United States

79.6%

79.7%

85.5%

68.8%

82.8%

84.5%

New England:

Connecticut

84.1%

73.0%

82.7%

77.6%

85.8%

89.0%

Maine

79.5%

85.8%

78.6%

71.9%

81.2%

81.7%

Massachusetts

77.2%

81.6%

75.8%

62.0%

83.1%

83.1%

New Hampshire

79.2%

73.7%

87.4%

65.4%

80.9%

82.3%

Rhode Island

77.6%

82.8%

72.5%

70.0%

82.6%

81.3%

Vermont

72.3%

62.3%

77.4%

60.7%

73.9%

81.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.5%

79.1%

86.4%

69.6%

79.4%

85.8%

New York

80.4%

69.5%

76.1%

72.7%

84.4%

84.3%

Pennsylvania

81.5%

89.9%

85.4%

70.6%

82.2%

87.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

80.5%

88.2%

86.4%

68.0%

83.9%

84.7%

Indiana

75.9%

57.5%

83.2%

69.0%

78.3%

77.7%

Michigan

80.7%

65.2%

89.6%

71.0%

83.2%

82.7%

Ohio

79.9%

81.1%

85.5%

65.4%

84.1%

84.2%

Wisconsin

76.8%

76.6%

88.2%

59.3%

77.3%

81.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

80.7%

87.1%

91.7%

68.1%

78.4%

82.3%

Kansas

77.8%

80.3%

87.2%

65.8%

79.1%

85.5%

Minnesota

80.5%

83.0%

91.5%

72.0%

75.0%

84.7%

Missouri

84.0%

76.2%

91.5%

79.3%

85.6%

83.9%

Nebraska

77.5%

70.4%

82.7%

64.9%

78.2%

86.7%

North Dakota

82.7%

79.5%

88.5%

74.6%

87.6%

82.4%

South Dakota

76.1%

76.0%

83.1%

62.6%

73.1%

87.9%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

77.8%

78.5%

89.0%

58.4%

76.6%

89.4%

District of Columbia

82.9%

90.2%

56.7%

*

74.5%

86.2%

93.9%

Florida

77.8%

85.6%

89.3%

69.5%

83.9%

83.7%

Georgia

79.1%

82.1%

71.2%

70.3%

81.9%

86.0%

Maryland

80.0%

76.1%

88.4%

68.4%

83.2%

85.7%

North Carolina

78.8%

61.6%

87.6%

66.8%

82.2%

83.4%

South Carolina

80.4%

71.6%

87.7%

65.6%

89.5%

88.8%

Virginia

75.0%

74.8%

85.5%

65.5%

77.1%

80.4%

West Virginia

79.1%

80.4%

91.6%

65.9%

80.9%

86.1%

East South Central:

Alabama

75.5%

77.7%

78.3%

64.3%

81.7%

80.9%

Kentucky

79.0%

69.5%

89.2%

68.0%

78.8%

85.6%

Mississippi

77.4%

80.9%

85.7%

58.4%

81.7%

88.3%

Tennessee

79.6%

83.4%

85.1%

69.9%

79.1%

87.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

79.6%

83.6%

85.9%

68.0%

76.3%

84.1%

Louisiana

75.2%

76.3%

92.2%

64.4%

79.8%

71.9%

Oklahoma

76.6%

86.6%

89.9%

72.1%

68.4%

83.6%

Texas

80.1%

85.3%

87.1%

68.1%

83.2%

84.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

78.3%

66.3%

87.4%

68.1%

81.9%

86.7%

Colorado

76.1%

84.0%

81.5%

64.9%

85.6%

79.0%

Idaho

80.4%

83.0%

91.7%

68.7%

84.1%

85.3%

Montana

79.2%

87.9%

82.2%

71.5%

77.5%

88.3%

Nevada

75.2%

62.7%

92.5%

69.2%

84.4%

79.2%

New Mexico

73.4%

68.1%

78.0%

58.5%

84.4%

77.4%

Utah

78.4%

56.7%

78.2%

67.0%

91.6%

76.7%

Wyoming

81.3%

87.2%

81.8%

76.0%

84.4%

83.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

81.1%

84.0%

94.3%

70.5%

88.5%

83.0%

California

80.4%

81.9%

83.4%

67.6%

86.4%

86.8%

Hawaii

89.1%

76.7%

94.8%

89.7%

90.3%

89.0%

Oregon

83.3%

84.4%

89.5%

74.3%

85.4%

86.0%

Washington

86.7%

94.0%

94.2%

77.1%

87.0%

92.3%

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

0.29%

0.87%

0.84%

0.63%

0.33%

0.35%

New England:

