United States

91.0%

77.3%

95.9%

86.7%

93.9%

94.8%

New England:

Connecticut

95.0%

89.8%

98.9%

88.7%

95.8%

98.9%

Maine

91.4%

69.3%

97.4%

80.9%

97.0%

96.6%

Massachusetts

96.7%

92.1%

98.7%

93.1%

98.0%

98.9%

New Hampshire

94.3%

82.4%

99.2%

90.5%

96.5%

97.4%

Rhode Island

94.3%

84.0%

98.4%

88.4%

97.4%

95.9%

Vermont

90.5%

68.9%

96.7%

87.1%

94.9%

93.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

95.1%

90.9%

100.0%

90.8%

97.4%

96.6%

New York

92.8%

80.7%

96.2%

86.5%

97.5%

94.7%

Pennsylvania

94.4%

88.1%

98.2%

88.6%

96.2%

98.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

91.9%

78.9%

98.1%

84.1%

95.0%

95.5%

Indiana

91.2%

75.5%

96.4%

86.1%

93.1%

94.2%

Michigan

89.5%

68.6%

99.1%

76.1%

93.3%

98.3%

Ohio

94.3%

89.7%

98.0%

89.4%

96.6%

95.2%

Wisconsin

90.9%

80.1%

94.9%

83.7%

92.8%

95.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

92.4%

84.0%

97.3%

87.6%

92.8%

95.6%

Kansas

90.8%

82.3%

94.2%

85.7%

92.9%

94.8%

Minnesota

91.4%

86.3%

96.3%

90.9%

90.2%

91.1%

Missouri

92.0%

73.5%

96.4%

88.4%

92.7%

96.7%

Nebraska

88.2%

63.5%

94.9%

78.7%

93.4%

94.3%

North Dakota

90.2%

60.6%

99.2%

84.8%

96.6%

94.0%

South Dakota

86.4%

62.5%

94.9%

81.4%

91.5%

93.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

92.9%

87.9%

97.2%

88.1%

92.7%

97.8%

District of Columbia

95.8%

71.6%

100.0%

91.5%

98.3%

97.5%

Florida

90.3%

70.3%

95.1%

91.1%

92.4%

91.4%

Georgia

89.0%

64.6%

97.9%

84.3%

90.8%

95.0%

Maryland

90.4%

84.3%

97.3%

83.5%

94.9%

95.2%

North Carolina

90.4%

62.3%

96.5%

88.5%

93.6%

95.4%

South Carolina

89.1%

68.1%

97.9%

88.4%

85.4%

93.3%

Virginia

93.9%

82.5%

99.5%

92.0%

96.2%

94.8%

West Virginia

89.5%

71.5%

97.6%

85.2%

93.2%

92.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

90.6%

76.0%

97.8%

84.5%

93.5%

95.1%

Kentucky

91.7%

74.2%

98.3%

86.9%

93.2%

95.0%

Mississippi

86.3%

48.3%

97.9%

78.3%

91.0%

89.0%

Tennessee

89.2%

65.4%

97.8%

79.4%

92.6%

95.4%

West South Central:

Arkansas

87.3%

62.5%

97.0%

76.7%

89.7%

91.8%

Louisiana

87.9%

74.6%

97.1%

83.1%

86.5%

93.4%

Oklahoma

85.6%

66.3%

96.4%

80.7%

83.4%

93.5%

Texas

87.2%

70.9%

88.2%

84.5%

89.0%

92.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

89.9%

79.1%

93.6%

89.6%

94.2%

90.9%

Colorado

89.0%

77.9%

95.5%

86.3%

90.5%

94.0%

Idaho

84.2%

71.3%

97.4%

82.6%

82.9%

92.4%

Montana

77.2%

57.5%

89.4%

70.7%

87.2%

85.7%

Nevada

93.6%

88.4%

91.6%

95.1%

92.4%

93.7%

New Mexico

87.0%

73.5%

91.9%

87.9%

90.5%

84.3%

Utah

89.1%

62.6%

98.0%

89.0%

93.0%

93.6%

Wyoming

83.0%

65.8%

94.3%

77.1%

84.3%

87.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

84.5%

66.7%

98.2%

79.7%

84.8%

91.3%

California

90.3%

80.5%

89.3%

86.1%

95.0%

94.7%

Hawaii

98.8%

98.7%

100.0%

98.8%

98.1%

99.3%

Oregon

88.9%

66.0%

98.0%

83.4%

93.7%

94.5%

Washington

92.8%

86.8%

97.8%

86.7%

95.3%

96.9%

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

0.21%

0.84%

0.31%

0.43%

0.24%

0.30%

New England:

