United States

87.6%

74.6%

95.4%

82.0%

91.3%

92.8%

New England:

Connecticut

90.8%

89.3%

98.3%

76.7%

95.8%

97.3%

Maine

84.6%

72.8%

98.6%

70.7%

91.7%

92.8%

Massachusetts

93.3%

83.1%

96.6%

87.9%

96.7%

97.9%

New Hampshire

89.8%

81.6%

99.7%

80.4%

95.4%

89.2%

Rhode Island

88.1%

81.8%

95.8%

79.6%

90.7%

96.1%

Vermont

88.2%

61.7%

97.3%

81.2%

93.1%

96.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

91.8%

65.1%

96.9%

88.4%

92.1%

97.3%

New York

90.6%

71.2%

94.6%

83.6%

95.7%

94.3%

Pennsylvania

90.1%

85.0%

99.5%

82.1%

94.5%

94.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

88.5%

72.2%

96.4%

82.6%

90.1%

94.7%

Indiana

84.8%

77.0%

95.4%

76.1%

87.3%

91.7%

Michigan

86.8%

63.4%

97.8%

78.2%

90.6%

94.6%

Ohio

89.3%

81.7%

99.5%

79.9%

91.5%

96.1%

Wisconsin

86.9%

63.0%

97.8%

78.7%

93.2%

93.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

87.1%

63.3%

96.7%

82.2%

90.0%

91.3%

Kansas

85.9%

69.2%

98.3%

82.7%

83.6%

94.7%

Minnesota

88.1%

71.5%

96.4%

80.3%

92.4%

94.6%

Missouri

89.2%

75.3%

95.8%

82.1%

90.8%

95.9%

Nebraska

82.8%

61.8%

95.9%

73.2%

89.5%

92.6%

North Dakota

82.6%

62.2%

93.0%

72.4%

92.6%

91.1%

South Dakota

80.4%

68.9%

94.8%

70.5%

88.4%

87.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

90.6%

79.1%

98.6%

81.8%

96.9%

93.2%

District of Columbia

95.2%

80.5%

90.8%

*

92.6%

97.6%

97.6%

Florida

87.1%

76.0%

89.6%

86.2%

89.8%

89.2%

Georgia

86.7%

76.8%

94.5%

79.6%

91.9%

91.1%

Maryland

89.2%

84.2%

98.3%

81.2%

93.4%

95.7%

North Carolina

85.0%

70.1%

96.2%

76.0%

87.1%

93.0%

South Carolina

85.2%

68.6%

95.8%

79.8%

90.6%

89.8%

Virginia

87.5%

78.9%

97.5%

80.5%

92.0%

94.8%

West Virginia

83.2%

49.0%

94.6%

76.3%

89.4%

91.1%

East South Central:

Alabama

89.8%

69.5%

98.8%

87.0%

91.8%

93.8%

Kentucky

89.0%

73.2%

98.3%

83.8%

91.7%

92.8%

Mississippi

84.0%

71.4%

97.8%

76.2%

85.9%

90.9%

Tennessee

88.6%

84.0%

95.8%

83.1%

90.7%

94.4%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.3%

70.8%

93.0%

75.2%

86.4%

88.7%

Louisiana

82.8%

74.9%

93.7%

81.5%

78.8%

86.2%

Oklahoma

83.3%

62.9%

92.2%

80.1%

86.1%

88.8%

Texas

84.4%

74.4%

90.6%

80.3%

87.2%

88.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

87.8%

75.4%

94.5%

83.5%

91.8%

91.6%

Colorado

86.7%

66.4%

98.4%

84.4%

86.4%

95.1%

Idaho

78.4%

49.9%

90.5%

79.8%

84.2%

84.1%

Montana

73.6%

55.6%

84.3%

68.8%

83.2%

84.3%

Nevada

89.3%

79.0%

94.2%

89.7%

87.3%

93.1%

New Mexico

82.2%

68.2%

80.7%

78.4%

89.5%

88.3%

Utah

82.6%

55.4%

89.6%

78.6%

90.0%

84.5%

Wyoming

73.2%

60.0%

93.2%

65.8%

74.5%

83.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

78.2%

69.5%

88.5%

70.0%

85.7%

88.2%

California

88.2%

83.5%

92.7%

83.9%

92.1%

90.5%

Hawaii

97.8%

97.0%

99.1%

97.7%

97.9%

98.4%

Oregon

84.9%

60.9%

94.7%

77.2%

90.6%

95.0%

Washington

86.5%

74.4%

93.0%

82.4%

92.6%

90.5%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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

