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U.S. national school lunch program: share of free or reduced lunches 1996-2016

Share of total school lunches that were free or reduced under the national school lunch program in the United States from 1996 to 2016

The data displays the percentage of school lunches in public schools that were free or reduced in price due to the national school lunch program in the U.S. each year from 1996 to 2016. In 2016, 73.3% of lunches supplied by public schools in the U.S. were either free or reduced in price.

1996	56.9
1997	57.6
1998	57.8
1999	57.6
2000	57.1
2001	56.8
2002	57.6
2003	58.5
2004	59.1
2005	59.4
2006	59.3
2007	59.3
2008	60.1
2009	62.6
2010	65.3
2011	66.6
2012	68.2
2013	70.5
2014	71.6
2015	72.6
2016	73.3

U.S. national school lunch program: share of free or reduced lunches 1996-2016

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