United States

6,420,156

12.7%

4.7%

39.7%

23.5%

19.4%

New England:

Connecticut

80,482

9.2%

6.4%

47.2%

20.2%

17.0%

Maine

33,771

15.0%

4.4%

42.3%

22.5%

15.8%

Massachusetts

152,750

11.1%

4.6%

42.7%

24.8%

16.9%

New Hampshire

31,460

13.4%

5.4%

42.8%

22.1%

16.3%

Rhode Island

25,081

12.3%

6.5%

40.3%

26.3%

14.6%

Vermont

19,748

17.4%

4.3%

40.6%

23.0%

14.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

206,293

10.4%

4.0%

37.6%

27.5%

20.5%

New York

434,598

9.8%

4.0%

39.5%

26.0%

20.6%

Pennsylvania

265,476

10.8%

5.0%

42.0%

25.1%

17.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

272,647

11.8%

5.8%

38.4%

23.8%

20.3%

Indiana

129,648

12.3%

5.4%

42.5%

18.6%

21.1%

Michigan

208,943

12.3%

5.6%

44.4%

22.2%

15.5%

Ohio

231,842

11.7%

6.7%

40.0%

22.3%

19.2%

Wisconsin

132,911

16.3%

5.7%

40.4%

18.8%

18.8%

West North Central:

Iowa

82,158

20.9%

3.7%

37.2%

19.0%

19.3%

Kansas

67,917

19.3%

4.6%

36.7%

18.1%

21.3%

Minnesota

130,401

15.9%

5.0%

36.1%

22.8%

20.3%

Missouri

124,720

15.2%

4.4%

39.6%

19.9%

20.9%

Nebraska

50,685

23.2%

4.5%

35.3%

16.4%

20.6%

North Dakota

21,938

26.6%

3.5%

36.7%

14.2%

19.0%

South Dakota

23,456

27.9%

4.1%

34.2%

15.5%

18.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

21,748

12.2%

1.5%

*

40.9%

21.5%

23.8%

District of Columbia

18,389

2.4%

*

0.0%

*

47.3%

34.5%

15.8%

Florida

405,660

12.3%

2.3%

39.3%

25.7%

20.4%

Georgia

184,664

11.9%

4.2%

41.5%

22.7%

19.7%

Maryland

113,534

14.1%

2.5%

40.1%

28.9%

14.5%

North Carolina

183,075

15.1%

5.5%

41.5%

21.8%

16.2%

South Carolina

90,671

12.6%

3.7%

48.8%

17.3%

17.6%

Virginia

169,292

13.5%

3.5%

40.3%

23.6%

19.1%

West Virginia

34,099

11.7%

4.4%

42.5%

22.8%

18.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

87,770

11.9%

5.2%

43.0%

19.9%

20.0%

Kentucky

83,681

12.3%

4.4%

44.6%

21.7%

17.1%

Mississippi

51,657

11.9%

4.0%

44.2%

19.6%

20.3%

Tennessee

117,283

12.8%

4.7%

39.6%

18.7%

24.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

57,024

13.1%

4.6%

42.7%

19.0%

20.6%

Louisiana

90,886

10.4%

5.1%

42.5%

21.2%

20.8%

Oklahoma

78,685

10.5%

5.7%

40.9%

21.8%

21.1%

Texas

418,729

10.6%

5.7%

37.5%

24.6%

21.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

110,766

12.3%

3.8%

36.4%

24.4%

23.0%

Colorado

123,241

15.5%

3.8%

39.0%

23.4%

18.3%

Idaho

38,960

29.0%

4.0%

33.3%

18.4%

15.3%

Montana

34,646

25.3%

2.9%

34.1%

17.6%

20.1%

Nevada

47,718

12.4%

*

3.4%

*

41.6%

22.5%

20.1%

New Mexico

39,484

14.9%

4.0%

39.7%

21.8%

19.6%

Utah

55,694

16.8%

5.0%

35.5%

21.6%

21.1%

Wyoming

18,559

18.3%

5.1%

35.5%

26.6%

*

14.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

17,215

11.4%

3.1%

48.3%

19.2%

18.1%

California

726,247

10.7%

5.6%

37.0%

27.5%

19.2%

Hawaii

27,891

10.0%

*

2.6%

*

43.2%

22.9%

21.3%

Oregon

94,546

15.1%

4.7%

36.3%

22.0%

21.9%

Washington

151,417

15.0%

4.0%

36.4%

24.3%

20.2%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

United States

24,625

0.19%

0.14%

0.25%

0.18%

0.18%

New England:

