Federal Food Programs statistics

[For fiscal years ending in year shown; see text, Section 9, State and Local Government. Program data include Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Marianas, and the former Trust Territory when a federal food program was operated in these areas. Participation data are average monthly figures except as noted (4.3 represents 4,300,000). Participants are not reported for the special milk program, the nutrition program for the elderly and the commodity distribution programs. Cost data are direct federal benefits to recipients; they exclude Federal administrative payments and applicable state and local contributions. Federal costs for commodities and cash-in-lieu of commodities are shown separately from direct cash benefits for those programs receiving both]


Program	Unit	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


Food Stamp:
Participants	Million	4.3	9.4	11.1	12.2	12.9	17.1	18.5	17.1	16.0	17.7	21.1	22.4	21.7	21.6	20.9	19.9	19.4	19.1	18.6	18.8	20.1	22.6	25.4	27.0	27.5	26.6	25.5	22.9	19.8	18.2
Federal cost	Mil. dol	550	1,523	1,797	2,131	2,718	4,386	5,327	5,067	5,139	6,480	8,721	10,630	10,208	11,152	10,696	10,744	10,605	10,500	11,149	11,676	14,187	17,339	20,906	22,006	22,749	22,765	22,440	19,550	16,889	15,782
Monthly average coupon value per recipient	Dollars	10.55	13.55	13.48	14.60	17.61	21.40	23.93	24.71	26.77	30.59	34.47	39.49	39.17	42.98	42.74	44.99	45.49	45.78	49.83	51.85	58.92	63.86	68.57	67.96	69.01	71.27	73.21	71.27	71.12	72.33
Nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico: ¹
Federal cost	Mil. dol	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	206	825	825	825	820	853	879	908	937	963	1,002	1,040	1,079	1,131	1,143	1,174	1,204	1,236
National school lunch program (NSLP):
Free lunches served	Million	739	1,006	1,285	1,364	1,433	1,545	1,650	1,696	1,659	1,623	1,671	1,737	1,622	1,714	1,702	1,657	1,678	1,656	1,651	1,627	1,662	1,748	1,891	1,981	2,049	2,090	2,128	2,194	2,197	2,206
Reduced-price lunches served	Million	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	38	45	92	138	209	249	278	308	312	262	253	248	255	257	259	262	263	273	293	285	287	298	309	326	347	362	393
Children participating ²	Million	22.4	24.1	24.4	24.7	24.6	24.9	25.6	26.2	26.7	27.0	26.6	25.8	22.9	23.0	23.4	23.6	23.7	23.9	24.2	24.3	24.1	24.2	24.6	24.9	25.3	25.7	25.9	26.3	26.6	27.0
Federal cost	Mil. dol	300	532	739	882	1,085	1,289	1,492	1,570	1,808	1,984	2,279	2,381	2,185	2,402	2,508	2,578	2,715	2,797	2,908	3,005	3,214	3,525	3,856	4,081	4,291	4,467	4,662	4,934	5,101	5,314
School breakfast (SB):
Children participating ²	Million	0.5	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.5	2.8	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.1	4.4	4.9	5.4	5.8	6.3	6.6	6.9	7.1	7.4
Federal cost	Mil. dol	11	19	25	35	59	86	114	149	181	231	288	332	317	344	364	379	406	447	482	513	596	685	787	869	959	1,048	1,119	1,214	1,272	1,344
Special school milk:
Quantity reimbursed	Mil. 1/2 pt	2,902	2,570	2,498	2,561	1,426	2,139	2,207	2,204	1,991	1,821	1,795	1,533	202	189	174	167	162	162	194	189	181	177	174	167	159	151	144	141	134	127
Federal cost	Mil. dol	101	91	90	91	49	123	139	150	135	134	145	101	18	17	16	16	15	15	19	18	19	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	16
Special supplemental food program (WIC): ³
Participants	Million	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	1.5	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.5	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.6	4.1	4.5	4.9	5.4	5.9	6.5	6.9	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.3
Federal cost	Mil. dol	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	8	77	122	212	312	429	584	708	756	902	1,117	1,193	1,264	1,345	1,435	1,489	1,637	1,752	1,959	2,115	2,325	2,516	2,690	2,815	2,808	2,852
Commodity supplemental food program (CS): ⁴
Participants	Million	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Federal cost	Mil. dol	8	13	13	13	15	17	17	14	18	17	19	21	27	36	41	42	40	47	52	62	71	76	87	94	87	79	80	81	75	78
Child and adult care food program (CAC): ⁵
Participants ⁶	Million	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7
Federal cost	Mil. dol	6	12	15	18	27	46	75	110	134	165	207	303	290	305	348	390	427	476	538	612	720	834	966	1,082	1,196	1,296	1,360	1,393	1,372	1,438
Summer feeding (SF): ⁷
Children participating ⁸	Million	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.8	2.5	2.8	2.3	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2
Federal cost	Mil. dol	2	8	22	27	34	50	73	110	96	106	104	101	81	87	88	103	106	114	113	132	145	160	182	195	205	212	225	217	234	238
Food distribution on Indian reservations ⁹
Participants	Million	3.8	3.4	2.7	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Federal cost	Mil. dol	282	308	299	241	179	39	11	11	13	21	24	29	33	35	40	47	49	49	47	51	51	49	45	46	47	46	51	53	51	56
Nutrition program for the elderly:
Meals served	Million	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(NA)	(NA)	105	134	154	166	185	189	201	213	225	228	232	240	243	246	245	245	244	247	251	246	247	251	253
Federal cost	Mil. dol	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	2	9	19	38	58	75	94	102	120	127	134	137	139	146	146	142	140	151	153	152	148	145	145	141	140
Federal cost of commodities donated to: ¹⁰
Child nutrition (NSLP, CC, SF and SB)	Mil. dol	265	279	315	336	319	423	430	555	624	701	930	922	795	799	853	840	869	919	853	793	646	729	740	704	764	733	734	661	774	754
Charitable institutions, summer camps	Mil. dol	23	25	26	27	25	20	12	18	29	50	71	78	111	151	190	170	240	158	158	136	104	93	116	91	105	64	11	6	9	3
Emergency feeding ¹¹	Mil. dol	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	180	1,002	1,032	973	846	846	593	266	286	253	230	226	224	97	51	151	189	225

X Not applicable.
1 Puerto Rico was included in the food stamp program until June 30, 1982.
2 Average monthly participation (excluding summer months of June through August). Includes children in public and private elementary and secondary schools and in residential child care institutes.
3 WIC serves pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five.
4 CS is a food distribution alternative to WIC which also serves needy elderly persons.
5 Program provides year-round subsidies to feed preschool children in child care centers and family day care homes. Certain care centers serving disabled or elderly adults also receive meal subsidies.
6 Average quarterly daily attendance at participating institutions.
7 Program provides free meals to children in poor areas during summer months.
8 Peak month (July) average daily attendance at participating institutions.
9 Also known as the Needy Family program.
10 Includes the Federal cost of commodity entitlements, cash-in-lieu of commodities, and bonus foods.
11 Provides free commodities to needy persons for home consumption through food banks, hunger centers, soup kitchens, and similar nonprofit agencies. Includes the Emergency Food Assistance Program, the commodity purchases for soup kitchens/food banks program, and commodity disaster relief.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. In "Annual Historical Review of FNS Programs" and unpublished data.

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