Connecticut

0.44%

2.75%

0.98%

1.48%

1.56%

0.37%

Maine

1.20%

9.04%

1.55%

1.95%

1.11%

0.72%

Massachusetts

0.30%

5.86%

0.63%

1.96%

0.46%

0.85%

New Hampshire

0.86%

9.70%

0.44%

1.83%

1.00%

0.83%

Rhode Island

0.97%

8.25%

2.77%

1.98%

1.44%

1.35%

Vermont

1.10%

9.05%

2.20%

2.83%

2.16%

3.31%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

0.44%

9.46%

0.00%

1.77%

0.93%

1.10%

New York

0.57%

4.04%

1.58%

2.16%

0.37%

1.61%

Pennsylvania

0.46%

9.75%

0.86%

1.79%

0.53%

1.30%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.80%

8.16%

0.53%

1.88%

1.02%

1.33%

Indiana

0.53%

8.24%

1.50%

3.36%

1.43%

2.24%

Michigan

1.77%

8.58%

0.76%

6.27%

1.54%

0.54%

Ohio

0.38%

9.79%

1.39%

1.36%

0.33%

1.08%

Wisconsin

1.18%

7.39%

2.11%

2.64%

2.64%

2.17%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.84%

6.48%

1.54%

2.20%

1.35%

1.94%

Kansas

1.45%

6.46%

2.99%

2.69%

2.29%

1.04%

Minnesota

1.50%

6.21%

3.14%

3.24%

3.94%

2.10%

Missouri

1.30%

4.30%

3.45%

4.00%

2.50%

0.97%

Nebraska

1.70%

11.74%

1.80%

3.09%

2.83%

2.43%

North Dakota

1.00%

7.92%

0.94%

2.01%

0.95%

2.38%

South Dakota

2.29%

10.13%

2.44%

4.92%

1.86%

2.43%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.19%

10.65%

0.98%

2.73%

3.86%

0.77%

District of Columbia

0.95%

20.51%

29.81%

2.00%

0.44%

0.76%

Florida

0.84%

10.33%

2.03%

1.78%

1.10%

1.50%

Georgia

1.67%

11.16%

1.50%

3.86%

3.84%

1.21%

Maryland

1.57%

5.31%

2.82%

3.67%

1.00%

1.95%

North Carolina

1.02%

8.57%

1.83%

2.29%

1.61%

1.23%

South Carolina

1.10%

8.00%

1.01%

1.48%

3.04%

3.07%

Virginia

0.64%

9.55%

10.49%

1.54%

0.73%

1.15%

West Virginia

1.66%

9.64%

0.92%

4.56%

3.18%

4.93%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.33%

11.39%

1.09%

2.60%

1.59%

2.68%

Kentucky

0.80%

4.55%

0.86%

2.93%

1.41%

1.45%

Mississippi

1.19%

10.47%

1.64%

4.74%

4.75%

3.68%

Tennessee

1.28%

8.48%

1.95%

1.96%

1.23%

2.00%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.06%

11.49%

0.91%

3.14%

2.12%

1.74%

Louisiana

1.21%

13.09%

2.34%

2.92%

4.83%

2.22%

Oklahoma

1.16%

10.80%

1.70%

4.31%

4.52%

3.36%

Texas

1.09%

4.67%

3.09%

1.74%

2.02%

1.78%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.32%

9.33%

10.48%

1.94%

2.25%

3.50%

Colorado

1.27%

8.99%

10.38%

1.85%

4.71%

1.85%

Idaho

1.92%

9.08%

1.83%

4.51%

6.39%

1.58%

Montana

2.41%

7.19%

9.69%

4.95%

2.32%

3.77%

Nevada

0.84%

5.53%

19.39%

1.36%

4.17%

2.39%

New Mexico

1.68%

7.15%

8.37%

2.40%

2.51%

6.76%

Utah

1.01%

11.44%

1.97%

2.64%

2.65%

2.41%

Wyoming

2.05%

5.11%

5.01%

5.10%

6.70%

4.59%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.64%

8.54%

1.70%

2.21%

2.77%

5.43%

California

0.72%

4.74%

2.51%

1.01%

0.63%

0.83%

Hawaii

0.40%

0.67%

10.54%

0.53%

1.30%

0.52%

Oregon

1.07%

6.22%

1.76%

2.67%

1.58%

1.25%

Washington

0.86%

7.48%

2.64%

2.38%

1.52%

2.29%

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.