Participant income as a percentage of federal poverty guidelines, 2018

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Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines

  • 0–50%
  • 51–100%
  • 101–130%

  • 131–150%
  • 151–185%
  • More than 185%
  • Not reported
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Notes: Percents may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
Poverty guideline calculations were based on annual income and the number of people in the household or economic unit compared with the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and used for determining WIC income eligibility in April 2018.
For households eligible for WIC through other means-tested programs, household income was not always reported. 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 excluded from the view showing participant income as a percentage of Federal Poverty Guidelines by race and ethnicity.
Source: Kline, N., Thorn, B., Bellows, D., Wroblewska, K., & Wilcox-Cook, E. (2020). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018. Alexandria, VA: 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.

Hover over the bars to see participant income as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines

Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines

  • 0–50%
  • 51–100%
  • 101–130%

  • 131–150%
  • 151–185%
  • More than 185%
  • Not reported
Download data

Notes: Percents may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
Poverty guideline calculations were based on annual income and the number of people in the household or economic unit compared with the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and used for determining WIC income eligibility in April 2018.
For households eligible for WIC through other means-tested programs, household income was not always reported. 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 excluded from the view showing participant income as a percentage of Federal Poverty Guidelines by race and ethnicity.
Source: Kline, N., Thorn, B., Bellows, D., Wroblewska, K., & Wilcox-Cook, E. (2020). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018. Alexandria, VA: 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.

Hover over the bars to see participant income as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines

Percentage of the Federal Poverty Guidelines

  • 0–50%
  • 51–100%
  • 101–130%

  • 131–150%
  • 151–185%
  • More than 185%
  • Not reported
Download data

Notes: Percents may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
Poverty guideline calculations were based on annual income and the number of people in the household or economic unit compared with the Federal Poverty Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and used for determining WIC income eligibility in April 2018.
For households eligible for WIC through other means-tested programs, household income was not always reported. 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 excluded from the view showing participant income as a percentage of Federal Poverty Guidelines by race and ethnicity.
Source: Kline, N., Thorn, B., Bellows, D., Wroblewska, K., & Wilcox-Cook, E. (2020). WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018. Alexandria, VA: 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.