National School Lunch Annual Participation

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPATION
Data as of December 30, 2008
State/Territory	FY 2004	FY 2005	FY 2006	FY 2007	FY 2008
					Preliminary
Alabama	558,455	565,932	574,060	577,931	580,385
Alaska	52,069	52,091	53,363	53,233	51,780
Arizona	545,033	579,435	607,905	633,312	648,700
Arkansas	322,753	335,891	345,909	347,752	347,575
California	2,798,852	2,866,247	2,896,209	2,988,383	3,117,540
Colorado	335,266	336,565	347,945	364,749	373,101
Connecticut	291,886	301,773	307,389	316,382	316,481
Delaware	78,045	81,032	83,648	85,672	88,339
District of Columbia	46,536	46,976	45,229	41,501	42,610
Florida	1,463,971	1,523,765	1,523,315	1,536,860	1,557,603
Georgia	1,170,116	1,205,372	1,252,790	1,272,122	1,283,619
Guam	15,951	17,055	20,190	19,052	20,005
Hawaii	123,721	121,189	112,822	101,584	101,112
Idaho	152,570	155,700	161,257	165,308	168,893
Illinois	1,079,949	1,104,595	1,104,942	1,121,027	1,142,874
Indiana	679,283	700,890	723,568	744,055	764,573
Iowa	385,111	385,011	390,385	392,976	392,045
Kansas	323,008	326,805	336,461	344,187	349,929
Kentucky	528,271	534,807	542,971	548,586	549,111
Louisiana	629,519	615,879	571,269	583,224	584,765
Maine	106,064	107,685	109,152	108,738	108,457
Maryland	426,182	438,302	444,058	439,590	440,933
Massachusetts	548,522	558,107	559,612	561,853	553,692
Michigan	858,209	869,217	884,793	896,908	901,358
Minnesota	583,455	590,260	597,113	607,542	610,585
Mississippi	399,474	398,951	404,503	405,056	404,334
Missouri	610,807	624,385	634,351	639,003	638,822
Montana	78,651	79,664	83,073	83,844	86,558
Nebraska	225,506	228,691	232,823	237,410	239,955
Nevada	145,963	172,292	181,940	193,461	195,164
New Hampshire	111,863	113,074	112,654	113,628	112,849
New Jersey	616,759	629,815	638,688	654,779	670,292
New Mexico	208,483	211,792	213,111	221,055	216,830
New York	1,803,687	1,823,454	1,820,880	1,821,026	1,818,053
North Carolina	886,274	915,560	945,601	962,768	965,283
North Dakota	77,924	78,418	78,388	78,909	80,049
Ohio	1,046,400	1,060,938	1,085,362	1,100,203	1,105,479
Oklahoma	389,245	402,917	413,003	421,624	423,816
Oregon	284,467	291,326	301,199	304,241	304,007
Pennsylvania	1,086,661	1,121,383	1,136,502	1,141,571	1,144,955
Puerto Rico	379,940	369,889	362,119	384,531	370,601
Rhode Island	83,188	84,080	83,806	85,009	84,083
South Carolina	473,208	482,820	491,154	496,534	496,604
South Dakota	103,809	103,986	105,036	106,222	105,682
Tennessee	648,215	660,282	685,621	584,437	662,027
Texas	2,776,775	2,892,593	3,007,594	3,079,947	3,152,129
Utah	289,402	297,669	304,678	312,438	327,725
Vermont	54,808	55,363	55,431	55,451	54,508
Virginia	705,401	730,970	745,038	749,911	752,030
Virgin Islands	14,286	13,474	11,064	10,552	14,003
Washington	505,999	513,488	522,978	526,724	528,418
West Virginia	201,002	202,574	207,594	208,846	212,181
Wisconsin	569,642	583,338	591,223	598,369	596,462
Wyoming	49,449	51,187	52,305	53,564	55,121
Dept. of Defense	31,534	31,237	28,866	28,824	26,337
TOTAL	28,961,618	29,646,190	30,132,941	30,512,466	30,940,421
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.