National WIC Eligibility and Participation by
Race and Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity
Over Time, 2016–2021

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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sources: 2017–2022 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), 2016–2021 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), WIC administrative data, and WIC Participant and Program Characteristics reports.

Note: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 PRCS was not released. The 2020 estimates for Puerto Rico use the 2019 PRCS.

Definitions: "Two or More Races or Other, not Hispanic" includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and who report multiple races or a race other than White or Black. This graphic includes Puerto Rico but no other territories.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sources: 2017–2022 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), 2016–2021 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), WIC administrative data, and WIC Participant and Program Characteristics reports.

Note: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 PRCS was not released. The 2020 estimates for Puerto Rico use the 2019 PRCS.

Definitions: "Two or More Races or Other, not Hispanic" includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and who report multiple races or a race other than White or Black. This graphic includes Puerto Rico but no other territories.