Connecticut

6,465

1.35%

0.82%

4.40%

1.99%

1.76%

Maine

1,143

1.26%

0.78%

2.01%

1.51%

0.88%

Massachusetts

3,604

1.36%

0.71%

1.80%

1.15%

1.63%

New Hampshire

872

1.03%

0.93%

1.89%

1.29%

1.16%

Rhode Island

896

1.70%

0.91%

1.66%

1.28%

1.20%

Vermont

388

1.43%

0.85%

1.17%

1.31%

1.30%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

8,753

1.62%

0.91%

2.48%

1.52%

2.06%

New York

10,150

1.18%

0.68%

1.32%

0.88%

1.16%

Pennsylvania

5,894

0.80%

0.41%

1.73%

1.51%

1.72%

East North Central:

Illinois

6,548

1.69%

0.73%

1.48%

1.41%

1.26%

Indiana

5,828

1.50%

0.78%

1.75%

1.35%

1.76%

Michigan

5,170

1.66%

0.48%

2.17%

0.75%

1.16%

Ohio

9,133

1.41%

0.30%

2.27%

0.97%

1.74%

Wisconsin

4,813

2.31%

0.58%

2.21%

1.08%

1.59%

West North Central:

Iowa

2,193

1.35%

0.38%

1.56%

0.89%

1.72%

Kansas

1,936

0.97%

0.79%

1.39%

1.02%

1.83%

Minnesota

2,413

1.29%

0.73%

1.05%

1.56%

1.08%

Missouri

3,571

0.88%

0.64%

2.25%

1.67%

1.54%

Nebraska

1,149

1.63%

0.86%

2.60%

1.41%

2.01%

North Dakota

544

1.35%

0.69%

2.09%

0.85%

1.49%

South Dakota

1,669

2.87%

0.79%

2.10%

1.24%

2.08%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

912

1.34%

0.58%

*

2.23%

1.42%

1.97%

District of Columbia

712

0.80%

*

0.04%

*

2.45%

1.68%

2.07%

Florida

10,053

1.18%

0.50%

0.97%

1.19%

1.39%

Georgia

5,122

1.55%

0.61%

2.25%

1.97%

1.69%

Maryland

3,998

2.04%

0.50%

2.66%

3.06%

1.33%

North Carolina

3,442

1.14%

0.82%

2.46%

1.88%

0.87%

South Carolina

3,723

0.89%

0.62%

2.20%

1.27%

1.25%

Virginia

6,247

1.41%

0.76%

3.17%

2.10%

1.94%

West Virginia

840

1.12%

0.59%

1.94%

1.40%

0.95%

East South Central:

Alabama

3,241

1.17%

0.83%

2.43%

1.51%

1.95%

Kentucky

2,624

1.08%

0.48%

1.92%

1.35%

1.37%

Mississippi

1,532

0.96%

0.70%

2.55%

1.92%

1.61%

Tennessee

4,630

1.78%

0.76%

1.74%

1.21%

1.20%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2,377

1.12%

0.53%

2.27%

1.81%

2.09%

Louisiana

2,381

0.89%

0.81%

1.39%

1.19%

1.47%

Oklahoma

2,772

1.21%

0.57%

1.56%

1.32%

2.30%

Texas

8,075

0.72%

0.74%

0.99%

1.12%

0.52%

Mountain:

Arizona

3,192

0.85%

0.82%

2.11%

2.08%

2.56%

Colorado

4,899

2.08%

0.46%

2.14%

1.67%

2.11%

Idaho

1,716

2.93%

0.74%

2.29%

1.50%

1.57%

Montana

1,924

1.94%

0.49%

1.70%

0.68%

3.30%

Nevada

3,141

2.80%

*

1.17%

*

3.34%

1.34%

2.11%

New Mexico

946

0.94%

0.78%

1.86%

1.75%

1.45%

Utah

2,030

0.86%

0.86%

2.21%

1.44%

1.38%

Wyoming

1,484

1.63%

0.96%

2.72%

4.44%

*

1.18%

Pacific:

Alaska

1,970

1.33%

0.74%

3.75%

2.28%

1.28%

California

14,193

0.52%

0.22%

0.84%

0.65%

0.75%

Hawaii

1,471

2.95%

*

0.79%

*

3.66%

1.92%

1.45%

Oregon

2,936

1.08%

0.67%

2.73%

1.38%

2.71%

Washington

2,125

1.42%

0.67%

1.93%

1.99%

2.05%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.