United States

80.7%

79.7%

85.1%

72.2%

81.8%

86.3%

New England:

Connecticut

83.5%

80.9%

82.9%

74.6%

85.0%

89.6%

Maine

79.1%

75.2%

83.9%

72.2%

78.8%

82.9%

Massachusetts

80.7%

74.8%

84.2%

66.6%

84.0%

87.9%

New Hampshire

73.5%

61.3%

78.4%

59.4%

80.4%

83.8%

Rhode Island

79.9%

81.4%

81.8%

74.6%

81.5%

80.1%

Vermont

80.7%

69.9%

86.1%

77.1%

82.7%

81.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

76.8%

60.1%

78.2%

65.0%

81.4%

86.9%

New York

80.7%

76.7%

78.3%

73.0%

84.3%

84.3%

Pennsylvania

84.5%

83.6%

88.0%

75.3%

85.7%

88.8%

East North Central:

Illinois

82.0%

87.5%

80.5%

76.6%

82.4%

86.4%

Indiana

76.5%

78.3%

86.0%

64.3%

74.7%

78.4%

Michigan

81.8%

82.9%

88.5%

75.0%

77.9%

85.3%

Ohio

79.0%

76.1%

86.0%

69.0%

77.2%

86.4%

Wisconsin

77.7%

71.8%

81.0%

78.0%

71.2%

80.4%

West North Central:

Iowa

80.7%

90.8%

87.4%

67.4%

76.1%

82.0%

Kansas

81.1%

85.5%

83.4%

73.1%

80.6%

85.0%

Minnesota

80.0%

94.9%

82.9%

66.4%

84.6%

83.4%

Missouri

80.7%

80.0%

80.9%

75.2%

78.9%

86.9%

Nebraska

77.3%

72.5%

81.6%

64.4%

75.9%

85.3%

North Dakota

81.5%

83.3%

87.1%

71.9%

83.2%

83.2%

South Dakota

79.2%

85.6%

87.3%

68.8%

78.1%

83.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

80.9%

81.3%

82.7%

69.9%

82.2%

88.0%

District of Columbia

85.7%

100.0%

77.3%

*

84.7%

85.6%

88.3%

Florida

79.8%

75.8%

84.1%

73.7%

82.5%

88.0%

Georgia

81.2%

75.3%

88.3%

74.7%

80.0%

85.2%

Maryland

78.4%

79.0%

85.3%

70.8%

80.3%

81.6%

North Carolina

79.9%

72.4%

83.3%

68.1%

83.1%

90.5%

South Carolina

78.8%

73.9%

89.4%

64.2%

85.6%

85.0%

Virginia

78.8%

88.3%

85.2%

71.4%

79.2%

80.2%

West Virginia

77.4%

71.8%

91.4%

67.8%

77.6%

79.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

75.3%

66.7%

82.5%

62.5%

77.9%

80.6%

Kentucky

81.1%

76.4%

92.6%

66.6%

83.3%

82.5%

Mississippi

81.9%

90.9%

87.9%

70.7%

82.9%

80.9%

Tennessee

81.2%

71.6%

88.9%

64.2%

83.6%

85.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

80.6%

77.3%

88.7%

63.8%

77.7%

87.0%

Louisiana

81.7%

73.2%

88.6%

70.1%

79.6%

90.1%

Oklahoma

78.0%

86.8%

81.1%

71.2%

71.1%

86.9%

Texas

80.7%

81.7%

87.1%

71.1%

77.8%

89.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

78.9%

77.5%

89.0%

68.9%

82.5%

86.4%

Colorado

79.7%

71.4%

86.3%

75.5%

81.1%

83.2%

Idaho

79.5%

83.5%

89.2%

73.8%

74.1%

85.4%

Montana

82.8%

84.1%

93.7%

80.4%

75.9%

86.7%

Nevada

74.9%

85.6%

86.8%

67.7%

77.6%

85.1%

New Mexico

74.6%

76.3%

86.0%

66.6%

76.6%

80.9%

Utah

78.3%

74.6%

87.9%

69.3%

79.1%

83.5%

Wyoming

82.6%

85.3%

86.0%

74.5%

80.4%

85.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

81.7%

91.1%

88.9%

73.7%

82.6%

84.8%

California

83.8%

87.5%

83.1%

78.0%

85.9%

87.0%

Hawaii

88.7%

89.2%

80.2%

87.0%

89.3%

92.5%

Oregon

86.8%

88.2%

87.2%

82.3%

87.3%

89.9%

Washington

86.1%

83.4%

94.3%

74.2%

87.6%

90.6%

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

0.26%

0.89%

0.61%

0.82%

0.49%

0.53%

New England:

