United States

61.1%

66.5%

79.7%

42.6%

66.2%

73.7%

New England:

Connecticut

65.5%

67.0%

76.4%

43.7%

65.8%

79.9%

Maine

58.4%

77.0%

74.3%

38.5%

62.2%

60.8%

Massachusetts

57.7%

72.4%

73.5%

35.2%

66.9%

71.0%

New Hampshire

59.1%

69.2%

78.8%

35.6%

61.8%

69.5%

Rhode Island

56.9%

49.6%

66.0%

41.3%

67.4%

62.8%

Vermont

51.9%

53.2%

65.9%

34.5%

52.6%

70.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

61.3%

66.0%

76.3%

44.2%

65.4%

73.4%

New York

61.5%

59.2%

66.1%

45.0%

65.6%

73.7%

Pennsylvania

62.4%

84.7%

80.4%

41.1%

65.1%

75.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

63.2%

71.6%

83.9%

41.6%

65.3%

77.7%

Indiana

60.3%

44.7%

80.3%

44.4%

60.1%

72.2%

Michigan

62.0%

53.1%

85.6%

42.7%

65.6%

70.6%

Ohio

62.3%

62.1%

80.4%

39.1%

66.2%

75.8%

Wisconsin

56.2%

58.7%

83.5%

31.7%

55.0%

72.4%

West North Central:

Iowa

63.1%

65.7%

86.8%

41.8%

60.8%

74.6%

Kansas

59.0%

64.3%

79.7%

41.3%

60.9%

76.2%

Minnesota

61.7%

68.8%

85.4%

39.6%

58.7%

78.2%

Missouri

64.6%

66.6%

82.4%

51.5%

71.0%

64.4%

Nebraska

60.2%

55.0%

73.7%

39.6%

64.8%

75.4%

North Dakota

61.2%

62.9%

79.5%

38.5%

68.5%

71.8%

South Dakota

54.0%

58.7%

76.6%

30.7%

53.5%

76.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

59.4%

72.5%

78.4%

29.4%

64.2%

79.1%

District of Columbia

64.5%

81.9%

54.8%

*

49.3%

73.2%

83.4%

Florida

59.1%

72.8%

85.8%

45.8%

71.3%

72.2%

Georgia

63.5%

72.8%

68.9%

42.0%

72.8%

78.0%

Maryland

63.7%

64.9%

80.1%

43.7%

71.1%

77.0%

North Carolina

61.3%

51.7%

80.9%

43.2%

65.5%

68.2%

South Carolina

62.3%

64.2%

82.3%

42.6%

67.8%

80.5%

Virginia

60.8%

73.0%

74.0%

44.2%

65.8%

72.4%

West Virginia

59.3%

72.2%

86.4%

40.9%

59.9%

75.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

58.7%

66.7%

70.8%

41.4%

65.8%

73.7%

Kentucky

60.5%

61.9%

86.1%

40.6%

62.3%

72.3%

Mississippi

60.4%

72.1%

74.5%

36.4%

70.4%

76.2%

Tennessee

60.4%

50.4%

78.1%

43.6%

65.9%

75.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

64.3%

75.5%

82.1%

41.9%

67.0%

65.1%

Louisiana

56.5%

61.3%

85.2%

39.8%

62.9%

64.0%

Oklahoma

55.1%

66.7%

76.8%

41.3%

52.9%

73.0%

Texas

62.9%

74.6%

83.8%

44.4%

63.3%

75.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

58.0%

49.3%

83.2%

42.9%

66.7%

65.0%

Colorado

59.0%

67.9%

74.5%

42.8%

71.7%

69.0%

Idaho

56.6%

54.5%

84.0%

39.4%

65.9%

66.5%

Montana

57.6%

70.2%

74.7%

40.9%

62.0%

79.8%

Nevada

57.5%

50.3%

85.3%

46.1%

71.8%

69.5%

New Mexico

50.2%

44.5%

57.0%

32.1%

67.3%

61.4%

Utah

56.6%

42.1%

73.1%

35.4%

68.2%

68.9%

Wyoming

60.6%

78.3%

74.8%

44.5%

64.8%

70.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

61.0%

60.1%

77.5%

46.3%

65.3%

76.3%

California

61.4%

67.5%

76.8%

41.8%

68.5%

77.0%

Hawaii

69.4%

64.2%

89.9%

65.5%

74.4%

75.6%

Oregon

65.5%

73.2%

83.9%

48.9%

72.4%

66.2%

Washington

63.9%

71.8%

91.2%

42.9%

72.7%

79.3%

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

0.41%

1.33%

0.94%

0.60%

0.68%

0.53%

New England:

