United States

78.7%

79.7%

84.8%

68.2%

80.1%

85.5%

New England:

Connecticut

81.9%

80.7%

82.7%

71.4%

83.7%

88.2%

Maine

74.2%

75.4%

83.6%

58.6%

75.7%

81.7%

Massachusetts

77.5%

74.9%

83.5%

59.2%

81.7%

86.6%

New Hampshire

71.6%

61.8%

78.2%

55.4%

78.1%

83.7%

Rhode Island

77.6%

80.4%

82.3%

68.6%

80.3%

78.1%

Vermont

78.4%

69.6%

85.9%

72.3%

80.7%

80.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

75.1%

59.9%

77.8%

62.5%

79.1%

85.7%

New York

78.0%

76.4%

77.8%

68.1%

81.6%

82.9%

Pennsylvania

82.0%

83.7%

87.9%

69.7%

83.3%

88.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

81.2%

87.3%

80.3%

76.4%

80.8%

86.1%

Indiana

73.8%

78.3%

85.9%

56.8%

73.9%

77.8%

Michigan

79.8%

83.1%

88.5%

71.5%

75.6%

84.5%

Ohio

77.4%

75.3%

85.9%

65.7%

76.1%

86.2%

Wisconsin

75.9%

70.7%

81.0%

76.3%

67.7%

78.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

79.8%

90.5%

87.4%

64.9%

75.2%

82.0%

Kansas

78.3%

85.1%

82.9%

66.3%

77.9%

84.1%

Minnesota

78.4%

94.9%

82.8%

64.7%

82.3%

83.1%

Missouri

79.3%

81.6%

80.8%

71.7%

77.9%

86.7%

Nebraska

75.0%

72.4%

81.7%

61.8%

71.6%

83.4%

North Dakota

78.9%

81.4%

87.0%

68.0%

79.7%

82.8%

South Dakota

77.0%

85.3%

87.1%

65.9%

74.0%

83.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

79.3%

81.2%

83.1%

66.3%

80.8%

87.6%

District of Columbia

84.0%

100.0%

77.3%

*

81.7%

84.2%

88.2%

Florida

77.1%

75.7%

83.1%

69.8%

81.7%

86.2%

Georgia

78.0%

75.4%

88.1%

66.6%

76.6%

84.8%

Maryland

76.0%

78.8%

83.8%

67.4%

78.4%

81.0%

North Carolina

74.8%

72.4%

82.7%

56.6%

81.2%

89.6%

South Carolina

75.8%

72.6%

89.3%

58.7%

83.3%

84.1%

Virginia

77.8%

88.1%

84.9%

70.9%

77.6%

79.7%

West Virginia

75.1%

71.7%

91.3%

63.3%

76.4%

78.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

73.4%

66.7%

82.5%

57.5%

76.1%

80.6%

Kentucky

78.5%

76.0%

92.5%

61.1%

81.4%

82.1%

Mississippi

78.8%

90.9%

87.8%

60.8%

82.1%

80.7%

Tennessee

78.6%

71.1%

88.5%

59.6%

81.3%

84.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.4%

76.4%

88.7%

57.1%

77.5%

85.9%

Louisiana

80.4%

73.2%

88.5%

69.0%

77.0%

89.6%

Oklahoma

77.5%

86.9%

81.1%

70.7%

71.0%

86.7%

Texas

79.0%

81.5%

87.2%

67.4%

77.6%

89.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

76.2%

77.4%

88.9%

64.8%

80.8%

85.8%

Colorado

78.6%

72.6%

86.1%

73.8%

79.7%

82.4%

Idaho

79.8%

83.0%

88.3%

77.8%

73.7%

84.1%

Montana

78.3%

84.2%

92.0%

76.0%

67.2%

86.7%

Nevada

72.1%

85.0%

86.3%

63.3%

76.9%

85.1%

New Mexico

71.5%

76.5%

86.0%

61.1%

75.4%

80.0%

Utah

77.4%

74.6%

87.6%

68.3%

78.4%

82.6%

Wyoming

82.1%

84.9%

86.0%

73.7%

79.6%

84.9%

Pacific:

Alaska

80.1%

91.1%

87.7%

70.7%

81.4%

84.6%

California

82.2%

87.0%

82.6%

74.3%

85.0%

86.7%

Hawaii

87.4%

89.7%

79.0%

84.6%

89.0%

92.3%

Oregon

85.7%

88.7%

87.1%

80.6%

86.0%

88.6%

Washington

85.0%

83.9%

94.4%

72.3%

86.3%

90.0%

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

0.34%

0.98%

0.61%

0.96%

0.43%

0.55%

New England:

