United States

91,940,179

7.9%

14.8%

30.7%

25.1%

21.5%

New England:

Connecticut

1,197,422

4.9%

14.2%

29.4%

29.0%

22.5%

Maine

398,353

8.3%

9.3%

24.2%

24.0%

34.1%

*

Massachusetts

2,232,141

5.6%

*

12.6%

26.8%

34.4%

20.7%

New Hampshire

413,428

6.4%

*

13.3%

29.4%

30.5%

20.5%

Rhode Island

313,991

5.4%

19.2%

25.1%

32.7%

17.6%

Vermont

173,872

8.6%

13.0%

26.2%

37.0%

15.2%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2,762,988

5.5%

8.5%

26.5%

27.5%

31.9%

New York

5,923,338

4.9%

8.9%

28.1%

35.2%

23.0%

Pennsylvania

3,982,532

5.3%

17.3%

26.8%

28.4%

22.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

4,145,034

4.5%

19.5%

30.9%

20.8%

24.2%

Indiana

2,034,905

6.1%

24.1%

29.4%

22.6%

17.8%

Michigan

2,969,286

8.0%

*

21.6%

26.1%

23.4%

20.8%

Ohio

3,925,983

5.6%

23.5%

26.7%

26.2%

18.0%

Wisconsin

1,843,641

5.7%

25.4%

30.3%

17.7%

20.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

982,347

10.9%

19.3%

25.0%

21.5%

23.3%

Kansas

826,333

7.9%

19.3%

32.0%

23.5%

17.2%

Minnesota

1,836,328

7.1%

14.8%

24.4%

24.6%

29.1%

Missouri

1,890,855

9.3%

14.0%

27.5%

23.1%

26.1%

Nebraska

582,949

8.7%

15.9%

25.9%

23.6%

25.9%

North Dakota

207,925

9.4%

15.2%

27.1%

28.6%

19.6%

South Dakota

238,065

9.3%

20.1%

28.4%

21.7%

20.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

293,210

9.1%

12.2%

29.8%

28.4%

20.5%

District of Columbia

384,753

2.2%

*

0.3%

*

35.0%

50.8%

11.7%

Florida

5,726,244

10.4%

5.8%

41.9%

22.6%

19.3%

Georgia

2,855,184

6.6%

13.6%

35.1%

21.8%

22.9%

Maryland

1,567,346

11.4%

6.8%

32.3%

29.5%

20.0%

North Carolina

2,698,348

10.8%

*

16.7%

32.1%

19.6%

20.9%

South Carolina

1,236,295

9.3%

20.0%

36.4%

17.4%

16.8%

Virginia

2,655,462

8.7%

10.9%

36.6%

29.3%

14.6%

West Virginia

414,239

6.8%

18.7%

31.1%

29.3%

14.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

1,299,443

6.5%

18.3%

32.1%

21.3%

21.9%

Kentucky

1,166,661

5.2%

28.9%

31.6%

18.0%

16.2%

Mississippi

762,653

8.9%

19.8%

37.1%

20.8%

13.5%

Tennessee

1,939,241

5.6%

20.4%

34.0%

17.7%

22.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

826,425

8.6%

23.5%

21.6%

22.3%

24.0%

Louisiana

1,245,802

12.2%

15.8%

28.6%

22.6%

20.8%

Oklahoma

962,749

5.2%

16.9%

32.4%

25.3%

20.2%

Texas

6,645,754

7.5%

14.7%

28.7%

26.4%

22.7%

Mountain:

Arizona

1,711,553

11.6%

8.9%

40.8%

22.4%

16.3%

Colorado

1,506,413

11.3%

8.6%

35.4%

22.8%

21.9%

Idaho

453,970

11.7%

18.7%

22.8%

32.2%

*

14.7%

Montana

250,800

12.0%

*

5.9%

49.0%

19.6%

13.4%

Nevada

897,722

15.9%

4.7%

*

48.4%

14.5%

16.6%

New Mexico

481,731

12.0%

11.5%

39.2%

25.6%

11.7%

Utah

762,140

10.2%

17.0%

27.2%

21.9%

23.8%

Wyoming

156,842

12.7%

22.6%

27.1%

20.8%

*

16.8%

Pacific:

Alaska

178,415

7.7%

13.5%

*

33.6%

23.8%

21.3%

California

10,681,177

9.7%

13.4%

28.2%

26.2%

22.4%

Hawaii

362,859

10.5%

1.8%

*

42.9%

21.4%

23.3%

Oregon

1,178,700

8.9%

15.0%

24.6%

25.1%

26.3%

*

Washington

1,756,328

9.9%

13.9%

34.4%

20.5%

21.3%

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

964,399

0.31%

0.20%

0.77%

0.34%

0.51%

New England:

