United States

87.4%

83.1%

93.7%

79.3%

89.7%

91.8%

New England:

Connecticut

88.8%

90.2%

95.8%

79.6%

89.3%

91.5%

Maine

89.7%

82.3%

95.1%

84.7%

87.4%

96.7%

Massachusetts

87.3%

81.6%

97.2%

76.7%

89.0%

92.0%

New Hampshire

90.1%

90.1%

95.4%

85.4%

89.4%

93.5%

Rhode Island

88.8%

62.6%

95.0%

82.6%

88.9%

96.9%

Vermont

88.0%

94.0%

93.1%

79.2%

88.9%

94.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

84.0%

87.6%

88.1%

77.4%

85.0%

87.2%

New York

87.3%

82.2%

90.7%

79.7%

87.4%

94.5%

Pennsylvania

86.8%

60.7%

95.3%

77.9%

89.7%

93.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

87.7%

65.5%

92.2%

82.8%

86.5%

94.0%

Indiana

91.8%

86.1%

96.9%

82.9%

95.4%

92.9%

Michigan

87.5%

75.0%

89.0%

80.2%

87.0%

96.0%

Ohio

90.5%

95.6%

96.3%

82.1%

91.7%

92.5%

Wisconsin

89.3%

87.0%

89.1%

84.6%

90.8%

93.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

89.4%

87.4%

95.0%

79.1%

91.0%

92.1%

Kansas

89.1%

80.8%

86.8%

87.2%

93.1%

91.8%

Minnesota

91.3%

90.8%

95.8%

86.5%

91.0%

93.6%

Missouri

88.4%

95.8%

94.3%

76.2%

91.1%

95.3%

Nebraska

90.9%

87.5%

96.0%

80.1%

94.1%

92.6%

North Dakota

89.4%

76.6%

97.8%

80.1%

90.3%

95.3%

South Dakota

86.7%

85.9%

93.1%

78.6%

87.7%

91.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

87.8%

89.0%

85.5%

81.3%

91.2%

91.3%

District of Columbia

90.9%

21.7%

*

77.9%

*

89.3%

92.7%

91.7%

Florida

86.6%

92.7%

95.9%

81.5%

88.0%

91.0%

Georgia

87.9%

92.6%

96.2%

78.9%

89.4%

89.2%

Maryland

88.0%

82.9%

95.8%

82.5%

89.2%

93.9%

North Carolina

86.5%

91.1%

93.8%

78.4%

93.2%

82.1%

South Carolina

88.2%

87.2%

96.6%

85.3%

82.4%

89.4%

Virginia

88.6%

88.1%

96.1%

79.0%

93.9%

92.2%

West Virginia

84.9%

87.4%

95.4%

71.3%

92.3%

93.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

86.2%

87.5%

96.1%

71.2%

90.5%

89.7%

Kentucky

90.0%

92.3%

94.2%

83.5%

92.1%

90.3%

Mississippi

88.0%

82.1%

93.6%

80.3%

87.6%

90.2%

Tennessee

85.7%

79.1%

95.5%

66.8%

91.9%

92.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

87.1%

91.7%

90.8%

76.0%

95.2%

81.7%

Louisiana

84.4%

66.5%

91.4%

73.5%

85.3%

95.8%

Oklahoma

81.7%

81.5%

93.6%

69.9%

84.8%

85.7%

Texas

85.5%

73.0%

92.4%

77.3%

90.3%

90.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

83.7%

86.7%

87.6%

70.3%

93.1%

95.9%

Colorado

85.5%

80.1%

91.8%

77.1%

90.5%

91.6%

Idaho

85.2%

82.5%

87.8%

77.6%

92.4%

90.4%

Montana

85.9%

95.5%

92.9%

73.6%

90.5%

89.4%

Nevada

89.2%

87.5%

97.2%

88.3%

89.6%

90.5%

New Mexico

85.5%

77.1%

94.8%

80.8%

89.9%

88.9%

Utah

82.8%

80.6%

87.5%

75.8%

85.8%

87.6%

Wyoming

85.9%

77.2%

90.5%

71.6%

93.5%

94.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

82.4%

85.1%

80.0%

76.0%

83.1%

90.4%

California

87.5%

81.1%

95.3%

79.9%

90.8%

91.6%

Hawaii

88.4%

89.3%

96.5%

83.3%

93.3%

93.9%

Oregon

89.9%

91.6%

89.9%

84.2%

91.2%

94.0%

Washington

86.6%

87.4%

96.9%

73.8%

88.8%

91.5%

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

0.35%

1.51%

0.58%

0.99%

0.47%

0.60%

New England:

