United States

78.1%

79.5%

92.2%

64.2%

81.5%

87.9%

New England:

Connecticut

79.6%

85.6%

93.1%

67.5%

74.8%

88.3%

Maine

80.3%

73.8%

94.5%

65.1%

81.5%

94.2%

Massachusetts

74.6%

72.6%

92.3%

57.1%

76.6%

89.3%

New Hampshire

76.0%

86.8%

93.2%

62.4%

76.5%

87.1%

Rhode Island

74.5%

62.2%

93.0%

55.1%

77.1%

90.8%

Vermont

79.0%

82.4%

90.4%

67.7%

78.8%

92.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

76.6%

86.1%

86.9%

62.3%

79.9%

85.2%

New York

78.5%

73.6%

87.8%

66.3%

80.9%

88.4%

Pennsylvania

76.5%

57.0%

92.7%

58.4%

82.8%

90.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

78.6%

64.7%

90.7%

68.8%

76.7%

88.8%

Indiana

81.1%

78.9%

95.4%

66.3%

84.9%

82.8%

Michigan

76.5%

69.0%

88.1%

58.3%

78.3%

92.6%

Ohio

78.6%

90.0%

94.2%

60.4%

81.1%

90.7%

Wisconsin

77.2%

81.1%

87.8%

59.0%

80.2%

84.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

79.4%

85.3%

93.7%

57.9%

78.5%

88.4%

Kansas

77.5%

79.0%

84.2%

60.8%

82.4%

88.5%

Minnesota

77.8%

89.8%

94.6%

63.1%

80.8%

83.7%

Missouri

77.0%

89.6%

92.6%

61.5%

79.2%

86.3%

Nebraska

79.6%

82.8%

94.9%

55.1%

85.6%

87.1%

North Dakota

75.9%

63.4%

94.6%

57.5%

80.2%

90.2%

South Dakota

73.4%

79.9%

90.1%

55.8%

79.0%

82.5%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

79.1%

86.9%

83.6%

64.9%

80.6%

91.1%

District of Columbia

82.2%

21.4%

*

77.9%

*

76.8%

85.2%

86.6%

Florida

78.6%

91.2%

94.1%

70.3%

82.5%

87.5%

Georgia

81.4%

91.4%

95.9%

65.2%

85.4%

87.6%

Maryland

79.7%

82.5%

94.1%

69.2%

83.1%

87.3%

North Carolina

79.4%

90.2%

92.5%

69.1%

83.7%

79.7%

South Carolina

78.0%

80.4%

96.3%

68.8%

76.8%

78.6%

Virginia

78.0%

85.6%

95.2%

61.3%

85.0%

89.5%

West Virginia

77.2%

87.2%

94.8%

63.2%

81.4%

86.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

78.0%

83.9%

95.7%

57.6%

83.2%

87.2%

Kentucky

80.4%

91.4%

93.6%

66.0%

83.9%

84.0%

Mississippi

80.4%

80.4%

93.1%

67.8%

76.8%

86.5%

Tennessee

73.8%

79.2%

94.7%

47.0%

83.3%

90.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.6%

88.7%

90.0%

57.0%

87.7%

80.1%

Louisiana

75.4%

65.2%

90.2%

57.3%

76.7%

94.1%

Oklahoma

72.6%

80.6%

92.0%

56.5%

75.2%

83.5%

Texas

77.0%

69.1%

91.9%

64.0%

82.6%

87.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

74.5%

84.6%

87.3%

59.1%

84.2%

93.7%

Colorado

76.5%

80.4%

91.1%

64.7%

78.8%

86.9%

Idaho

79.1%

80.1%

87.4%

72.0%

85.6%

84.5%

Montana

75.6%

93.1%

89.9%

59.2%

79.9%

86.1%

Nevada

80.0%

74.7%

96.9%

76.7%

83.3%

88.7%

New Mexico

73.0%

74.1%

91.5%

62.7%

80.2%

85.2%

Utah

74.4%

77.8%

85.1%

65.3%

71.0%

84.5%

Wyoming

77.8%

73.0%

90.2%

57.6%

79.2%

91.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

75.8%

77.4%

77.4%

65.4%

77.8%

88.4%

California

80.5%

78.3%

92.8%

68.3%

84.6%

89.0%

Hawaii

77.8%

82.9%

91.8%

69.5%

86.0%

88.2%

Oregon

81.7%

90.9%

88.8%

67.9%

82.5%

92.4%

Washington

78.6%

81.6%

96.0%

60.8%

79.8%

89.8%

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.