Connecticut

56,035

1.07%

2.79%

6.23%

3.30%

4.20%

Maine

62,357

0.87%

1.60%

3.86%

3.98%

6.57%

*

Massachusetts

214,134

1.58%

*

1.77%

2.54%

3.03%

1.92%

New Hampshire

23,169

1.78%

*

2.11%

3.96%

3.46%

3.18%

Rhode Island

15,196

1.43%

2.96%

2.21%

3.19%

3.08%

Vermont

12,704

1.79%

2.60%

2.45%

4.68%

3.14%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

90,914

1.16%

1.56%

2.68%

2.07%

3.26%

New York

260,134

1.24%

0.82%

3.51%

2.74%

2.27%

Pennsylvania

147,002

0.80%

2.04%

2.53%

1.20%

1.67%

East North Central:

Illinois

286,258

0.93%

1.87%

4.05%

2.11%

2.67%

Indiana

116,431

1.68%

1.97%

2.76%

2.02%

2.06%

Michigan

208,103

2.44%

*

2.93%

2.68%

3.37%

2.93%

Ohio

170,324

1.17%

1.61%

3.15%

2.63%

1.98%

Wisconsin

131,537

1.52%

2.31%

4.50%

1.42%

3.28%

West North Central:

Iowa

55,871

1.85%

2.86%

4.15%

2.55%

5.07%

Kansas

32,304

1.52%

2.11%

4.76%

2.66%

3.00%

Minnesota

88,993

2.07%

1.82%

2.03%

3.50%

3.81%

Missouri

136,469

1.84%

2.30%

2.82%

2.51%

2.70%

Nebraska

23,552

2.30%

1.73%

4.39%

3.91%

4.02%

North Dakota

6,848

1.64%

3.15%

2.74%

5.57%

3.13%

South Dakota

19,633

1.84%

3.08%

3.49%

2.98%

3.27%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

24,482

2.27%

2.62%

3.74%

4.69%

3.11%

District of Columbia

25,133

1.25%

*

0.35%

*

4.91%

5.91%

1.80%

Florida

312,836

1.68%

0.90%

2.94%

1.34%

2.46%

Georgia

156,973

1.80%

1.73%

2.99%

2.35%

2.91%

Maryland

106,518

2.70%

1.11%

3.09%

3.86%

3.35%

North Carolina

178,821

3.76%

*

1.90%

4.63%

2.69%

2.76%

South Carolina

89,026

2.13%

2.80%

4.35%

2.74%

2.70%

Virginia

222,148

1.23%

2.37%

4.12%

4.14%

2.78%

West Virginia

22,097

1.60%

1.59%

2.87%

2.78%

1.64%

East South Central:

Alabama

66,190

1.11%

1.39%

2.36%

2.54%

2.71%

Kentucky

125,078

0.97%

3.67%

5.25%

2.05%

3.02%

Mississippi

37,395

2.06%

2.65%

5.00%

4.45%

2.77%

Tennessee

80,989

1.25%

1.78%

4.69%

1.93%

3.84%

West South Central:

Arkansas

49,144

2.08%

2.28%

3.07%

1.79%

3.35%

Louisiana

66,635

3.00%

3.16%

3.71%

3.10%

2.27%

Oklahoma

39,032

1.13%

2.20%

3.15%

3.24%

2.71%

Texas

181,393

1.17%

1.13%

1.47%

2.65%

1.26%

Mountain:

Arizona

185,082

3.13%

2.42%

4.31%

2.81%

1.54%

Colorado

95,269

2.11%

1.81%

3.38%

2.18%

2.22%

Idaho

66,634

1.95%

3.30%

3.57%

5.81%

*

3.29%

Montana

22,212

3.72%

*

1.52%

5.23%

2.43%

2.12%

Nevada

96,915

2.56%

1.54%

*

3.90%

1.61%

1.87%

New Mexico

52,842

2.39%

2.27%

6.13%

2.99%

2.64%

Utah

59,661

1.74%

2.90%

3.37%

2.39%

3.69%

Wyoming

10,855

3.35%

5.66%

4.05%

6.13%

*

3.29%

Pacific:

Alaska

17,927

1.73%

2.94%

*

5.20%

3.77%

3.61%

California

503,188

1.08%

0.87%

1.87%

1.84%

2.05%

Hawaii

15,793

1.19%

0.64%

*

3.96%

2.43%

2.94%

Oregon

135,281

0.93%

3.49%

2.99%

2.74%

4.86%

*

Washington

191,790

2.24%

2.35%

4.23%

1.94%

2.53%

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.