Participant Household Income as Percentage
of Federal Poverty Guidelines, 2022

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Participant Category 0–50% 51–100% 101–130% 131–150% 151–185% More than 185% Not reported
Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
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Race and ethnicity combined 0–50% 51–100% 101–130% 131–150% 151–185% More than 185% Not reported
Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
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FNS Region 0–50% 51–100% 101–130% 131–150% 151–185% More than 185% Not reported
Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
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Note: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding. Poverty guideline calculations were based on computed annualized income and size of family or economic unit, as compared with the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by HHS for fiscal year 2022. Income thresholds for the Federal Poverty Guidelines are higher for Alaska and Hawaii than for all other State agencies. Because Medicaid permits recipients to have income equal to or greater than 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, some WIC participant household incomes may exceed this threshold. Households missing the number of people in the household or economic unit were excluded from the figure because income as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines could not be calculated without that information. Participants with missing race or ethnicity were also excluded from the figure.

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 the household incomes of WIC participants, see chapter 4 of the report.