Children direct certified for school lunches

(AP) - The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school districts use federal programs in addition to food stamps to enroll students for free or reduced- price lunches.

1) Alaska _ 131 percent

2) Delaware _ 96 percent

3) New York _ 96 percent

4) Tennessee _ 93 percent

5) Nevada _ 88 percent

6) Louisiana _ 87 percent

7) West Virginia _ 85 percent

8) Iowa _ 85 percent

9) New Mexico _ 84 percent

10) Kansas _ 83 percent

11) Florida _ 82 percent

12) North Carolina _ 81 percent

13) Colorado _ 81 percent

14) Hawaii _ 79 percent

15) Kentucky _ 78 percent

16) Oklahoma _ 78 percent

17) Virginia _ 78 percent

18) Minnesota _ 78 percent

19) Nebraska _ 76 percent

20) Utah _ 76 percent

21) Maryland _ 75 percent

22) Texas _ 74 percent

23) Maine _ 74 percent

24) Mississippi _ 74 percent

25) Connecticut _ 74 percent

26) Wisconsin _ 72 percent

27) Arkansas _ 71 percent

28) Oregon _ 70 percent

29) Vermont _ 68 percent

30) Washington _ 68 percent

31) Pennsylvania _ 68 percent

32) Ohio _ 67 percent

33) Indiana _ 66 percent

34) Arizona _ 66 percent

35) California _ 65 percent

36) Alabama _ 64 percent

37) Michigan _ 64 percent

38) Georgia _ 64 percent

39) Massachusetts _ 62 percent

40) South Carolina _ 62 percent

41) Wyoming _ 61 percent

42) Montana _ 58 percent

43) Illinois _ 57 percent

44) New Jersey _ 56 percent

45) North Dakota _ 55 percent

46) Rhode Island _ 54 percent

47) South Dakota _ 52 percent

48) District of Columbia _ 50 percent

49) Idaho _ 50 percent

50) Missouri _ 45 percent

51) New Hampshire _ 31 percent

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