United States

19.1%

16.5%

17.3%

24.2%

16.5%

18.9%

New England:

Connecticut

19.6%

14.1%

24.7%

20.1%

17.4%

20.4%

Maine

23.0%

27.8%

17.5%

29.4%

13.6%

31.5%

Massachusetts

22.7%

13.3%

*

28.0%

26.9%

21.6%

19.9%

New Hampshire

21.7%

25.1%

24.9%

27.7%

16.9%

19.2%

Rhode Island

18.8%

10.1%

*

27.4%

21.9%

12.2%

21.1%

Vermont

17.1%

20.1%

21.9%

19.0%

13.6%

18.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

20.2%

11.1%

*

24.8%

23.0%

17.5%

20.5%

New York

21.0%

12.9%

*

22.5%

23.7%

21.7%

17.7%

Pennsylvania

20.6%

18.1%

19.5%

*

29.4%

14.2%

19.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

19.4%

9.0%

18.9%

24.2%

15.0%

20.6%

Indiana

20.9%

12.3%

16.3%

26.9%

19.4%

23.2%

Michigan

15.3%

9.0%

*

11.7%

22.6%

13.2%

17.2%

Ohio

19.3%

7.0%

*

17.8%

25.9%

17.8%

20.4%

Wisconsin

20.9%

20.0%

19.3%

22.8%

21.7%

20.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

20.0%

15.3%

*

15.7%

29.7%

18.3%

20.3%

Kansas

20.0%

13.2%

17.9%

21.9%

20.2%

20.8%

Minnesota

20.3%

19.4%

18.4%

20.3%

20.3%

21.9%

Missouri

17.8%

9.4%

*

22.4%

19.0%

13.6%

21.8%

Nebraska

22.5%

22.2%

*

14.4%

30.0%

23.5%

21.3%

North Dakota

17.8%

3.6%

*

21.1%

25.3%

9.6%

24.5%

South Dakota

18.2%

17.4%

*

12.2%

24.9%

19.4%

18.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

15.6%

24.5%

*

11.0%

*

19.9%

11.7%

*

14.5%

District of Columbia

15.4%

3.1%

*

20.0%

*

12.6%

16.9%

17.8%

Florida

21.8%

27.5%

15.8%

30.6%

15.0%

19.7%

Georgia

22.3%

12.3%

*

19.1%

30.4%

21.4%

18.3%

Maryland

22.9%

21.3%

*

20.1%

29.7%

21.7%

17.3%

North Carolina

17.5%

19.3%

13.2%

21.0%

15.0%

18.9%

South Carolina

20.2%

16.5%

*

18.3%

30.1%

12.8%

17.0%

Virginia

24.0%

16.3%

*

23.0%

29.6%

21.9%

22.8%

West Virginia

19.0%

30.7%

*

16.8%

21.1%

16.8%

16.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

22.6%

28.2%

22.2%

26.0%

16.3%

23.9%

Kentucky

18.2%

23.1%

17.2%

22.6%

14.9%

16.2%

Mississippi

19.6%

6.4%

*

21.2%

26.3%

14.9%

21.1%

Tennessee

19.9%

44.0%

18.3%

23.9%

13.4%

19.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.6%

16.8%

*

17.6%

27.5%

15.5%

22.4%

Louisiana

19.2%

31.5%

17.9%

18.2%

13.5%

23.0%

Oklahoma

16.4%

9.9%

*

13.1%

19.7%

17.1%

14.6%

Texas

17.6%

19.1%

14.1%

23.3%

15.1%

17.7%

Mountain:

Arizona

18.8%

22.1%

13.1%

20.8%

14.5%

22.0%

Colorado

17.8%

15.1%

*

8.5%

20.6%

18.4%

18.2%

Idaho

15.8%

3.8%

*

11.5%

18.0%

19.5%

13.3%

Montana

14.4%

7.9%

14.8%

22.1%

11.5%

9.5%

Nevada

15.4%

17.2%

*

16.3%

17.7%

11.8%

13.1%

New Mexico

18.0%

17.2%

*

20.7%

21.1%

13.6%

19.1%

Utah

21.5%

29.9%

25.1%

22.8%

18.9%

19.2%

Wyoming

14.2%

10.0%

*

9.2%

*

19.8%

10.5%

*

21.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.7%

7.0%

*

19.4%

18.5%

12.2%

*

15.9%

California

16.3%

13.3%

12.9%

22.4%

13.2%

17.0%

Hawaii

10.3%

2.5%

*

9.7%

13.3%

*

8.6%

10.1%

Oregon

13.3%

7.6%

*

17.2%

21.1%

7.8%

12.4%

Washington

15.4%

11.4%

10.9%

22.4%

11.0%

15.6%

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

0.39%

1.38%

0.40%

0.67%

0.87%

0.40%

New England:

