United States

86.9%

72.5%

94.6%

81.1%

91.3%

92.7%

New England:

Connecticut

93.6%

82.0%

97.5%

90.1%

95.1%

97.7%

Maine

86.2%

78.0%

95.4%

72.3%

92.4%

95.4%

Massachusetts

91.0%

91.2%

99.1%

80.4%

96.8%

95.2%

New Hampshire

88.9%

87.8%

94.8%

82.4%

95.1%

90.8%

Rhode Island

91.5%

87.2%

98.0%

84.7%

94.7%

94.9%

Vermont

85.2%

43.4%

98.8%

79.0%

93.7%

90.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

90.6%

72.4%

94.1%

83.6%

95.1%

96.7%

New York

88.3%

77.3%

96.6%

79.0%

92.9%

94.3%

Pennsylvania

90.8%

87.8%

98.7%

81.2%

93.1%

97.0%

East North Central:

Illinois

88.2%

57.2%

95.3%

83.5%

90.4%

94.4%

Indiana

87.0%

64.5%

96.3%

82.6%

89.0%

91.3%

Michigan

89.3%

83.1%

96.5%

81.7%

91.7%

95.2%

Ohio

90.3%

74.7%

97.1%

82.9%

94.5%

95.2%

Wisconsin

87.4%

61.6%

92.6%

81.8%

91.0%

96.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

82.6%

79.6%

96.8%

69.6%

85.0%

91.9%

Kansas

84.7%

58.7%

98.0%

80.2%

90.7%

86.0%

Minnesota

87.6%

75.9%

97.8%

80.7%

91.7%

89.6%

Missouri

89.2%

82.6%

92.8%

84.4%

93.3%

92.1%

Nebraska

81.3%

53.9%

96.4%

72.9%

86.7%

89.7%

North Dakota

80.4%

49.8%

97.3%

66.9%

92.3%

92.6%

South Dakota

78.3%

42.3%

97.9%

67.4%

84.1%

90.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

90.3%

84.3%

99.4%

86.1%

93.2%

91.8%

District of Columbia

95.1%

83.0%

100.0%

*

91.7%

97.7%

98.0%

Florida

86.0%

73.1%

96.3%

83.6%

89.6%

91.9%

Georgia

86.2%

65.8%

89.9%

86.4%

89.4%

86.1%

Maryland

88.1%

69.4%

95.3%

85.4%

90.8%

97.3%

North Carolina

84.4%

63.6%

93.8%

78.3%

91.1%

94.7%

South Carolina

82.8%

75.7%

97.9%

72.9%

87.7%

93.6%

Virginia

88.7%

81.1%

95.7%

88.7%

94.3%

77.8%

West Virginia

79.6%

57.6%

96.4%

69.4%

89.6%

76.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

90.8%

74.6%

98.1%

86.3%

92.4%

96.6%

Kentucky

88.9%

68.4%

97.5%

84.2%

89.3%

93.6%

Mississippi

83.3%

80.3%

95.1%

80.1%

79.9%

86.1%

Tennessee

87.4%

63.0%

98.2%

85.6%

84.7%

89.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

82.5%

55.3%

95.2%

68.5%

87.0%

93.4%

Louisiana

79.1%

73.4%

86.9%

74.8%

75.0%

90.4%

Oklahoma

82.9%

64.3%

94.0%

75.3%

86.8%

90.0%

Texas

82.1%

56.5%

86.1%

75.7%

87.9%

90.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

84.1%

57.8%

94.8%

84.9%

87.7%

88.0%

Colorado

85.2%

80.0%

93.8%

78.5%

90.6%

94.2%

Idaho

80.7%

45.3%

94.9%

74.7%

88.9%

84.0%

Montana

78.5%

66.1%

86.3%

77.8%

85.1%

80.8%

Nevada

89.1%

81.9%

93.4%

90.7%

85.8%

92.5%

New Mexico

81.5%

64.6%

91.6%

79.7%

85.9%

86.5%

Utah

84.0%

63.7%

95.6%

72.9%

90.9%

93.4%

Wyoming

76.8%

49.4%

96.5%

67.1%

81.3%

89.8%

Pacific:

Alaska

77.3%

47.8%

85.3%

71.7%

83.5%

87.7%

California

86.8%

80.3%

91.9%

77.8%

93.6%

93.5%

Hawaii

96.0%

99.6%

98.6%

94.8%

96.6%

96.2%

Oregon

88.2%

73.6%

93.5%

82.2%

92.7%

93.9%

Washington

86.4%

70.0%

92.7%

85.0%

89.8%

92.1%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

United States

0.21%

1.20%

0.49%

0.22%

0.45%

0.51%

New England:

