United States

73.8%

69.1%

82.0%

77.7%

66.8%

75.5%

New England:

Connecticut

74.1%

71.6%

94.2%

63.0%

86.7%

78.2%

Maine

78.4%

77.4%

96.1%

76.2%

78.6%

78.5%

Massachusetts

61.9%

66.8%

75.0%

65.8%

49.9%

62.6%

New Hampshire

72.8%

85.4%

81.8%

83.3%

53.3%

65.0%

Rhode Island

66.8%

53.3%

84.3%

79.2%

52.0%

66.5%

Vermont

69.7%

64.5%

73.5%

72.0%

65.2%

73.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

70.0%

85.4%

65.5%

77.0%

58.5%

72.8%

New York

65.4%

56.2%

73.8%

70.7%

62.6%

63.1%

Pennsylvania

69.9%

66.5%

73.6%

72.6%

63.8%

73.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

72.5%

66.4%

78.3%

79.2%

54.6%

80.5%

Indiana

77.6%

64.6%

79.3%

79.9%

77.9%

77.3%

Michigan

73.7%

57.3%

82.6%

78.7%

70.5%

74.4%

Ohio

71.5%

53.3%

94.6%

77.4%

62.9%

69.2%

Wisconsin

74.0%

66.2%

87.4%

71.3%

71.6%

79.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

72.8%

68.0%

91.2%

75.7%

67.2%

74.3%

Kansas

71.8%

68.8%

91.6%

83.0%

75.7%

53.1%

Minnesota

76.3%

69.9%

97.8%

74.9%

85.9%

63.6%

Missouri

72.2%

53.1%

98.7%

77.4%

68.3%

72.5%

Nebraska

70.0%

41.7%

76.9%

75.2%

75.0%

72.7%

North Dakota

62.8%

49.7%

97.2%

68.0%

52.2%

61.5%

South Dakota

74.2%

51.3%

92.5%

74.9%

74.4%

77.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.2%

68.1%

85.8%

75.7%

65.0%

70.2%

District of Columbia

66.3%

66.3%

100.0%

*

73.1%

53.0%

77.7%

Florida

76.6%

81.5%

89.9%

74.6%

72.7%

80.8%

Georgia

75.0%

58.8%

91.0%

83.7%

52.9%

81.8%

Maryland

71.2%

82.5%

87.3%

83.3%

52.0%

68.3%

North Carolina

74.4%

79.4%

85.2%

74.6%

63.9%

81.4%

South Carolina

79.1%

79.4%

84.5%

78.5%

79.1%

78.7%

Virginia

77.3%

78.8%

78.6%

80.0%

64.4%

87.2%

West Virginia

80.2%

92.0%

72.6%

85.9%

81.4%

67.6%

East South Central:

Alabama

69.3%

88.0%

99.1%

76.8%

43.4%

64.9%

Kentucky

75.9%

58.0%

68.2%

82.0%

77.0%

71.5%

Mississippi

77.5%

71.0%

89.8%

79.9%

71.9%

78.0%

Tennessee

80.3%

87.9%

93.4%

82.3%

66.0%

80.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.8%

50.9%

*

73.5%

74.5%

83.3%

84.2%

Louisiana

80.8%

70.3%

59.0%

82.7%

82.1%

84.9%

Oklahoma

79.7%

83.9%

76.7%

72.1%

79.2%

89.1%

Texas

73.8%

67.2%

72.4%

82.3%

62.2%

78.1%

Mountain:

Arizona

80.6%

76.7%

88.4%

83.9%

88.5%

68.0%

Colorado

70.5%

50.2%

60.5%

79.0%

70.8%

71.0%

Idaho

74.5%

62.6%

97.5%

81.1%

68.9%

72.2%

Montana

78.0%

47.7%

100.0%

87.4%

77.0%

83.7%

Nevada

86.9%

82.2%

61.5%

92.8%

84.5%

83.8%

New Mexico

76.6%

74.9%

95.2%

78.8%

81.0%

67.1%

Utah

77.1%

77.9%

82.9%

85.6%

66.8%

75.9%

Wyoming

64.1%

83.0%

70.4%

83.7%

36.1%

*

76.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

79.9%

83.4%

63.0%

81.6%

84.5%

74.6%

California

77.6%

76.0%

83.9%

81.5%

70.1%

81.3%

Hawaii

74.1%

86.5%

69.4%

83.9%

58.4%

67.1%

Oregon

77.2%

68.3%

85.1%

79.3%

74.7%

78.7%

Washington

82.3%

73.8%

78.9%

84.1%

80.5%

85.6%

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.

