United States

87.7%

73.7%

95.4%

82.0%

91.7%

93.6%

New England:

Connecticut

92.5%

88.7%

98.9%

82.7%

95.2%

98.1%

Maine

87.3%

66.3%

96.4%

76.8%

94.0%

94.7%

Massachusetts

94.5%

91.6%

98.3%

89.3%

97.1%

97.9%

New Hampshire

90.7%

77.6%

98.8%

84.6%

94.9%

96.5%

Rhode Island

91.2%

81.5%

97.8%

83.1%

96.1%

95.2%

Vermont

86.4%

66.3%

95.8%

80.6%

91.9%

90.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

92.5%

88.4%

99.5%

87.0%

95.1%

96.2%

New York

90.4%

79.8%

95.4%

83.7%

95.1%

94.0%

Pennsylvania

90.3%

86.5%

98.0%

82.2%

93.6%

96.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

86.1%

72.6%

96.8%

74.6%

92.4%

94.3%

Indiana

88.0%

70.6%

95.9%

81.4%

91.4%

92.4%

Michigan

86.0%

66.6%

98.8%

74.4%

90.4%

95.6%

Ohio

90.8%

85.7%

97.8%

84.4%

94.0%

93.0%

Wisconsin

87.1%

75.7%

93.7%

77.3%

90.9%

94.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

88.7%

80.5%

97.1%

80.2%

90.7%

94.3%

Kansas

84.2%

79.4%

93.9%

74.8%

86.1%

92.0%

Minnesota

87.3%

79.8%

95.7%

83.7%

86.7%

90.9%

Missouri

88.9%

72.7%

96.2%

83.1%

90.4%

96.3%

Nebraska

85.3%

61.5%

93.5%

75.7%

90.9%

93.3%

North Dakota

86.5%

60.6%

98.6%

79.6%

93.8%

92.9%

South Dakota

80.9%

57.6%

93.2%

72.8%

90.5%

89.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

89.6%

86.0%

97.4%

83.3%

90.9%

96.2%

District of Columbia

93.9%

69.3%

100.0%

87.2%

97.9%

96.9%

Florida

89.0%

64.9%

94.9%

90.2%

91.0%

89.9%

Georgia

86.3%

63.8%

97.9%

79.3%

89.2%

93.9%

Maryland

87.8%

83.1%

97.4%

80.5%

93.0%

94.6%

North Carolina

87.7%

59.5%

96.0%

84.6%

90.7%

94.8%

South Carolina

87.4%

66.1%

97.6%

85.7%

84.7%

92.8%

Virginia

91.0%

80.7%

99.4%

87.6%

94.1%

92.9%

West Virginia

85.1%

70.1%

96.2%

78.7%

89.9%

90.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

88.9%

75.7%

97.6%

82.0%

92.7%

94.8%

Kentucky

88.4%

72.5%

98.0%

82.0%

91.5%

92.2%

Mississippi

83.6%

45.5%

97.7%

74.8%

90.0%

87.4%

Tennessee

87.9%

63.2%

97.2%

80.7%

91.4%

95.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.3%

61.1%

96.5%

73.6%

83.9%

90.6%

Louisiana

85.8%

73.4%

94.6%

82.1%

84.4%

91.9%

Oklahoma

82.9%

62.4%

96.1%

77.8%

82.1%

92.3%

Texas

85.0%

69.8%

87.2%

81.5%

87.1%

91.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

87.4%

76.4%

92.4%

86.7%

91.7%

88.4%

Colorado

85.4%

76.1%

94.7%

79.5%

89.5%

92.8%

Idaho

80.3%

66.5%

97.5%

81.1%

73.6%

90.4%

Montana

71.6%

51.3%

86.7%

63.2%

84.7%

81.3%

Nevada

89.6%

88.8%

89.3%

88.9%

90.0%

92.3%

New Mexico

85.8%

71.6%

91.8%

86.3%

89.1%

82.9%

Utah

85.1%

61.5%

97.9%

81.3%

88.0%

92.8%

Wyoming

77.1%

64.4%

94.1%

64.8%

80.2%

84.9%

Pacific:

Alaska

79.6%

59.7%

96.3%

73.0%

81.7%

89.5%

California

85.8%

72.1%

89.1%

78.8%

92.5%

93.5%

Hawaii

97.9%

98.4%

100.0%

98.4%

95.8%

98.1%

Oregon

85.1%

59.5%

97.3%

77.2%

92.9%

92.4%

Washington

86.3%

75.7%

97.3%

75.6%

91.6%

96.1%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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

