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Publication Date

September 29, 2017

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Report

National and State-Level Estimates of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Eligibles and Program Reach in 2014, and Updated Estimates for 2005-2013

By Johnson P, Betson D, Blatt L, Giannarelli L

FNS publishes annual estimates of the number of people eligible for WIC and the rates of participation for the U.S., for each of the 7 FNS regions, and for each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The analyses include rates by subgroups: pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, and children.

Contractor: Urban Institute

This research was funded by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.

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Date Added
December 20, 2017

Citation
Johnson P, Betson D, Blatt L, Giannarelli L (2017) National- and State-Level Estimates of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Eligibles and Program Reach in 2014, and Updated Estimates for 2005–2013. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Policy Support. Available online: https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/national-state-level-estimates-wic-eligibles-program-reach-2014-and-updated-estimates-2005-2013