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U.S.national school lunch program: federal costs 1996-2016

Federal costs of the national school lunch program in the United States, 1996 to 2016 (Figures expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays the federal costs of the national school lunch program in the U.S. each year from 1996 to 2016. In 2016, the national school lunch program cost the federal government around 17.79 billion USD.

1996 6490.1
1997 6785.4
1998 7118.8
1999 7381.4
2000 7556.8
2001 7940.8
2002 8435.6
2003 8855.3
2004 9416.1
2005 9974
2006 10246.7
2007 10916.4
2008 11697.6
2009 12590.3
2010 13750.8
2011 14346.7
2012 14867.7
2013 15745.3
2014 16353.7
2015 16910.2
2016 17790.3