0.31%

1.21%

0.31%

0.51%

0.29%

0.32%

New England:

Connecticut

0.92%

2.87%

1.16%

2.58%

1.65%

0.49%

Maine

1.56%

9.27%

1.41%

2.45%

2.98%

0.96%

Massachusetts

0.35%

5.59%

0.58%

1.19%

0.73%

0.97%

New Hampshire

0.95%

9.50%

0.50%

2.13%

1.17%

0.76%

Rhode Island

0.96%

8.11%

3.13%

2.00%

1.50%

2.07%

Vermont

0.71%

9.37%

2.53%

2.62%

1.87%

3.48%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.00%

8.76%

1.62%

3.19%

1.82%

1.09%

New York

0.58%

4.32%

1.51%

1.47%

0.46%

1.49%

Pennsylvania

0.63%

9.66%

0.86%

1.70%

1.09%

1.22%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.19%

6.97%

1.18%

4.91%

1.32%

1.17%

Indiana

0.89%

7.85%

1.45%

3.29%

1.29%

3.07%

Michigan

1.74%

8.02%

1.04%

5.04%

2.15%

1.14%

Ohio

0.64%

9.43%

1.40%

1.02%

1.07%

1.29%

Wisconsin

0.93%

4.70%

1.99%

2.79%

2.78%

2.15%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.85%

6.75%

1.45%

2.07%

1.96%

2.93%

Kansas

1.58%

5.92%

3.16%

2.93%

4.47%

1.68%

Minnesota

1.43%

5.44%

3.07%

3.84%

4.43%

2.98%

Missouri

1.45%

4.51%

3.47%

4.54%

2.76%

0.94%

Nebraska

1.62%

11.32%

2.37%

2.69%

2.86%

2.19%

North Dakota

0.99%

7.17%

2.57%

2.53%

1.79%

2.51%

South Dakota

2.27%

9.09%

2.47%

5.05%

2.32%

2.61%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.50%

10.33%

0.96%

3.29%

3.66%

1.38%

District of Columbia

1.26%

19.98%

29.81%

2.20%

0.62%

1.10%

Florida

0.97%

10.46%

2.40%

1.95%

1.37%

1.83%

Georgia

1.52%

10.87%

1.49%

3.56%

4.02%

1.85%

Maryland

2.03%

5.49%

2.71%

3.85%

1.23%

1.90%

North Carolina

1.19%

9.16%

1.95%

2.13%

2.47%

1.48%

South Carolina

1.01%

8.14%

1.06%

1.76%

2.66%

2.37%

Virginia

1.02%

9.39%

10.49%

1.87%

0.79%

1.76%

West Virginia

2.18%

9.67%

3.34%

5.10%

3.13%

2.48%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.47%

11.48%

1.08%

2.91%

1.80%

2.73%

Kentucky

1.06%

4.07%

0.93%

2.61%

1.76%

1.82%

Mississippi

1.49%

10.09%

1.75%

4.06%

4.49%

3.50%

Tennessee

1.27%

8.51%

1.94%

1.71%

1.29%

1.91%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.09%

11.42%

1.01%

2.30%

2.69%

2.03%

Louisiana

1.31%

12.83%

3.84%

2.39%

4.79%

2.16%

Oklahoma

1.32%

9.65%

1.56%

4.52%

4.92%

3.48%

Texas

1.09%

4.72%

3.13%

1.87%

2.22%

2.01%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.36%

9.20%

10.33%

1.89%

2.34%

3.69%

Colorado

1.30%

8.85%

10.26%

2.69%

4.86%

1.52%

Idaho

2.05%

8.30%

1.80%

5.16%

8.19%

2.13%

Montana

1.98%

7.37%

9.43%

4.78%

3.02%

4.38%

Nevada

2.32%

6.83%

18.95%

4.38%

3.98%

2.54%

New Mexico

1.59%

6.51%

6.05%

2.52%

2.17%

6.16%

Utah

1.27%

11.27%

1.87%

4.00%

3.37%

2.32%

Wyoming

2.40%

4.66%

5.14%

5.09%

6.04%

4.71%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.60%

8.10%

1.72%

2.01%

3.38%

5.35%

California

1.47%

5.78%

2.42%

2.27%

1.07%

1.04%

Hawaii

0.57%

1.09%

10.54%

0.81%

1.84%

0.77%

Oregon

1.00%

6.28%

2.14%

2.53%

1.42%

1.94%

Washington

1.48%

7.78%

3.05%

2.46%

2.81%

2.22%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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.