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PantryPath Research · WIC Coverage Atlas

WIC in Ohio

53.9% coverage

Ohio's WIC program reaches 53.9% of eligible residents — an estimated 166,000 participants out of 308,000 who qualify. That leaves 142,000 pregnant women, infants, and young children eligible but not receiving WIC's food package or nutrition counseling.

308K

WIC eligibles

166K

Participants (FY2024 avg)

142K

Unserved eligibles

88

Counties

Ohio by county

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Toggle between estimated WIC eligibles, unserved gap, low-income child counts, and child-poverty share. Hover a county for its exact value.

Note: USDA does not publish sub-state WIC participation, so every county in Ohio inherits the state's 53.9% coverage rate. County-level eligibles are allocated from state totals in proportion to the county's share of low-income children under 6 (ACS B17024). See methodology.

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Ohio at a glance

Coverage rate

53.9%

Participants ÷ eligibles

Participation gap

46.1%

1 − coverage

Eligibles

308K

USDA FNS FY2022

Participants

166K

Monthly avg FY2024

Unserved

142K

Eligibles − participants

Kids < 6 low-income

303K

37.9% of universe

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 88 counties in Ohio.

Most WIC eligibles

Estimated eligible population

  1. 1 Franklin 41K
  2. 2 Cuyahoga 34K
  3. 3 Hamilton 24K
  4. 4 Montgomery 17K
  5. 5 Lucas 15K

Largest unserved gap

Eligibles not receiving WIC

  1. 1 Franklin 19K
  2. 2 Cuyahoga 16K
  3. 3 Hamilton 11K
  4. 4 Montgomery 8K
  5. 5 Lucas 7K

Highest child-poverty share

Children < 6 at ≤185% FPL

  1. 1 Morgan 66.4%
  2. 2 Highland 59.7%
  3. 3 Ashtabula 57.4%
  4. 4 Trumbull 56.8%
  5. 5 Meigs 56.5%

Every county in Ohio

All 88 counties with WIC eligibility estimates, unserved gap, and ACS child-poverty context.

