WIC Participation, 1992–2022

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Year Infants Total children 1-year-old children 2-year-old children 3-year-old children 4-year-old children Pregnant women Breastfeeding women Postpartum women Total women Total participants
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Note: Age was not reported for some children; these children are included in the count of all children but not in the counts by age group. Prior to 2006, WIC participants could not select multiple races. The Non-Hispanic Multiple Race category is only available for 2006–2022. WIC participants with missing race and ethnicity were excluded from the figure. As a result, the sum of the race and ethnicity categories will not equal the total number of WIC participants.

Source: Huret, N., Zvavitch, P., Beckerman-Hsu, J., Perez-Zetune, V., Reischmann, P., & Calvin, K. (2023). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2022. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. For more information on trends in WIC participation, see chapter 3 of the report.

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Year Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic American Indian Non-Hispanic Multiple Races Hispanic/Latino
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Note: Age was not reported for some children; these children are included in the count of all children but not in the counts by age group. Prior to 2006, WIC participants could not select multiple races. The Non-Hispanic Multiple Race category is only available for 2006–2022. WIC participants with missing race and ethnicity were excluded from the figure. As a result, the sum of the race and ethnicity categories will not equal the total number of WIC participants.

Source: Huret, N., Zvavitch, P., Beckerman-Hsu, J., Perez-Zetune, V., Reischmann, P., & Calvin, K. (2023). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2022. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. For more information on trends in WIC participation, see chapter 3 of the report.