Connecticut

1.32%

12.92%

3.90%

3.93%

1.52%

1.82%

Maine

1.73%

2.37%

4.12%

3.19%

1.78%

2.25%

Massachusetts

1.84%

4.27%

4.06%

3.36%

1.78%

2.09%

New Hampshire

2.18%

11.71%

2.98%

3.38%

1.78%

1.06%

Rhode Island

2.01%

10.03%

2.99%

4.66%

3.29%

1.69%

Vermont

2.01%

9.49%

5.24%

4.27%

2.92%

2.62%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.68%

6.99%

2.91%

2.88%

2.06%

1.98%

New York

1.36%

6.37%

4.63%

2.11%

1.80%

1.21%

Pennsylvania

0.67%

10.35%

2.57%

1.87%

1.70%

2.44%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.15%

3.28%

2.95%

3.47%

1.17%

2.70%

Indiana

1.77%

11.78%

3.25%

3.49%

2.58%

4.92%

Michigan

1.97%

13.21%

2.62%

4.63%

2.90%

3.70%

Ohio

1.89%

4.71%

2.33%

4.18%

1.97%

1.75%

Wisconsin

1.55%

4.82%

1.80%

4.04%

2.97%

3.44%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.36%

9.79%

1.23%

5.14%

2.53%

2.89%

Kansas

1.52%

10.67%

3.42%

1.69%

3.54%

2.30%

Minnesota

2.32%

4.32%

3.03%

3.49%

6.15%

2.14%

Missouri

1.05%

6.09%

2.13%

2.84%

2.27%

2.43%

Nebraska

1.75%

6.18%

4.72%

3.87%

3.03%

1.95%

North Dakota

2.13%

3.88%

4.45%

3.43%

1.85%

3.71%

South Dakota

2.59%

9.20%

10.19%

5.27%

3.46%

2.94%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.23%

9.03%

13.48%

5.18%

4.72%

2.81%

District of Columbia

1.50%

23.30%

17.91%

*

3.66%

1.47%

1.70%

Florida

1.18%

2.48%

6.01%

2.33%

2.21%

2.24%

Georgia

1.20%

12.70%

4.92%

3.51%

1.66%

1.64%

Maryland

2.49%

9.28%

9.57%

2.64%

2.30%

2.34%

North Carolina

2.31%

11.92%

2.71%

5.75%

2.89%

4.32%

South Carolina

1.68%

11.83%

2.57%

3.72%

2.50%

1.74%

Virginia

1.73%

12.27%

2.96%

3.20%

1.47%

3.86%

West Virginia

1.57%

9.97%

2.26%

2.59%

3.35%

3.91%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.19%

12.31%

4.10%

2.87%

2.98%

2.83%

Kentucky

1.51%

9.74%

2.53%

3.40%

2.40%

1.41%

Mississippi

2.23%

9.78%

4.34%

5.62%

3.06%

1.69%

Tennessee

1.16%

10.94%

3.61%

2.92%

2.10%

1.93%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.56%

3.71%

2.51%

4.89%

5.31%

3.73%

Louisiana

2.27%

9.43%

9.90%

3.27%

5.34%

4.90%

Oklahoma

1.39%

13.22%

1.02%

4.89%

3.15%

2.85%

Texas

1.21%

3.12%

2.42%

2.93%

2.12%

2.43%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.41%

13.81%

15.20%

5.93%

3.59%

4.09%

Colorado

1.88%

7.60%

4.56%

5.34%

3.91%

3.54%

Idaho

1.62%

5.35%

10.61%

5.31%

1.96%

1.05%

Montana

1.50%

3.62%

9.27%

2.86%

4.01%

1.36%

Nevada

3.27%

10.73%

9.98%

3.26%

3.08%

5.46%

New Mexico

2.71%

9.40%

12.47%

3.10%

5.34%

4.49%

Utah

2.26%

9.94%

3.96%

3.78%

3.12%

2.40%

Wyoming

1.65%

3.65%

5.07%

3.80%

2.13%

3.36%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.72%

13.23%

17.46%

5.91%

1.68%

2.71%

California

0.92%

3.27%

1.63%

2.46%

1.62%

1.54%

Hawaii

1.33%

7.08%

10.10%

2.07%

1.85%

2.80%

Oregon

1.91%

2.96%

3.25%

3.22%

3.54%

2.37%

Washington

1.78%

2.81%

2.74%

3.49%

2.30%

2.82%

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.