Connecticut

1.35%

3.92%

1.54%

2.51%

2.62%

1.92%

Maine

2.56%

7.62%

2.73%

2.65%

2.06%

6.10%

Massachusetts

0.97%

4.89%

*

2.66%

2.26%

1.82%

1.67%

New Hampshire

2.46%

7.40%

4.22%

2.69%

3.99%

2.73%

Rhode Island

1.21%

4.47%

*

2.37%

2.49%

2.22%

5.39%

Vermont

1.39%

5.61%

4.59%

3.87%

1.60%

2.64%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.48%

6.82%

*

4.69%

3.28%

1.70%

2.23%

New York

1.80%

4.60%

*

3.38%

2.65%

2.91%

1.15%

Pennsylvania

1.71%

4.89%

5.89%

*

3.64%

1.06%

2.10%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.15%

2.68%

2.50%

2.19%

1.48%

1.82%

Indiana

1.15%

3.42%

1.63%

4.32%

1.83%

3.62%

Michigan

1.23%

3.73%

*

1.59%

2.07%

2.20%

2.99%

Ohio

0.65%

2.58%

*

2.37%

1.93%

1.46%

2.14%

Wisconsin

0.74%

4.93%

1.86%

2.08%

1.72%

2.79%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.55%

5.89%

*

2.62%

3.79%

1.86%

2.80%

Kansas

0.66%

3.83%

3.44%

2.83%

2.59%

2.52%

Minnesota

1.47%

4.78%

2.92%

1.79%

3.17%

1.55%

Missouri

1.31%

2.95%

*

4.70%

2.22%

2.00%

2.61%

Nebraska

1.57%

11.09%

*

1.76%

1.93%

2.94%

2.16%

North Dakota

1.30%

1.48%

*

4.29%

2.35%

2.15%

3.05%

South Dakota

2.12%

5.56%

*

2.15%

3.73%

2.67%

3.19%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.53%

8.99%

*

3.41%

*

1.47%

7.39%

*

2.32%

District of Columbia

1.44%

1.03%

*

6.32%

*

1.26%

2.43%

2.08%

Florida

1.20%

6.01%

2.62%

1.93%

1.77%

2.21%

Georgia

1.86%

5.29%

*

2.32%

3.74%

4.44%

3.26%

Maryland

1.19%

7.12%

*

3.87%

3.04%

2.17%

2.39%

North Carolina

1.01%

5.25%

1.82%

3.76%

2.26%

2.63%

South Carolina

2.11%

5.56%

*

2.29%

4.20%

1.95%

3.26%

Virginia

1.14%

5.60%

*

2.97%

4.46%

2.56%

5.21%

West Virginia

1.85%

10.76%

*

2.57%

4.98%

2.10%

1.92%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.47%

6.91%

2.88%

4.30%

3.69%

2.64%

Kentucky

1.34%

4.97%

1.76%

4.63%

1.28%

1.64%

Mississippi

1.16%

5.22%

*

1.69%

4.19%

2.32%

2.54%

Tennessee

1.35%

9.87%

1.75%

3.48%

1.91%

3.08%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.92%

10.12%

*

1.70%

3.52%

2.65%

2.75%

Louisiana

1.54%

7.04%

2.51%

2.21%

2.79%

3.12%

Oklahoma

1.93%

4.71%

*

2.26%

4.26%

2.93%

2.23%

Texas

1.07%

2.68%

1.33%

1.62%

2.05%

1.28%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.50%

6.62%

3.22%

3.10%

1.53%

2.87%

Colorado

1.12%

5.05%

*

1.82%

2.18%

4.02%

2.31%

Idaho

1.86%

8.54%

*

2.32%

2.54%

3.35%

2.17%

Montana

1.77%

2.13%

3.88%

3.25%

2.25%

1.54%

Nevada

1.98%

9.78%

*

3.18%

3.06%

2.30%

2.14%

New Mexico

1.10%

6.23%

*

4.35%

4.91%

1.92%

3.39%

Utah

1.58%

8.28%

4.04%

1.45%

2.58%

1.16%

Wyoming

1.26%

3.17%

*

2.95%

*

3.42%

4.82%

*

5.05%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.11%

2.37%

*

4.43%

2.81%

4.56%

*

2.08%

California

0.78%

2.63%

1.20%

1.61%

1.15%

1.75%

Hawaii

1.58%

1.30%

*

2.05%

4.08%

*

1.42%

1.36%

Oregon

1.17%

4.52%

*

3.11%

2.89%

2.19%

2.04%

Washington

1.01%

2.82%

1.55%

3.58%

2.05%

1.99%

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.