WICEligibles2000-2009Summary.pdf (111.92 KB)
WICEligibles2000-2009Vol1.pdf (1.70 MB)
WICEligibles2000-2009Vol2.pdf (2.05 MB)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and social services to nutritionally at-risk low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children through age 4. This report offers updated estimates of the population that met these criteria and was eligible for WIC benefits in each of the years 2000 through 2009. This report includes some new estimates not included in previous reports: (1) estimates of the number of eligibles and coverage rates by state; (2) updated estimates in U.S. territories; (3) confidence intervals; and (4) estimates of eligible children by single year of age.
The original published version of Volume 1 has been replaced with a version that changes footnote a on Table 10 (p.24) to match the footnote in the corresponding Table A.7b-2009 (p. A-46) in Volume 2.