Connecticut

1.60%

3.89%

1.97%

4.06%

2.53%

1.50%

Maine

1.20%

10.82%

1.92%

3.53%

2.19%

1.44%

Massachusetts

1.27%

7.21%

2.37%

3.79%

2.37%

3.32%

New Hampshire

1.56%

9.84%

2.36%

3.14%

1.94%

1.56%

Rhode Island

1.30%

10.63%

1.63%

4.20%

1.92%

1.26%

Vermont

1.72%

10.61%

4.56%

6.01%

2.22%

1.74%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.76%

7.02%

3.55%

5.46%

3.23%

5.45%

New York

1.16%

6.12%

3.30%

3.91%

1.76%

0.79%

Pennsylvania

1.70%

11.82%

1.19%

4.65%

2.83%

1.61%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.17%

8.01%

2.08%

1.59%

2.03%

1.55%

Indiana

1.13%

6.55%

0.69%

2.99%

1.05%

2.40%

Michigan

1.99%

6.85%

4.14%

3.59%

3.62%

0.58%

Ohio

1.36%

10.41%

1.37%

2.47%

1.97%

4.07%

Wisconsin

1.70%

4.41%

4.45%

1.24%

2.47%

1.52%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.09%

3.76%

1.23%

4.48%

2.17%

2.83%

Kansas

1.64%

5.46%

3.79%

2.90%

2.76%

2.13%

Minnesota

1.13%

3.54%

1.04%

3.28%

2.43%

1.65%

Missouri

1.80%

1.39%

1.60%

3.34%

3.41%

1.56%

Nebraska

0.86%

11.12%

1.27%

2.31%

2.20%

2.39%

North Dakota

1.09%

7.61%

0.57%

3.28%

2.16%

2.14%

South Dakota

2.34%

9.86%

1.67%

5.51%

2.37%

2.89%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.90%

10.03%

4.28%

2.99%

2.35%

4.16%

District of Columbia

1.81%

10.24%

*

23.45%

*

1.83%

2.89%

3.51%

Florida

1.93%

11.28%

3.57%

1.89%

3.03%

3.30%

Georgia

1.49%

9.90%

1.56%

4.37%

2.54%

3.25%

Maryland

1.05%

5.16%

1.86%

2.76%

1.87%

1.24%

North Carolina

1.49%

10.24%

2.32%

4.10%

1.16%

4.58%

South Carolina

1.03%

5.56%

1.11%

2.10%

2.85%

4.18%

Virginia

1.84%

9.88%

10.51%

4.59%

1.22%

2.48%

West Virginia

2.59%

10.60%

1.75%

6.51%

1.32%

5.92%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.95%

9.94%

1.92%

3.17%

3.26%

4.70%

Kentucky

1.69%

5.01%

2.74%

3.51%

1.29%

2.75%

Mississippi

2.84%

10.90%

2.63%

4.70%

3.44%

3.25%

Tennessee

2.10%

12.16%

1.62%

5.57%

1.93%

1.41%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.12%

15.03%

2.01%

4.10%

1.15%

5.29%

Louisiana

2.45%

11.69%

2.91%

3.58%

4.47%

1.74%

Oklahoma

2.16%

13.23%

2.23%

3.63%

2.13%

4.29%

Texas

2.15%

5.47%

2.65%

4.87%

2.06%

1.80%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.86%

4.65%

11.09%

5.65%

1.76%

1.83%

Colorado

1.21%

9.35%

10.46%

3.72%

1.29%

3.01%

Idaho

1.78%

9.09%

4.02%

4.86%

2.55%

3.45%

Montana

1.58%

4.55%

10.82%

4.97%

1.57%

5.14%

Nevada

1.47%

5.06%

20.52%

2.48%

2.16%

2.79%

New Mexico

2.13%

7.38%

4.06%

4.72%

3.09%

7.48%

Utah

2.12%

12.83%

3.26%

3.35%

4.05%

3.51%

Wyoming

1.76%

6.01%

2.44%

5.22%

1.71%

1.44%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.63%

9.78%

8.10%

3.63%

3.09%

2.26%

California

1.32%

5.76%

0.92%

2.22%

1.82%

2.23%

Hawaii

2.04%

4.71%

11.37%

4.15%

2.21%

2.68%

Oregon

1.63%

2.07%

2.38%

2.70%

3.09%

2.19%

Washington

1.97%

6.09%

1.48%

5.58%

2.66%

3.53%

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.