WIC Coverage Rates by State and Race and
Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, 2021

All Hispanic/Latino White-Only, Not Hispanic Other Than White-Only, Not Hispanic
Number Eligible Number of Participants Coverage Rate Number Eligible Number of Participants Coverage Rate Number Eligible Number of Participants Coverage Rate Number Eligible Number of Participants Coverage Rate
Coverage Rates by State: All Categories

National Total

Number Eligible

12,131,296

Number of Participants

6,205,143

Coverage rate

51.2%

  • 100%
  • 80%
  • 70%
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  • 50%
  • 40%
  • 0%
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Sources: 2022 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), 2021 American Community Survey (ACS), 2019 and 2021 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), Census International Database, WIC administrative data, and 2020 WIC Participant and Program Characteristics report.

Note: The estimated coverage rate exceeds 100 percent for Hispanic/Latino individuals in Vermont, and the overall infant coverage rate exceeds 100 percent for “Two or More Races or Other Race, Not Hispanic.” This is likely a result of sampling variability in the survey data. WIC participation and eligibility data for Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) are included in the data for the State where the ITO is located.

Definitions: This graphic includes Puerto Rico but no other territories in the national total. "Other than White-only, not Hispanic" includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and report multiple races or a race other than White. "Number eligible" and "number of participants" numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Infants Children Pregnant Women Postpartum Women Total
Confidence Intervals for Coverage Rates

Infants

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Sources: 2022 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), 2021 American Community Survey (ACS), 2019 and 2021 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), Census International Database, WIC administrative data, and 2020 WIC Participant and Program Characteristics report.

Note: The estimated coverage rate exceeds 100 percent for Hispanic/Latino individuals in Vermont, and the overall infant coverage rate exceeds 100 percent for “Two or More Races or Other Race, Not Hispanic.” This is likely a result of sampling variability in the survey data. WIC participation and eligibility data for Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) are included in the data for the State where the ITO is located.

Definitions: This graphic includes Puerto Rico but no other territories in the national total. "Other than White-only, not Hispanic" includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and report multiple races or a race other than White. "Number eligible" and "number of participants" numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.