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WIC PROGRAM:  TOTAL PARTICIPATION
(Data as of December 30, 2008)
State / Indian Tribe          FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
          Preliminary
Alabama 120,310 118,751 121,760 126,280 134,842
Alaska 26,616 26,840 25,229 25,205 25,251
American Samoa 6,367 6,644 6,934 6,779 6,804
Arizona 176,223 177,538 177,168 186,470 197,550
  Dept. of Health 151,781 153,060 153,850 163,236 173,997
  Navajo Nation 13,973 13,832 13,000 12,491 12,471
  Inter-Tribal Council 10,469 10,646 10,318 10,743 11,081
Arkansas 89,113 88,463 88,186 84,457 89,731
California 1,292,737 1,309,413 1,347,858 1,378,794 1,412,179
Colorado 83,409 84,013 86,171 91,062 98,802
  Dept. of Health 83,244 83,838 85,989 90,873 98,609
  Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 165 175 182 189 193
Connecticut 52,130 52,059 51,443 53,205 56,330
Delaware 18,353 19,361 19,900 20,426 22,204
District of Columbia 16,019 15,923 15,193 15,190 16,421
Florida 373,214 371,365 382,763 420,514 464,384
Georgia 259,992 267,452 276,053 283,111 305,513
Guam 5,994 6,514 5,954 6,533 6,996
Hawaii 33,221 32,586 32,075 32,612 34,050
Idaho 36,279 37,850 37,034 38,087 41,781
Illinois 275,833 275,094 276,597 279,982 294,685
Indiana 131,485 134,706 137,374 140,891 155,761
Iowa 66,188 67,823 66,339 69,468 72,555
Kansas 63,987 68,218 69,584 69,067 73,238
Kentucky 117,201 121,644 125,082 129,684 136,269
Louisiana 141,661 143,362 122,505 128,914 141,704
Maine 22,916 23,454 23,661 24,693 25,779
  Dept. of Human Services 22,798 23,331 23,529 24,547 25,619
  Pleasant Point 54 56 59 67 79
  Indian Township 63 67 73 78 81
Maryland 107,542 108,540 115,165 123,868 135,610
Massachusetts 115,657 114,161 115,959 118,072 123,933
Michigan 222,077 226,601 229,770 232,206 238,027
Minnesota 116,677 123,275 129,066 134,671 141,435
Mississippi 102,738 101,694 97,267 102,669 109,015
  State Board of Health 101,945 100,882 96,382 101,801 108,107
  Choctaw Indians 793 812 885 868 908
Missouri 132,763 132,227 132,493 134,642 143,007
Montana 21,302 21,102 20,156 19,279 19,914
Nebraska 39,668 40,818 41,359 42,087 44,507
  Dept. of Health 39,087 40,252 40,773 41,482 43,855
  Omaha Sioux 392 281 271 291 307
  Winnebago Tribe 190 200 221 219 221
  Santee Sioux -- 85 94 95 124
Nevada 46,355 48,803 51,684 51,749 60,973
  Division of Health 44,905 47,256 50,175 50,232 59,252
  Inter-Tribal Council 1,450 1,547 1,509 1,517 1,721
New Hampshire 16,722 16,677 16,407 17,411 17,905
New Jersey 143,341 146,888 149,308 150,502 159,064
New Mexico 63,530 64,216 64,231 64,417 67,900
  Dept. of Health 60,093 60,806 60,772 60,890 64,389
  Eight Northern Pueblos 393 389 389 376 326
  Isleta Pueblo 866 859 867 927 954
  Zuni Pueblo 756 769 812 776 769
  Five Sandoval Pueblos 363 355 386 398 371
  Santo Domingo Tribe 233 216 193 196 225
  San Felipe Pueblo 285 279 272 301 315
  Acoma, Canoncito & Laguna 540 543 541 553 551
New York 473,058 482,807 481,089 482,787 497,327
  Dept. of Health 472,911 482,686 480,955 482,684 497,210
  Seneca Nation 146 122 134 103 117
North Carolina 218,930 225,252 232,990 242,135 260,436
  Dept. of Health 218,346 224,665 232,392 241,508 259,804
  Eastern Cherokee 585 587 599 627 632
North Dakota 14,117 14,248 14,411 14,544 14,925
  Dept. of Health 12,837 12,944 13,060 13,203 13,584
  Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 860 914 963 949 981
  Three Affiliated Tribes 421 390 388 392 359
Ohio 267,300 272,632 276,757 281,638 292,937
Oklahoma 116,145 119,779 119,374 119,759 122,840
  Dept. of Health 92,618 94,724 94,288 94,741 97,315
  Choctaw Nation 2,633 2,915 2,968 3,157 3,475
  Chickasaw Nation 3,263 3,453 3,472 3,436 3,504
  Muscogee Creek Nation 2,247 2,319 2,267 2,494 2,683
  Cherokee Nation 7,139 7,284 7,224 7,093 7,276
  Citizen Potawatomi Nation 2,189 2,253 2,253 1,803 1,568
  Osage Tribal Council 1,650 1,862 1,992 2,066 2,262
  Otoe-Missouria Tribe 731 783 774 710 676
  Inter-Tribal Council 739 855 879 869 831
  Wichita, Caddo & Delaware (WCD) 2,936 3,334 3,257 3,392 3,252
Oregon 100,135 102,793 102,907 103,753 108,000
Pennsylvania 240,836 240,754 242,041 244,156 251,165
Puerto Rico 209,610 205,831 201,306 199,344 199,077
Rhode Island 22,780 22,914 22,549 24,220 25,823
South Carolina 106,784 108,341 108,656 114,737 126,956
South Dakota 21,608 21,580 21,100 21,795 22,610
  Dept. of Health 19,724 19,568 19,114 19,736 20,574
  Cheyenne River Sioux 692 721 694 741 758
  Rosebud Sioux 1,192 1,290 1,292 1,318 1,278
Tennessee 155,394 155,330 156,801 160,058 169,432
Texas 867,586 892,195 887,107 900,396 934,597
Utah 66,848 68,147 66,602 64,182 66,118
Vermont 16,290 16,306 16,066 16,308 16,702
Virginia 131,832 138,221 140,695 143,271 150,820
Virgin Islands 5,331 5,109 4,935 5,197 5,418
Washington 159,233 160,703 160,490 165,168 176,013
West Virginia 50,436 49,961 49,704 49,588 51,770
Wisconsin 110,186 112,942 112,181 116,761 121,754
Wyoming 12,381 12,699 12,513 12,335 12,632
  Dept. of Health 11,784 12,074 11,865 11,673 11,894
  Northern Arapahoe 419 439 470 447 511
  Shoshone Tribe 178 186 179 215 227
Northern Marianas     3 124 2,599
TOTAL 7,904,435 8,022,615 8,088,005 8,285,249 8,704,065
WIC is the common abbreviation for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Participation data are 12-month averages.  The sum of the substates may not add to the state total due to rounding. Data are subject to revision.