Connecticut

0.55%

12.95%

2.39%

2.86%

1.64%

3.34%

Maine

2.29%

4.15%

3.81%

4.73%

1.72%

5.28%

Massachusetts

1.91%

3.74%

2.35%

4.98%

0.94%

1.72%

New Hampshire

1.89%

8.24%

2.11%

5.67%

1.23%

4.59%

Rhode Island

1.86%

10.30%

1.31%

2.95%

2.53%

1.42%

Vermont

1.44%

7.92%

0.65%

3.15%

1.85%

5.20%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.18%

10.96%

2.72%

3.29%

1.46%

1.27%

New York

1.36%

9.29%

0.62%

3.28%

1.63%

1.45%

Pennsylvania

0.73%

7.54%

0.44%

3.45%

1.75%

0.50%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.17%

9.34%

2.51%

3.94%

1.08%

1.16%

Indiana

1.51%

12.77%

3.00%

2.86%

3.58%

3.27%

Michigan

1.03%

8.85%

2.00%

3.06%

1.31%

1.46%

Ohio

1.27%

11.50%

1.48%

5.27%

0.80%

1.85%

Wisconsin

1.49%

7.01%

4.34%

3.42%

3.04%

0.83%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.56%

4.82%

1.49%

5.28%

3.23%

9.56%

Kansas

2.18%

6.51%

0.70%

5.31%

1.75%

5.09%

Minnesota

1.93%

5.36%

1.30%

2.96%

2.76%

7.17%

Missouri

1.22%

8.32%

3.12%

2.75%

1.94%

2.28%

Nebraska

1.89%

8.16%

0.98%

3.87%

6.54%

2.64%

North Dakota

3.77%

10.46%

10.42%

4.80%

3.83%

1.35%

South Dakota

2.82%

7.55%

2.70%

5.39%

3.43%

5.24%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.22%

7.22%

10.49%

1.57%

5.89%

3.02%

District of Columbia

0.65%

21.59%

31.62%

*

1.85%

0.87%

0.96%

Florida

1.68%

8.33%

2.30%

4.22%

1.34%

1.86%

Georgia

2.40%

10.66%

6.10%

3.30%

2.18%

4.72%

Maryland

1.61%

8.10%

3.65%

2.16%

2.05%

0.92%

North Carolina

2.75%

8.44%

3.36%

4.74%

3.96%

1.39%

South Carolina

1.60%

16.30%

0.72%

5.75%

3.43%

0.78%

Virginia

1.92%

3.40%

5.33%

2.26%

1.20%

5.79%

West Virginia

2.46%

8.63%

1.97%

4.54%

1.72%

4.33%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.02%

8.23%

1.29%

1.25%

2.29%

1.37%

Kentucky

1.09%

9.65%

1.63%

3.00%

2.76%

2.31%

Mississippi

1.90%

7.27%

2.31%

2.87%

5.97%

3.63%

Tennessee

1.19%

13.30%

0.50%

2.97%

4.18%

3.02%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.45%

11.00%

2.13%

6.74%

2.32%

3.46%

Louisiana

1.64%

13.05%

3.57%

2.16%

6.56%

4.23%

Oklahoma

3.05%

12.72%

1.39%

6.93%

3.31%

2.58%

Texas

1.79%

8.17%

4.26%

2.92%

3.51%

0.91%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.51%

7.29%

5.20%

3.20%

1.77%

2.54%

Colorado

2.54%

5.15%

3.59%

4.90%

3.25%

2.00%

Idaho

3.56%

9.29%

3.18%

4.70%

7.56%

6.03%

Montana

2.05%

11.13%

8.16%

3.74%

2.27%

3.60%

Nevada

1.65%

8.30%

7.97%

1.43%

2.85%

1.50%

New Mexico

2.11%

7.78%

4.44%

5.51%

3.75%

4.78%

Utah

1.14%

9.28%

2.03%

6.50%

2.49%

2.02%

Wyoming

3.30%

10.52%

10.34%

6.41%

7.53%

1.92%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.55%

8.25%

13.30%

5.13%

3.45%

2.71%

California

0.79%

4.12%

1.06%

2.83%

1.09%

1.59%

Hawaii

1.54%

0.25%

18.00%

2.21%

1.79%

2.87%

Oregon

1.36%

7.71%

4.15%

2.89%

1.43%

3.20%

Washington

2.02%

9.80%

3.28%

5.33%

2.59%

3.73%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.