Expenditures per Capita on the WIC Program

Description: 

Total expenditures on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program in constant dollars, divided by the country’s total population.

Methodological Notes: 

The WIC program provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income women who are pregnant or postpartum, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

Expenditures are adjusted for inflation using the Bureau of Economic Analysis price index for Gross Domestic Product. See National Income and Product Accounts.