Notes
Free and Reduced-Price Lunch data: Arizona, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Ohio had free and reduced-price lunch data that did not meet the National Center for Education Statistics’ data quality standards. Data for Tennessee are missing.
Nutrition Outcomes for Homeless Students:
Geographies included in hunger analysis: DE, HI, ID, IL, NC, PA, VT, VA, Cleveland, OH; DeKalb County, GA; Oakland, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Geographies included in breakfast analysis: AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, ID, KS, KY, MA, MT, NM, NC, PA, VT, VA, WI, Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; DeKalb County, GA; Los Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; Oakland, CA; Palm Beach, FL; Philadelphia, PA
Geographies included in fruit analysis: AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, MA, ME, MT, NH, NM, NC, PA, VA, VT, WI, Cleveland, OH; DeKalb County, GA; Los Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; Oakland, CA; Palm Beach, FL; Philadelphia, PA
Geographies included in vegetable analysis: AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, MA, ME, MT, NM, NC, PA, VT, VA, WI, Cleveland, OH; DeKalb County, GA; Los Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; Palm Beach, FL; Philadelphia, PA
Sources
Student Homelessness data: National Center for Homeless Education, “Federal Data Summary School Years 2014–15 to 2016–17: Education for Homeless Children and Youth,” https://nche.ed.gov/.
Free and Reduced-Price Lunch data: U.S. Department of Agriculture, “National School Lunch Program,” https://www.ers.usda.gov/; U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey”, 2016-17 v.2a; “State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey”, 2017-18 v.1a.
Nutrition Outcomes for Homeless Students: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, unpublished data tabulated by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, 2016–17.