353	352,447	340,469	339,557
Rhode Island	83,915	79,017	78,531	79,006	79,747
South Carolina	499,278	500,742	501,965	497,669	493,488
South Dakota	105,631	106,266	108,050	108,289	107,249
Tennessee	695,370	692,008	699,875	697,665	687,452
Texas	3,172,793	3,254,249	3,352,757	3,401,746	3,374,154
Utah	327,591	337,710	345,867	350,494	348,886
Vermont	54,819	54,859	55,144	54,919	54,165
Virginia	751,889	752,709	757,862	756,503	749,115
Virgin Islands	14,003	13,948	14,176	14,340	15,235
Washington	528,682	532,526	543,930	545,986	539,859
West Virginia	211,106	207,758	212,390	205,153	199,197
Wisconsin	597,111	594,850	602,516	606,089	589,593
Wyoming	55,081	56,424	56,540	57,420	56,578
Dept. of Defense	26,337	27,996	28,415	28,747	29,112
TOTAL	31,015,741	31,310,150	31,752,959	31,840,487	31,620,905
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.