United States

0.43%

1.63%

1.81%

0.76%

0.67%

1.14%

New England:

Connecticut

4.03%

11.82%

2.52%

6.72%

3.09%

5.51%

Maine

2.56%

6.68%

3.21%

3.81%

3.52%

4.98%

Massachusetts

3.11%

9.47%

8.99%

5.39%

6.49%

5.39%

New Hampshire

3.88%

6.54%

6.99%

4.62%

7.41%

8.17%

Rhode Island

1.72%

11.05%

10.84%

3.44%

5.83%

7.93%

Vermont

2.68%

13.23%

7.86%

5.26%

8.79%

9.59%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.18%

13.43%

11.67%

4.79%

4.89%

5.90%

New York

2.01%

9.58%

6.68%

5.75%

3.12%

3.18%

Pennsylvania

2.93%

8.92%

9.93%

4.33%

4.58%

5.71%

East North Central:

Illinois

3.46%

13.50%

6.84%

5.85%

7.44%

3.40%

Indiana

2.03%

15.31%

8.24%

3.53%

8.28%

3.76%

Michigan

4.18%

12.51%

6.57%

4.27%

5.58%

6.47%

Ohio

3.01%

11.78%

3.41%

2.27%

6.59%

8.17%

Wisconsin

2.96%

9.84%

5.72%

5.05%

5.53%

4.09%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.28%

7.96%

4.34%

4.65%

4.66%

9.10%

Kansas

4.62%

11.10%

7.35%

4.96%

5.10%

7.81%

Minnesota

4.14%

11.08%

9.25%

6.28%

4.64%

8.20%

Missouri

2.56%

13.89%

0.54%

4.07%

8.24%

6.03%

Nebraska

3.12%

9.72%

10.05%

6.28%

7.12%

8.04%

North Dakota

3.25%

11.88%

13.35%

5.51%

7.56%

7.30%

South Dakota

2.40%

12.76%

3.64%

4.89%

5.71%

6.02%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.89%

10.97%

15.39%

3.88%

10.51%

8.95%

District of Columbia

3.18%

18.19%

31.62%

*

7.19%

7.81%

6.13%

Florida

3.25%

11.72%

13.39%

4.93%

4.11%

4.53%

Georgia

2.82%

13.55%

11.98%

5.99%

8.42%

5.46%

Maryland

4.36%

9.88%

7.27%

5.33%

5.51%

5.94%

North Carolina

3.40%

11.75%

9.50%

4.40%

7.83%

4.41%

South Carolina

3.59%

17.89%

8.65%

4.18%

6.37%

7.86%

Virginia

2.38%

10.37%

9.11%

3.82%

6.33%

3.95%

West Virginia

2.33%

11.34%

7.37%

3.34%

5.01%

8.64%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.39%

10.51%

0.55%

4.19%

6.32%

7.28%

Kentucky

2.35%

9.34%

11.07%

4.34%

6.27%

6.49%

Mississippi

3.34%

11.82%

8.76%

5.43%

8.46%

6.82%

Tennessee

2.98%

16.45%

2.22%

2.87%

6.17%

5.73%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.08%

15.65%

*

9.19%

5.73%

5.80%

6.31%

Louisiana

2.14%

13.43%

12.96%

4.00%

6.08%

4.54%

Oklahoma

4.73%

13.76%

10.66%

7.78%

5.80%

3.63%

Texas

2.23%

8.66%

7.68%

2.97%

4.85%

4.18%

Mountain:

Arizona

4.57%

13.59%

11.26%

3.71%

4.93%

7.90%

Colorado

3.82%

14.54%

10.19%

5.00%

5.53%

8.23%

Idaho

2.96%

10.38%

9.02%

4.36%

6.42%

9.25%

Montana

2.78%

9.32%

0.00%

3.56%

5.18%

4.78%

Nevada

3.47%

8.30%

14.71%

6.18%

7.00%

4.49%

New Mexico

3.27%

8.23%

3.69%

4.49%

4.43%

6.75%

Utah

2.86%

11.40%

8.24%

4.29%

4.49%

3.93%

Wyoming

6.81%

11.62%

11.72%

3.65%

14.84%

*

6.03%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.04%

13.40%

17.70%

5.08%

6.50%

6.96%

California

2.09%

4.50%

6.73%

3.92%

3.12%

3.40%

Hawaii

2.45%

6.59%

15.92%

3.55%

5.14%

6.42%

Oregon

2.33%

8.78%

5.40%

4.83%

4.70%

3.81%

Washington

2.40%

13.29%

10.01%

5.38%

4.79%

3.97%

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.