| State | ||||||||||||||
| % of Public School Students Enrolled in Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Programs | ||||||||||||||
| Source: Department of Education Child Nutrition Program | ||||||||||||||
| Last updated: 3/5/09 | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Region 1 | 26 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 48 |
| Region 2 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 46 |
| Region 3 | 29 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 53 |
| Region 4 | 11 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 35 |
| Region 5 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 |
| Region 6 | 25 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 47 |
| Region 7 | 23 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 49 |