evidence: The overall coverage rate (the share of eligible people who receive WIC benefits) generally declined from 55 percent in 2016 to 50 percent in 2020. The relative order of coverage rates by participant category has remained consistent from 2016 to 2020. Across all years, coverage rates were highest for infants and postpartum non-breastfeeding women. Coverage rates for children (with all children aged 1 through 4 considered as a group) were consistently lowest. [...] Coverage rates have generally declined between 2016 to 2020 for all racial and ethnic groups except for non-Hispanic people who identify as two or more races or a race other than Black only or White only. The coverage rate for this group declined from 61 percent in 2016 to 54 percent in 2017 before increasing to 60 percent in 2018 then steadily declining to 56 percent in 2020. For Hispanic/Latino people, the coverage rate declined from 72 percent in 2016 to 64 percent in 2020. For Black-only non-Hispanic people, the coverage rate declined from 53 percent in 2016 to 50 percent in 2020. For White-only non-Hispanic people, the coverage rate declined from 41 percent in 2016 to 38 percent in 2020.