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States are ranked by the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, from lowest to highest.

Rank	State	Rate (2022-2023)	Count (FY 2023)	States Abbreviations
10	Alabama	60.20%	486,672	al
38	Alaska	39.50%	43,327	ak
24	Arizona	50.30%	548,969	az
5	Arkansas	64%	306,479	ar
12	California	58.20%	3,216,241	ca
33	Colorado	42.40%	353,806	co
35	Connecticut	41.90%	311,391	ct
49	Delaware	25.20%	91,951	de
25	District of Columbia	49.70%	48,410	dc
20	Florida	52.20%	1,702,968	fl
11	Georgia	59.60%	1,089,366	ga
30	Hawaii	46.10%	90,293	hi
42	Idaho	35.10%	133,644	id
18	Illinois	53.70%	914,821	il
22	Indiana	50.90%	710,142	in
36	Iowa	41.70%	362,711	ia
28	Kansas	48.10%	313,791	ks
13	Kentucky	57.40%	486,970	ky
8	Louisiana	62.40%	495,456	la
39	Maine	37.20%	113,430	me
23	Maryland	50.70%	418,490	md
34	Massachusetts	42.30%	596,441	ma
19	Michigan	53.30%	793,245	mi
32	Minnesota	43.40%	585,117	mn
1	Mississippi	99.70%	312,061	ms
29	Missouri	47.60%	526,289	mo
51	Montana	18.70%	74,942	mt
27	Nebraska	48.20%	240,606	ne
2	Nevada	81.50%	232,438	nv
50	New Hampshire	23.40%	74,988	nh
40	New Jersey	36.10%	687,588	nj
3	New Mexico	75.20%	186,385	nm
14	New York	57.10%	1,593,159	ny
7	North Carolina	62.50%	762,233	nc
46	North Dakota	30.80%	92,962	nd
40	Ohio	36.10%	933,111	oh
9	Oklahoma	60.30%	390,126	ok
16	Oregon	55.30%	267,176	or
15	Pennsylvania	56.60%	959,229	pa
30	Rhode Island	46.10%	70,322	ri
4	South Carolina	70%	458,304	sc
44	South Dakota	32.60%	100,242	sd
47	Tennessee	30.10%	612,970	tn
6	Texas	63.20%	3,345,596	tx
48	Utah	29.10%	310,136	ut
45	Vermont	31.10%	53,562	vt
17	Virginia	54.60%	703,924	va
26	Washington	49.60%	493,032	wa
21	West Virgina	51.50%	166,923	wv
37	Wisconsin	40.50%	474,075	wi
43	Wyoming	34.50%	44,149	wy

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