State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009
Policy and Environmental Indicators
| State | % of Census tracts with Healthy Food Retailers within 1/2 mile of boundary | State-Level Healthier Food Retail Policies | Farmers Markets per 100,000 | % of Farmers Markets that accept EBT | % of Farmers Markets that accept WIC FMNP Coupons | % of Middle Schools and High Schools that offer F&V as Competitive Foods | State-Level Farm to School Policies | % of Cropland Acreage Harvested for F&V | State Food Policy Council | Number of Local Food Policy Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. National | 72.0 | 8 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 28.2 | 20.9* | 21 | 2.5 | 20 | 59 |
| Alabama | 67.2 | No | 2.4 | 1.8 | 39.1 | 11.6 | No | 1.2 | No | 1 |
| Alaska | 60.8 | No | 3.5 | 0 | 50.0 | 13.2 | Pending | 4.0 | No | 0 |
| Arizona | 70.1 | No | 1.0 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.4 | No | 18.9 | Yes | 1 |
| Arkansas | 61.7 | No | 1.7 | 0 | 8.3 | 8.8 | No | 0.2 | Yes | 0 |
| California | 83.5 | Yes | 1.4 | 6.6 | 33.6 | 32.1 | Yes | 34.4 | No | 14 |
| Colorado | 70.0 | No | 2.1 | 12.4 | 0 | 26.6 | Yes | 1.7 | Yes | 8 |
| Connecticut | 69.6 | No | 3.5 | 8.9 | 21.1 | 27.8 | Yes | 10.8 | Yes | 2 |
| Delaware | 71.6 | No | 1.8 | 0 | 6.3 | 19.7 | No | 8.7 | No | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 82.4 | Yes | 3.9 | 21.7 | 56.5 | 0.0 | No | NA | 1 | |
| Florida | 77.0 | No | 0.6 | 1.9 | 26.9 | 29.7 | No | 42.9 | No | 3 |
| Georgia | 70.4 | No | 0.2 | 0 | 16.7 | Pending | 4.3 | No | 2 | |
| Hawaii | 80.7 | No | 5.7 | 15.1 | 0 | 7.7 | Yes | 27.6 | No | 0 |
| Idaho | 72.1 | No | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0 | 13.7 | No | 9.1 | Yes | 1 |
| Illinois | 70.8 | Yes | 1.5 | 0 | 20.5 | 27.7 | Pending | 0.3 | Yes | 2 |
| Indiana | 67.4 | No | 1.2 | 1.3 | 36.7 | 31.7 | No | 0.3 | No | 0 |
| Iowa | 63.6 | No | 7.5 | 49.6 | 68.8 | 19.5 | Yes | 0.1 | Yes | 0 |
| Kansas | 62.6 | No | 2.9 | 16.3 | 0 | 13.7 | No | 0.1 | Yes | 1 |
| Kentucky | 68.3 | No | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0 | 10.1 | Yes | 0.2 | No | 1 |
| Louisiana | 70.6 | Yes | 0.7 | 6.7 | 26.7 | No | 0.6 | No | 1 | |
| Maine | 68.0 | No | 5.5 | 0 | 76.4 | 22.3 | Yes | 29.3 | Yes | 0 |
| Maryland | 76.6 | No | 1.6 | 0 | 82.4 | 27.9 | Yes | 3.0 | No | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 71.4 | No | 2.8 | 15.0 | 93.9 | 29.9 | Yes | 23.2 | Yes | 3 |
| Michigan | 66.5 | Yes | 1.6 | 3.1 | 22.7 | 39.0 | Yes | 4.5 | Yes | 1 |
| Minnesota | 63.6 | No | 1.5 | 5.1 | 38.0 | 18.0 | Pending | 1.3 | No | 1 |
| Mississippi | 66.9 | No | 1.4 | 0 | 2.4 | 9.4 | No | 0.8 | No | 0 |
| Missouri | 65.5 | No | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 22.8 | No | 0.3 | Yes | 0 |
| Montana | 63.7 | No | 4.5 | 9.1 | 27.3 | 10.7 | Yes | 0.1 | No | 1 |
| Nebraska | 64.0 | No | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 10.9 | No | 0.1 | No | 0 |
| Nevada | 77.4 | Yes | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | No | 2.2 | No | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 60.3 | No | 5.6 | 9.5 | 39.2 | 37.6 | No | 6.6 | No | 0 |
| New Jersey | 77.6 | No | 1.4 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 31.8 | Pending | 17.9 | No | 0 |
| New Mexico | 59.6 | No | 2.3 | 4.4 | 28.9 | Yes | 3.6 | Yes | 0 | |
| New York | 83.4 | Yes | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 35.7 | Yes | 7.2 | Yes | 2 |
| North Carolina | 74.2 | No | 1.6 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 25.2 | No | 3.3 | No | 0 |
| North Dakota | 56.8 | No | 7.5 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.7 | No | 0.4 | No | 0 |
| Ohio | 62.1 | No | 1.3 | 0 | 4.9 | 36.3 | Pending | 0.6 | Yes | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 57.4 | No | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 15.0 | Yes | 0.3 | Yes | 0 |
| Oregon | 78.5 | No | 2.4 | 23.1 | 48.4 | 15.3 | Yes | 7.7 | Yes | 4 |
| Pennsylvania | 69.7 | Yes | 1.3 | 9.9 | 62.1 | 30.2 | Yes | 2.6 | No | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 70.8 | No | 3.7 | 2.6 | 53.8 | 30.9 | No | 17.1 | No | 0 |
| South Carolina | 68.3 | No | 2.1 | 22.8 | 80.4 | 22.1 | Pending | 2.9 | Yes | 0 |
| South Dakota | 55.7 | No | 1.9 | 0 | 6.7 | 7.9 | No | 0 | No | 0 |
| Tennessee | 68.0 | No | 1.0 | 0 | 9.2 | 14.7 | Yes | 0.8 | No | 2 |
| Texas | 70.7 | No | 0.4 | 0 | 34.6 | 28.3 | Yes | 0.9 | No | 0 |
| Utah | 73.2 | No | 1.1 | 19.4 | 3.2 | 24.9 | No | 1.4 | Yes | 0 |
| Vermont | 61.5 | No | 10.5 | 26.2 | 12.3 | 35.7 | Yes | 1.6 | No | 1 |
| Virginia | 76.6 | No | 1.5 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 26.7 | Yes | 1.8 | Yes | 1 |
| Washington | 76.4 | No | 1.5 | 14.3 | 54.1 | 17.7 | Yes | 14.9 | No | 2 |
| West Virginia | 69.7 | Pending | 3.2 | 3.4 | 70.7 | 4.5 | No | 1.4 | No | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 59.5 | No | 3.2 | 1.1 | 18.2 | 24.8 | No | 3.6 | No | 2 |
| Wyoming | 67.7 | No | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | No | 0.1 | No | 0 |
| *Average percentage across participating states | ||||||||||