All children deserve access to a nutritious meal before the start of each school day. The health and educational benefits of school breakfast are well documented. School breakfast is one of the most effective ways to combat childhood hunger. However, despite the benefits of school breakfast, participation numbers (of both schools and students) lag behind lunch numbers. There are a variety of reasons for the variance, including the stigma that children associate with school breakfast. EIF's Hunger Free America to expand school breakfast programs across the nation.
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West Virgina |
1 |
22 |
99 |
|
Kentucky |
2 |
17 |
91 |
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Mississippi |
3 |
23 |
89 |
|
Arkansas |
4 |
28 |
97 |
|
Oregon |
5 |
14 |
94 |
|
Oklahoma |
6 |
20 |
87 |
|
Texas |
7 |
21 |
98 |
|
Georgia |
8 |
19 |
94 |
|
New Mexico |
9 |
25 |
92 |
|
South Carolina |
10 |
22 |
100 |
|
North Carolina |
11 |
16 |
95 |
|
Louisiana |
12 |
23 |
92 |
|
Vermont |
13 |
11 |
81 |
|
Tennessee |
14 |
20 |
91 |
|
Kansas |
15 |
14 |
82 |
|
Deleware |
16 |
9 |
99 |
|
Virginia |
17 |
9 |
99 |
|
Montana |
18 |
13 |
83 |
|
Massachusetts |
19 |
12 |
65 |
|
Maryland |
20 |
7 |
90 |
|
Florida |
21 |
18 |
91 |
|
Michigan |
22 |
12 |
74 |
|
Alabama |
23 |
23 |
78 |
|
Washington |
25 |
13 |
87 |
|
Arizona |
26 |
21 |
90 |
|
Maine |
27 |
12 |
80 |
|
Minnesota |
28 |
8 |
67 |
|
Nevada |
29 |
9 |
87 |
|
California |
30 |
16 |
77 |
|
Montana |
31 |
16 |
64 |
|
Indiana |
32 |
11 |
68 |
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Rhode Island |
33 |
11 |
11 |
|
Pennsylvania |
34 |
14 |
65 |
|
Ohio |
35 |
15 |
55 |
|
Iowa |
36 |
7 |
91 |
|
New Hampshire |
37 |
7 |
73 |
|
Idaho |
38 |
15 |
91 |
|
South Dakota |
39 |
8 |
62 |
|
Wyoming |
40 |
10 |
63 |
|
New York |
41 |
20 |
85 |
|
Conneticut |
42 |
9 |
49 |
|
Hawaii |
43 |
16 |
95 |
|
North Dakota |
44 |
19 |
59 |
|
Colorado |
45 |
10 |
58 |
|
Nebraska |
46 |
13 |
51 |
|
Arkansas |
47 |
12 |
59 |
|
Utah |
48 |
12 |
70 |
|
Illinois |
49 |
15 |
57 |
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New Jersey |
50 |
9 |
42 |
|
Wisconsin |
51 |
11 |
44 |
|
DC |
24 |
31 |
82 |
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| Source: Food Research & Action Center |
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Compiled by the Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University from the following sources: AF Sullivan and E Choi (August
2002) Hunger and Food Insecurity in the Fifty States: 1998-2000. Waltham, MA: Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University.
Child poverty figures based on government data. All hunger and food insecurity statistics are based on averages for the years
1998-2000.
