| WIC PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND COSTS | |||||
| (Data as of March 08, 2013) | |||||
| Average Monthly Food Cost Per Person | |||||
| Fiscal Year | Total Participation* | PROGRAM COSTS | |||
| Food | NSA | Total 1] | |||
| (Thousands) | (Millions of Dollars) | (Dollars) | |||
| 1974 | 88 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 15.68 |
| 1975 | 344 | 76.7 | 12.6 | 89.3 | 18.58 |
| 1976 | 520 | 122.3 | 20.3 | 142.6 | 19.60 |
| 1977 | 848 | 211.7 | 44.2 | 255.9 | 20.80 |
| 1978 | 1,181 | 311.5 | 68.1 | 379.6 | 21.99 |
| 1979 | 1,483 | 428.6 | 96.8 | 525.4 | 24.09 |
| 1980 | 1,914 | 584.1 | 140.5 | 727.7 | 25.43 |
| 1981 | 2,119 | 708.0 | 160.6 | 871.6 | 27.84 |
| 1982 | 2,189 | 757.6 | 190.5 | 948.8 | 28.83 |
| 1983 | 2,537 | 901.8 | 221.3 | 1,126.0 | 29.62 |
| 1984 | 3,045 | 1,117.3 | 268.8 | 1,388.1 | 30.58 |
| 1985 | 3,138 | 1,193.2 | 294.4 | 1,489.3 | 31.69 |
| 1986 | 3,312 | 1,264.4 | 316.4 | 1,582.9 | 31.82 |
| 1987 | 3,429 | 1,344.7 | 333.1 | 1,679.6 | 32.68 |
| 1988 | 3,593 | 1,434.8 | 360.6 | 1,797.5 | 33.28 |
| 1989 | 4,119 | 1,489.4 | 416.5 | 1,910.9 | 30.13 |
| 1990 | 4,517 | 1,636.8 | 478.7 | 2,122.4 | 30.20 |
| 1991 | 4,893 | 1,751.9 | 544.0 | 2,301.0 | 29.84 |
| 1992 | 5,403 | 1,960.5 | 632.7 | 2,600.6 | 30.24 |
| 1993 | 5,921 | 2,115.1 | 705.6 | 2,828.6 | 29.77 |
| 1994 | 6,477 | 2,325.2 | 834.4 | 3,169.3 | 29.92 |
| 1995 | 6,894 | 2,511.6 | 904.6 | 3,436.2 | 30.36 |
| 1996 | 7,186 | 2,689.9 | 985.1 | 3,695.4 | 31.19 |
| 1997 | 7,407 | 2,815.5 | 1,008.2 | 3,843.8 | 31.68 |
| 1998 | 7,367 | 2,808.1 | 1,061.4 | 3,890.4 | 31.76 |
| 1999 | 7,311 | 2,851.6 | 1,063.9 | 3,938.1 | 32.50 |
| 2000 | 7,192 | 2,853.1 | 1,102.6 | 3,982.1 | 33.06 |
| 2001 | 7,306 | 3,007.9 | 1,110.6 | 4,149.4 | 34.31 |
| 2002 | 7,491 | 3,129.7 | 1,182.3 | 4,339.8 | 34.82 |
| 2003 | 7,631 | 3,230.3 | 1,260.0 | 4,524.4 | 35.28 |
| 2004 | 7,904 | 3,562.0 | 1,272.4 | 4,887.3 | 37.55 |
| 2005 | 8,023 | 3,602.8 | 1,335.5 | 4,992.6 | 37.42 |
| 2006 | 8,088 | 3,598.2 | 1,402.6 | 5,072.7 | 37.07 |
| 2007 | 8,285 | 3,881.1 | 1,479.0 | 5,409.6 | 39.04 |
| 2008 | 8,705 | 4,534.0 | 1,607.6 | 6,188.8 | 43.40 |
| 2009 | 9,122 | 4,640.9 | 1,788.0 | 6,471.6 | 42.40 |
| 2010 | 9,175 | 4,562.8 | 1,907.8 | 6,682.6 | 41.44 |
| 2011 | 8,961 | 5,018.2 | 1,961.7 | 7,169.1 | 46.67 |
| 2012 | 8,908 | 4,808.9 | 1,882.6 | 6,802.7 | 44.99 |
| * Participation data are annual averages (6 months in FY 1974; 12 months all subsequent years). | |||||
| 1] In addition to food and NSA costs, total expenditures includes funds for program evaluation, Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FY 1989 onward), special projects and infrastructure. | |||||
| NSA = Nutrition Services and Administrative costs. Nutrition Services includes nutrition education, preventative and coordination services (such as health care), and promotion of breastfeeding and immunization. | |||||
| FY 2012 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision. | |||||