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Recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the United States from 1980/81 to 2016/17

Number of recipients of the Federal Pell Grant Award in the United States from 1980/81 to 2016/17

The data displays the average number of recipients in millions, of Federal Pell Grant Awards in the U.S. from 1980 to 2017. In the 1980/81 academic year there were 2.7 million recipients. By the academic year 2016/17 , the number of recipients had increased to 7.1 million.

1980-81	2.7
1985-86	2.8
1990-91	3.4
1995-96	3.6
2000-01	3.9
2005-06	5.2
2010-11	9.3
2011-12	9.4
2012-13	9
2013-14	8.7
2014-15	8.3
2015-16	7.6
2016-17	7.1

Recipients of Federal Pell Grants in the United States from 1980/81 to 2016/17

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