STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------- National school lunch program, 1996 STATE ---------------- ---------------- Participants \1 Federal cost ---------------- ---------------- 1,000 Rank Mil. dol. Rank --------------------------------------- ---------------- United States 25,929 X 4,529 X Alabama 563 16 95 13 Alaska 48 50 13 43 Arizona 404 25 82 18 Arkansas 320 29 55 28 California 2,471 1 624 1 Colorado 315 31 45 29 Connecticut 240 34 36 34 Delaware 68 46 10 46 District of Columbia 50 X 14 X Florida 1,213 4 263 4 Georgia 1,021 5 167 6 Hawaii 147 38 22 38 Idaho 142 39 20 39 Illinois 997 8 183 5 Indiana 604 14 72 22 Iowa 395 26 41 31 Kansas 319 30 41 31 Kentucky 517 19 82 18 Louisiana 683 11 128 9 Maine 104 41 16 41 Maryland 378 27 62 25 Massachusetts 487 21 72 22 Michigan 772 10 117 11 Minnesota 542 18 59 27 Mississippi 417 24 89 15 Missouri 583 15 80 20 Montana 87 45 13 43 Nebraska 212 35 24 37 Nevada 98 42 18 40 New Hampshire 92 43 10 46 New Jersey 549 17 97 12 New Mexico 194 37 42 30 New York 1,713 3 344 3 North Carolina 777 9 127 10 North Dakota 89 44 10 46 Ohio 1,006 7 139 8 Oklahoma 376 28 66 24 Oregon 254 32 40 33 Pennsylvania 1,019 6 150 7 Rhode Island 60 47 13 43 South Carolina 463 22 83 17 South Dakota 108 40 15 42 Tennessee 623 13 93 14 Texas 2,252 2 452 2 Utah 251 33 33 35 Vermont 52 49 7 49 Virginia 634 12 89 15 Washington 441 23 73 21 West Virginia 206 36 33 35 Wisconsin 512 20 62 25 Wyoming 58 48 7 49 -------------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. \1 Data covers public and private elementary and secondary schools and residential child care institutions. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-52.