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U.S. national school lunch program: participants by cost bracket 1996-2016

Number of students participating in national school lunch program in the United States, by reduction eligibility 1996 to 2016 (in millions)

The data displays the number of students participating in the national school lunch program in the U.S. each year from 1996 to 2016, segmented by the discount they received. In 2016, 20.1 million students received free lunches under the program.

1996	12.6	2	11.3
1997	12.9	2.1	11.3
1998	13	2.2	11.4
1999	13	2.4	11.6
2000	13	2.5	11.9
2001	12.9	2.6	12
2002	13.3	2.6	12
2003	13.7	2.7	11.9
2004	14.1	2.8	12
2005	14.6	2.9	12.2
2006	14.8	2.9	12.4
2007	15	3.1	12.6
2008	15.4	3.1	12.5
2009	16.3	3.2	11.9
2010	17.6	3	11.1
2011	18.4	2.7	10.8
2012	18.7	2.7	10.2
2013	18.9	2.6	9.2
2014	19.2	2.5	8.8
2015	19.8	2.2	8.5
2016	20.1	2	8.2

U.S. national school lunch program: participants by cost bracket 1996-2016

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