0.22%

1.34%

0.27%

0.56%

0.28%

0.47%

New England:

Connecticut

0.93%

13.52%

3.95%

3.11%

2.10%

2.75%

Maine

1.62%

5.83%

1.61%

3.61%

2.54%

2.31%

Massachusetts

0.61%

8.06%

3.47%

1.95%

0.51%

0.80%

New Hampshire

1.37%

10.42%

0.54%

3.46%

1.84%

2.81%

Rhode Island

1.60%

11.97%

2.57%

3.22%

4.47%

1.69%

Vermont

1.22%

8.19%

2.57%

2.89%

1.84%

0.97%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.06%

5.26%

1.26%

2.09%

2.02%

1.23%

New York

0.70%

7.39%

3.22%

2.78%

0.72%

2.06%

Pennsylvania

1.14%

9.98%

0.42%

3.10%

1.36%

1.43%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.71%

5.71%

2.46%

2.60%

1.98%

1.09%

Indiana

1.80%

7.27%

4.44%

3.43%

3.19%

1.86%

Michigan

1.60%

9.86%

1.15%

3.67%

1.84%

2.12%

Ohio

0.98%

6.21%

0.25%

1.99%

2.45%

1.47%

Wisconsin

1.40%

8.49%

0.57%

2.21%

2.35%

3.52%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.52%

8.20%

1.67%

5.63%

2.41%

2.67%

Kansas

1.30%

9.90%

1.32%

1.79%

3.94%

2.33%

Minnesota

0.77%

5.26%

1.39%

3.35%

2.19%

1.37%

Missouri

1.00%

6.46%

7.70%

2.69%

3.01%

3.49%

Nebraska

1.66%

8.36%

2.95%

3.38%

1.87%

2.07%

North Dakota

0.98%

8.44%

3.19%

3.19%

2.21%

2.46%

South Dakota

2.31%

8.56%

10.96%

3.90%

6.15%

2.44%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.13%

9.19%

14.87%

4.17%

0.76%

3.11%

District of Columbia

0.62%

21.20%

28.72%

*

1.89%

0.92%

1.19%

Florida

1.77%

5.19%

5.06%

3.72%

1.50%

3.31%

Georgia

2.02%

12.95%

5.68%

4.18%

3.25%

3.55%

Maryland

0.97%

9.79%

10.38%

1.81%

1.87%

1.51%

North Carolina

1.27%

13.90%

1.77%

2.33%

6.39%

2.13%

South Carolina

1.13%

10.20%

3.96%

3.20%

2.78%

3.67%

Virginia

1.64%

13.16%

2.60%

2.58%

3.09%

1.65%

West Virginia

1.90%

9.35%

4.10%

3.31%

4.14%

2.71%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.65%

10.23%

0.62%

1.92%

1.40%

2.28%

Kentucky

1.16%

10.24%

1.21%

3.19%

4.01%

2.29%

Mississippi

1.69%

9.77%

1.27%

4.13%

5.69%

3.15%

Tennessee

1.18%

11.45%

4.85%

3.27%

5.11%

1.41%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.28%

8.48%

2.16%

3.18%

1.78%

7.43%

Louisiana

1.68%

7.57%

12.81%

3.27%

3.79%

3.73%

Oklahoma

0.97%

12.19%

2.01%

3.66%

3.97%

3.10%

Texas

1.31%

8.72%

1.50%

3.23%

3.70%

2.16%

Mountain:

Arizona

0.75%

15.03%

14.22%

2.61%

1.74%

2.74%

Colorado

1.35%

9.09%

2.40%

2.66%

3.03%

0.89%

Idaho

1.70%

7.94%

9.91%

3.31%

5.16%

2.49%

Montana

2.22%

6.88%

10.68%

4.78%

2.77%

4.44%

Nevada

1.31%

8.10%

10.16%

2.02%

3.11%

1.85%

New Mexico

2.35%

11.49%

14.46%

2.96%

4.22%

4.11%

Utah

2.86%

10.34%

4.28%

4.71%

3.91%

4.84%

Wyoming

2.52%

5.27%

6.10%

4.20%

3.81%

5.51%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.23%

12.07%

16.63%

4.40%

3.23%

2.41%

California

0.48%

3.24%

2.73%

1.23%

1.19%

1.55%

Hawaii

0.45%

4.43%

10.49%

0.73%

1.52%

0.64%

Oregon

1.34%

6.12%

6.71%

2.44%

4.24%

1.10%

Washington

1.02%

6.03%

4.70%

1.61%

2.61%

2.18%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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.