* 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

0.38%

1.63%

0.58%

0.83%

0.40%

0.48%

New England:

Connecticut

1.89%

3.90%

2.54%

5.50%

2.51%

1.94%

Maine

1.19%

10.48%

2.36%

4.18%

1.91%

2.14%

Massachusetts

0.94%

7.47%

3.23%

3.75%

4.08%

3.43%

New Hampshire

2.64%

9.64%

2.40%

4.84%

4.85%

3.29%

Rhode Island

1.09%

9.31%

1.51%

4.02%

1.50%

2.60%

Vermont

1.97%

9.50%

4.32%

6.43%

3.12%

1.40%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.38%

7.67%

3.85%

4.12%

3.39%

5.21%

New York

1.27%

6.23%

3.23%

3.98%

1.21%

1.67%

Pennsylvania

2.09%

11.06%

1.63%

4.78%

2.49%

1.51%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.60%

7.61%

2.04%

2.47%

3.23%

2.96%

Indiana

2.33%

6.13%

1.60%

3.98%

2.18%

3.79%

Michigan

2.16%

5.82%

4.06%

5.35%

3.09%

1.00%

Ohio

1.88%

10.28%

1.29%

4.08%

1.35%

3.99%

Wisconsin

1.30%

5.20%

4.39%

2.64%

1.82%

3.35%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.61%

3.74%

1.20%

3.78%

3.08%

2.62%

Kansas

2.66%

5.79%

3.86%

3.86%

3.09%

2.16%

Minnesota

2.04%

3.57%

1.12%

5.27%

3.82%

4.84%

Missouri

2.03%

3.47%

1.89%

2.93%

3.64%

2.99%

Nebraska

1.69%

10.57%

1.19%

3.11%

2.79%

3.62%

North Dakota

1.89%

7.53%

1.41%

3.60%

2.82%

3.75%

South Dakota

2.90%

10.07%

1.78%

5.55%

3.25%

2.91%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.07%

9.76%

3.74%

2.60%

3.79%

4.11%

District of Columbia

2.14%

10.22%

*

23.45%

*

1.97%

4.06%

4.75%

Florida

2.62%

10.57%

3.28%

2.82%

2.84%

3.69%

Georgia

1.29%

9.86%

1.51%

3.39%

2.56%

3.33%

Maryland

1.50%

5.23%

2.29%

3.12%

1.88%

1.45%

North Carolina

1.38%

10.23%

2.18%

2.84%

1.97%

4.83%

South Carolina

0.99%

5.89%

1.14%

2.45%

3.20%

5.00%

Virginia

2.07%

9.74%

10.49%

4.01%

2.17%

2.35%

West Virginia

2.37%

10.58%

2.25%

5.61%

3.74%

5.52%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.41%

9.93%

1.95%

3.75%

3.88%

4.32%

Kentucky

2.24%

5.47%

2.75%

4.56%

2.20%

4.42%

Mississippi

3.08%

10.72%

2.53%

4.97%

5.62%

3.38%

Tennessee

3.04%

12.16%

1.61%

5.75%

2.52%

1.49%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.17%

14.43%

1.84%

4.47%

2.35%

4.92%

Louisiana

2.34%

11.63%

2.77%

3.26%

4.14%

1.63%

Oklahoma

2.05%

10.47%

2.30%

2.07%

2.73%

3.56%

Texas

1.51%

6.05%

2.54%

3.67%

2.63%

1.75%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.63%

4.32%

11.04%

3.93%

2.63%

1.85%

Colorado

1.18%

9.10%

10.54%

3.11%

2.41%

3.21%

Idaho

2.44%

9.03%

3.96%

5.89%

2.75%

4.62%

Montana

2.24%

4.28%

11.09%

4.91%

2.59%

5.06%

Nevada

1.91%

7.95%

20.58%

3.29%

3.04%

2.90%

New Mexico

2.64%

7.93%

7.49%

4.65%

4.00%

7.15%

Utah

1.78%

12.33%

3.03%

2.98%

3.82%

3.20%

Wyoming

1.95%

5.58%

2.40%

4.68%

4.19%

1.80%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.73%

8.43%

8.57%

4.73%

2.89%

1.92%

California

1.59%

5.21%

1.09%

2.16%

1.72%

1.77%

Hawaii

2.78%

5.74%

10.90%

4.12%

2.04%

3.66%

Oregon

1.16%

2.15%

2.65%

3.22%

2.56%

1.82%

Washington

2.23%

6.74%

1.87%

5.05%

2.53%

3.09%

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.

* 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.