WIC Coverage Rates by Race and Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, 2020

2020 WIC Coverage Rates by State, Race, and Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, All Categories

National Total

Number
Eligible

12,480,200

Number of
Participants

6,266,700

Coverage
rate

50.2%

  • 100%
  • 80%
  • 70%
  • 60%
  • 50%
  • 40%
  • 0%
All Hispanic / Latino White-Only,
Not Hispanic Other than
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Sources: 2021 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), 2020 American Community Survey (ACS), 2016-2019 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), Census International Data Base, WIC administrative data, and WIC Participant and Program Characteristics report.
Note: This map is best displayed using Chrome, Firefox, or Edge internet browsers. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 PRCS was not released. The 2020 estimates for Puerto Rico use the 2019 PRCS. WIC participation and eligibility data for Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO) are included in the data for the State where the ITO is located.
Definitions: This graphic includes Puerto Rico but no other territories in the national total. "Other than White-only, not Hispanic" includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and who report either multiple races or a race other than White. "Number eligible" and "number of participants" numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Confidence Intervals for Coverage Rates, 2020

Infants

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Infants Children Pregnant
Women Postpartum
Women Total
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Sources: 2021 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), 2016-2019 Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), WIC administrative data, and WIC Participant and Program Characteristics report.
Note: The estimates are based on data that include Puerto Rico but no other territories. The confidence intervals were calculated using the CPS-ASEC and PRCS. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 PRCS was not released. The 2020 estimates for Puerto Rico use the 2019 PRCS.
Definitions: For each subgroup, this graphic shows the 95-percent confidence interval for the WIC coverage rate. The mid-point of each range is the best estimate of the coverage rate for that group of people. "Two or More Races or Other, not Hispanic” includes all infants, children, and pregnant or postpartum women who are not Hispanic/Latino and who report either multiple races or a race other than White or Black.