Free lunch.

• Position: TRENDS AND TRANSITIONS - Brief Article

The change in the percent of children eligible for the free school lunch program has increased 24 percent between 1988 and 2003. In 2003, 30.5% of the nation's children were eligible. States with the highest percentage of children eligible are:

57.1% Mississippi

55.3% Kentucky

52.1% Louisiana

47.1% New Mexico

41.8% Alabama

41.1% Oklahoma

39.6% Arkansas

39.1%...