Connecticut

2.02%

11.77%

3.66%

3.55%

1.91%

2.25%

Maine

1.79%

2.47%

4.14%

3.17%

1.88%

5.76%

Massachusetts

2.47%

6.12%

4.05%

2.49%

3.05%

3.03%

New Hampshire

2.85%

8.88%

2.95%

3.47%

2.70%

2.26%

Rhode Island

2.01%

9.62%

3.07%

3.26%

3.80%

4.38%

Vermont

2.23%

8.15%

6.66%

3.63%

4.04%

2.98%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.13%

8.04%

4.71%

4.93%

2.97%

4.14%

New York

1.20%

5.80%

6.04%

2.89%

2.62%

1.85%

Pennsylvania

1.22%

9.82%

2.43%

3.72%

1.99%

2.95%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.33%

3.75%

2.68%

3.46%

2.92%

3.40%

Indiana

1.81%

12.48%

3.34%

4.43%

2.46%

4.31%

Michigan

2.41%

10.32%

2.58%

3.73%

3.59%

4.17%

Ohio

2.21%

7.81%

3.17%

4.15%

2.77%

2.22%

Wisconsin

1.37%

7.37%

2.00%

1.91%

4.94%

2.60%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.47%

9.44%

2.58%

4.15%

3.64%

3.43%

Kansas

2.31%

7.28%

3.57%

2.50%

5.76%

2.28%

Minnesota

2.25%

4.72%

4.51%

2.86%

6.92%

1.32%

Missouri

2.27%

6.65%

7.30%

5.44%

3.60%

5.63%

Nebraska

1.73%

6.96%

4.63%

3.65%

3.19%

3.81%

North Dakota

2.06%

5.41%

4.27%

3.60%

3.93%

3.82%

South Dakota

2.51%

7.77%

9.16%

4.32%

4.64%

3.32%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.93%

8.52%

12.25%

3.31%

5.75%

3.69%

District of Columbia

3.29%

21.20%

17.32%

*

5.03%

3.02%

2.59%

Florida

2.16%

3.66%

6.15%

2.83%

2.51%

2.26%

Georgia

2.45%

11.96%

4.08%

3.84%

3.07%

2.65%

Maryland

3.21%

8.68%

11.41%

3.28%

2.59%

3.13%

North Carolina

1.96%

11.37%

2.44%

4.57%

4.28%

6.58%

South Carolina

1.12%

10.81%

2.70%

3.07%

5.63%

2.57%

Virginia

1.72%

12.01%

4.49%

3.04%

3.10%

3.40%

West Virginia

3.09%

9.00%

3.45%

2.52%

5.23%

5.71%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.45%

11.07%

5.51%

2.22%

3.29%

2.63%

Kentucky

2.00%

9.50%

2.19%

3.68%

2.51%

1.99%

Mississippi

2.16%

10.27%

4.54%

3.74%

1.78%

2.62%

Tennessee

1.45%

9.35%

4.08%

1.72%

2.48%

3.71%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.63%

4.05%

2.56%

4.12%

5.26%

4.56%

Louisiana

2.93%

9.97%

9.43%

1.90%

6.22%

4.39%

Oklahoma

1.86%

12.37%

4.91%

4.53%

2.41%

2.78%

Texas

1.15%

2.47%

2.54%

2.91%

4.50%

3.32%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.79%

12.02%

14.58%

5.35%

5.77%

5.83%

Colorado

1.95%

8.56%

8.69%

4.08%

4.93%

3.62%

Idaho

2.61%

7.51%

10.81%

4.03%

3.83%

6.14%

Montana

2.25%

6.72%

9.63%

3.65%

4.64%

1.48%

Nevada

2.85%

9.74%

9.68%

3.19%

2.46%

4.69%

New Mexico

2.45%

8.99%

10.95%

1.78%

5.81%

4.46%

Utah

1.80%

6.58%

3.99%

3.05%

4.58%

2.97%

Wyoming

1.66%

3.99%

5.70%

4.08%

3.87%

5.33%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.41%

10.84%

15.29%

5.37%

4.55%

2.72%

California

0.96%

2.93%

1.35%

2.17%

2.27%

1.78%

Hawaii

1.22%

8.16%

10.08%

2.10%

2.87%

5.12%

Oregon

2.63%

6.46%

4.43%

4.05%

2.69%

4.77%

Washington

3.16%

7.08%

3.87%

4.94%

2.90%

3.52%

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.