Connecticut

0.80%

4.43%

2.49%

1.81%

2.10%

1.30%

Maine

2.11%

9.90%

4.46%

4.18%

2.29%

3.90%

Massachusetts

1.14%

4.29%

4.07%

2.99%

1.85%

2.95%

New Hampshire

1.85%

8.13%

2.76%

3.81%

2.00%

2.28%

Rhode Island

1.27%

5.24%

2.92%

3.11%

1.74%

2.41%

Vermont

1.64%

8.54%

2.24%

2.33%

3.22%

3.68%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.82%

9.56%

5.62%

3.75%

2.82%

1.75%

New York

1.28%

5.54%

1.95%

3.79%

1.52%

1.43%

Pennsylvania

1.17%

9.91%

1.61%

3.14%

1.93%

1.47%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.34%

3.68%

3.18%

4.20%

1.94%

1.15%

Indiana

1.31%

6.06%

2.47%

3.60%

2.12%

2.56%

Michigan

1.07%

5.39%

2.44%

2.93%

1.52%

1.22%

Ohio

1.30%

10.50%

2.70%

3.65%

1.38%

1.42%

Wisconsin

0.98%

6.58%

1.70%

2.89%

2.94%

2.84%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.74%

3.38%

2.62%

2.23%

2.70%

2.41%

Kansas

1.29%

2.30%

3.76%

2.96%

2.45%

1.17%

Minnesota

2.14%

8.26%

2.21%

3.47%

3.79%

2.75%

Missouri

1.79%

4.96%

4.28%

3.33%

4.22%

2.51%

Nebraska

1.29%

9.18%

3.13%

3.14%

3.11%

2.71%

North Dakota

1.25%

2.78%

5.34%

2.57%

1.50%

3.96%

South Dakota

2.08%

9.45%

1.97%

4.81%

1.87%

2.12%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.58%

8.95%

5.81%

3.58%

2.70%

2.89%

District of Columbia

1.78%

27.89%

23.27%

*

2.01%

2.21%

2.65%

Florida

1.61%

9.21%

3.44%

3.64%

2.55%

1.35%

Georgia

1.22%

9.77%

1.62%

4.06%

4.18%

1.10%

Maryland

1.31%

1.94%

5.17%

3.18%

2.36%

2.74%

North Carolina

1.84%

10.32%

2.58%

4.31%

2.34%

1.38%

South Carolina

1.92%

6.20%

2.22%

4.81%

2.28%

2.79%

Virginia

1.13%

9.82%

9.20%

3.39%

3.09%

2.83%

West Virginia

1.35%

10.87%

3.71%

3.86%

3.73%

3.20%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.98%

8.62%

2.21%

2.27%

3.06%

4.12%

Kentucky

1.08%

4.37%

0.99%

4.66%

2.84%

2.81%

Mississippi

2.03%

9.96%

2.54%

3.63%

2.77%

3.84%

Tennessee

1.47%

10.22%

1.24%

5.80%

1.76%

2.19%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.44%

12.42%

1.70%

4.55%

2.74%

2.23%

Louisiana

1.54%

13.32%

3.17%

4.44%

4.00%

1.36%

Oklahoma

1.84%

13.40%

3.39%

4.94%

3.89%

2.21%

Texas

1.74%

4.15%

3.19%

3.20%

1.71%

2.25%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.16%

8.81%

9.98%

2.97%

2.48%

4.50%

Colorado

1.78%

8.28%

10.22%

4.23%

2.50%

3.74%

Idaho

2.74%

4.60%

2.95%

4.16%

5.65%

3.16%

Montana

1.53%

5.15%

10.08%

2.10%

2.83%

2.21%

Nevada

1.83%

5.98%

19.24%

3.09%

4.24%

4.42%

New Mexico

2.60%

6.61%

8.19%

3.63%

3.43%

4.07%

Utah

2.70%

11.90%

1.56%

5.49%

2.84%

7.71%

Wyoming

1.70%

2.27%

3.38%

3.73%

2.77%

2.68%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.05%

10.60%

3.13%

5.21%

2.01%

2.83%

California

0.61%

2.36%

2.35%

1.15%

0.81%

1.59%

Hawaii

0.93%

9.83%

9.52%

2.01%

2.30%

0.84%

Oregon

1.10%

2.87%

3.10%

3.24%

1.79%

1.89%

Washington

1.97%

5.01%

2.46%

4.33%

1.83%

1.72%

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.