WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018

Resource type

Research, Analysis & Background

Research type

Assessing/Improving Operations

Breastfeeding

Participation Characteristics

Program Access

Resource Materials

Summary (210.74 KB)

Full Report (4.46 MB)

Appendices (5.55 MB)

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2018 (PC 2018) summarizes the demographic characteristics of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nationwide in April 2018. It includes information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, estimates breastfeeding initiation rates for WIC infants, and describes WIC members of migrant farm-worker families.

WIC Interactive Graphics


WIC Participation, 1992–2018	Participant Income as a Percentage of Federal Poverty Guidelines, 2018	Broad Categories of Nutritional Risk, 2018	Breastfeeding Initiation by state, 2004–2018