Connecticut

1.16%

4.45%

2.51%

2.40%

1.95%

1.72%

Maine

2.14%

9.91%

4.46%

5.16%

2.31%

4.72%

Massachusetts

1.60%

4.30%

3.88%

3.42%

1.78%

2.85%

New Hampshire

1.83%

8.19%

2.68%

3.90%

1.80%

2.02%

Rhode Island

1.31%

5.51%

2.78%

3.17%

1.27%

2.65%

Vermont

1.65%

8.52%

2.29%

2.45%

2.93%

3.77%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.65%

9.60%

4.15%

3.87%

2.64%

1.99%

New York

1.15%

5.43%

1.93%

3.66%

1.54%

1.33%

Pennsylvania

1.47%

9.90%

1.62%

3.51%

1.88%

1.46%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.40%

3.72%

3.19%

4.30%

1.69%

1.19%

Indiana

1.01%

6.23%

2.44%

4.06%

1.76%

2.29%

Michigan

1.22%

5.39%

2.42%

3.55%

1.14%

1.20%

Ohio

1.32%

10.39%

2.73%

2.97%

1.32%

1.36%

Wisconsin

0.76%

4.90%

1.72%

2.85%

2.48%

2.84%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.62%

3.35%

2.64%

2.15%

2.35%

2.43%

Kansas

1.09%

2.30%

3.88%

2.82%

2.10%

1.24%

Minnesota

2.16%

7.90%

2.17%

3.23%

3.92%

2.59%

Missouri

1.73%

5.19%

4.27%

3.10%

4.03%

2.50%

Nebraska

1.04%

9.18%

2.59%

2.95%

2.66%

3.03%

North Dakota

1.43%

3.32%

5.33%

3.56%

1.78%

3.96%

South Dakota

1.92%

9.56%

1.99%

4.59%

1.78%

2.02%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.78%

9.00%

5.65%

4.12%

2.36%

2.86%

District of Columbia

1.69%

27.89%

23.27%

*

2.16%

2.19%

2.72%

Florida

1.64%

9.23%

4.00%

3.68%

2.27%

1.34%

Georgia

1.15%

9.78%

1.67%

3.65%

4.82%

1.15%

Maryland

1.40%

1.73%

5.12%

3.83%

2.23%

2.86%

North Carolina

1.37%

10.32%

2.40%

3.10%

2.12%

1.70%

South Carolina

1.92%

6.13%

2.20%

4.25%

2.50%

2.76%

Virginia

0.96%

9.80%

9.16%

2.72%

2.68%

2.40%

West Virginia

1.60%

10.57%

3.70%

4.50%

3.55%

3.22%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.89%

8.61%

2.19%

2.83%

3.22%

4.17%

Kentucky

0.99%

4.46%

1.00%

4.01%

3.12%

2.53%

Mississippi

1.75%

9.96%

2.48%

4.54%

2.66%

3.70%

Tennessee

2.08%

10.21%

1.21%

6.05%

2.34%

2.72%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.87%

12.27%

1.70%

5.18%

2.57%

2.33%

Louisiana

1.48%

13.32%

3.19%

4.48%

4.21%

1.37%

Oklahoma

1.88%

9.91%

3.37%

4.50%

4.17%

2.16%

Texas

1.85%

4.33%

3.16%

3.40%

1.61%

2.25%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.37%

8.82%

9.98%

3.18%

1.93%

4.48%

Colorado

1.71%

8.38%

10.20%

3.83%

2.40%

3.60%

Idaho

2.71%

4.46%

3.13%

5.00%

5.20%

3.27%

Montana

2.43%

5.14%

9.98%

2.31%

3.94%

2.17%

Nevada

2.27%

5.88%

19.14%

3.77%

4.25%

4.57%

New Mexico

2.82%

6.50%

8.18%

3.60%

3.06%

3.63%

Utah

2.42%

11.90%

1.62%

5.08%

2.76%

7.52%

Wyoming

1.71%

2.25%

3.39%

4.11%

2.41%

2.75%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.27%

10.60%

2.84%

5.28%

1.98%

2.99%

California

0.61%

2.54%

2.38%

1.04%

0.94%

1.38%

Hawaii

0.90%

9.77%

9.50%

1.62%

2.30%

0.76%

Oregon

1.56%

2.86%

3.08%

3.88%

1.50%

2.33%

Washington

2.02%

4.79%

2.45%

4.45%

1.89%

1.67%

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.