Children direct certified for school lunches

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