County Eligibles est. Participants est. Unserved est. Kids < 6 low-income Poverty share
Adams 1,071 577 494 1,052 52.2%
Allen 2,926 1,577 1,349 2,875 40.9%
Ashland 1,732 934 798 1,702 50.4%
Ashtabula 3,792 2,044 1,748 3,726 57.4%
Athens 1,103 595 508 1,084 43.3%
Auglaize 951 512 439 934 28.2%
Belmont 1,597 861 736 1,569 44.1%
Brown 1,215 655 560 1,194 40.6%
Butler 8,340 4,495 3,845 8,194 29.8%
Carroll 724 390 334 711 43.1%
Champaign 697 376 321 685 27.5%
Clark 4,502 2,426 2,076 4,423 47.1%
Clermont 3,975 2,143 1,832 3,906 27.6%
Clinton 1,605 865 740 1,577 52.3%
Columbiana 2,598 1,400 1,198 2,553 42.8%
Coshocton 1,254 676 578 1,232 45.8%
Crawford 1,482 799 683 1,456 51.0%
Cuyahoga 33,728 18,178 15,550 33,139 41.4%
Darke 1,681 906 775 1,652 43.5%
Defiance 817 440 377 803 31.5%
Delaware 1,693 912 781 1,663 10.9%
Erie 2,152 1,160 992 2,114 47.6%
Fairfield 2,864 1,544 1,320 2,814 25.5%
Fayette 855 461 394 840 45.3%
Franklin 40,535 21,847 18,688 39,827 38.5%
Fulton 1,143 616 527 1,123 36.3%
Gallia 1,058 570 488 1,040 48.8%
Geauga 1,686 909 777 1,657 28.2%
Greene 2,357 1,270 1,087 2,316 21.8%
Guernsey 1,251 674 577 1,229 49.4%
Hamilton 24,034 12,953 11,081 23,614 37.9%
Hancock 1,508 813 695 1,482 27.7%
Hardin 1,189 641 548 1,168 55.7%
Harrison 232 125 107 228 32.1%
Henry 604 325 279 593 33.1%
Highland 1,843 993 850 1,811 59.7%
Hocking 666 359 307 654 35.9%
Holmes 1,724 929 795 1,694 37.9%
Huron 1,221 658 563 1,200 30.3%
Jackson 1,145 617 528 1,125 49.4%
Jefferson 1,655 892 763 1,626 40.5%
Knox 1,513 816 697 1,487 37.0%
Lake 3,521 1,898 1,623 3,460 26.8%
Lawrence 1,786 963 823 1,755 48.8%
Licking 4,036 2,176 1,860 3,966 31.5%
Logan 1,398 754 644 1,374 45.0%
Lorain 8,426 4,541 3,885 8,279 40.5%
Lucas 14,915 8,039 6,876 14,655 47.0%
Madison 851 459 392 836 32.0%
Mahoning 6,973 3,758 3,215 6,851 48.2%
Marion 1,818 980 838 1,786 42.5%
Medina 2,355 1,269 1,086 2,314 21.4%
Meigs 626 337 289 615 56.5%
Mercer 915 493 422 899 27.2%
Miami 2,245 1,210 1,035 2,206 30.0%
Monroe 411 222 189 404 51.4%
Montgomery 17,368 9,361 8,007 17,065 44.2%
Morgan 535 289 246 526 66.4%
Morrow 648 349 299 637 28.4%
Muskingum 2,658 1,433 1,225 2,612 43.6%
Noble 297 160 137 292 38.9%
Ottawa 526 284 242 517 25.4%
Paulding 347 187 160 341 27.6%
Perry 1,043 562 481 1,025 42.4%
Pickaway 1,249 673 576 1,227 34.5%
Pike 1,007 543 464 989 53.2%
Portage 3,096 1,669 1,427 3,042 35.6%
Preble 1,033 557 476 1,015 40.4%
Putnam 573 309 264 563 21.1%
Richland 3,783 2,039 1,744 3,717 47.5%
Ross 2,426 1,308 1,118 2,384 49.0%
Sandusky 1,776 957 819 1,745 45.0%
Scioto 2,638 1,422 1,216 2,592 54.2%
Seneca 1,451 782 669 1,426 41.2%
Shelby 1,344 725 619 1,321 37.8%
Stark 9,895 5,333 4,562 9,722 40.5%
Summit 13,036 7,026 6,010 12,808 36.9%
Trumbull 7,233 3,898 3,335 7,107 56.8%
Tuscarawas 2,942 1,586 1,356 2,891 41.1%
Union 588 317 271 578 12.4%
Van Wert 811 437 374 797 38.4%
Vinton 311 168 143 306 37.1%
Warren 2,001 1,078 923 1,966 12.2%
Washington 1,433 772 661 1,408 40.8%
Wayne 3,560 1,919 1,641 3,498 40.5%
Williams 1,169 630 539 1,149 47.5%
Wood 1,903 1,026 877 1,870 22.4%
Wyandot 320 172 148 314 22.7%

Apply for WIC in Ohio

Income limits, food-package rules, clinic locator, and application instructions specific to Ohio's WIC agency.

Ohio WIC guide

Families with children

Our population-specific guide: WIC, SNAP, school meals, Summer EBT, and pantry programs for families with kids in Ohio.

Families guide

Ohio SNAP

SNAP recipients are automatically income-eligible for WIC through adjunctive eligibility — often the fastest path to enrollment.

Ohio SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Ohio's verified pantries — many partner with WIC clinics and distribute infant formula, baby food, and diapers.

Ohio food pantries

WIC methodology

How we estimated county-level eligibles, why state coverage rates can't be disaggregated, and which data sources we used.

Full methodology