United States

18.7%

16.6%

17.2%

24.2%

15.6%

18.1%

New England:

Connecticut

19.5%

5.6%

*

23.7%

21.5%

17.6%

19.6%

Maine

22.1%

24.8%

*

14.2%

28.2%

11.3%

32.1%

Massachusetts

20.2%

8.6%

*

26.4%

28.5%

17.2%

*

17.7%

New Hampshire

19.3%

14.1%

*

24.5%

22.3%

15.1%

*

19.5%

Rhode Island

20.3%

26.7%

*

29.4%

21.9%

15.0%

14.4%

*

Vermont

16.7%

34.0%

19.9%

18.7%

12.7%

18.6%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

20.1%

12.0%

*

33.9%

21.2%

18.1%

18.6%

New York

17.2%

16.5%

*

17.0%

21.8%

15.6%

15.8%

Pennsylvania

21.2%

23.4%

22.0%

*

29.8%

14.7%

16.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

19.2%

11.0%

20.6%

23.0%

13.8%

20.8%

Indiana

20.1%

13.4%

*

15.9%

27.4%

18.8%

19.7%

Michigan

14.1%

2.6%

*

9.2%

24.1%

10.0%

18.2%

Ohio

19.2%

6.5%

*

17.2%

26.1%

18.4%

20.8%

Wisconsin

20.0%

20.3%

19.2%

22.5%

20.9%

16.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

19.9%

17.8%

*

15.4%

33.9%

19.3%

18.0%

Kansas

20.3%

18.8%

18.1%

22.8%

17.2%

22.9%

Minnesota

19.7%

13.1%

*

16.1%

22.0%

20.6%

20.6%

Missouri

17.6%

10.9%

*

22.5%

19.0%

12.7%

20.6%

Nebraska

22.7%

19.1%

*

15.1%

32.0%

22.7%

21.4%

North Dakota

19.3%

.

21.6%

28.8%

11.0%

*

23.3%

South Dakota

17.8%

19.7%

*

10.9%

25.4%

16.3%

20.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

17.2%

30.4%

12.3%

19.2%

15.0%

14.5%

District of Columbia

12.9%

3.0%

*

20.0%

*

9.6%

14.9%

15.6%

Florida

21.2%

28.7%

15.7%

30.2%

12.6%

19.6%

Georgia

23.7%

12.0%

*

19.4%

31.0%

25.2%

17.9%

Maryland

20.8%

21.6%

20.3%

27.6%

19.1%

15.1%

North Carolina

16.3%

12.8%

*

13.8%

18.4%

15.3%

17.4%

South Carolina

19.0%

16.8%

*

16.6%

29.8%

11.6%

16.8%

Virginia

23.7%

14.0%

*

17.7%

31.5%

21.1%

24.4%

West Virginia

19.2%

30.4%

16.8%

21.4%

16.6%

16.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

22.1%

29.0%

22.3%

25.8%

16.6%

22.1%

Kentucky

18.2%

25.6%

16.8%

22.7%

14.2%

17.7%

Mississippi

19.7%

7.8%

*

20.4%

27.3%

12.2%

23.4%

Tennessee

20.0%

36.9%

20.1%

23.5%

13.4%

19.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.6%

16.9%

*

18.0%

26.4%

16.1%

21.0%

Louisiana

19.6%

34.5%

15.5%

20.0%

11.9%

22.5%

Oklahoma

15.0%

10.0%

*

12.8%

15.4%

17.0%

14.3%

Texas

17.3%

17.8%

14.9%

23.5%

15.0%

16.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

18.0%

24.2%

*

14.1%

20.0%

13.1%

20.5%

Colorado

15.8%

11.9%

10.9%

19.6%

13.9%

*

17.4%

Idaho

16.0%

4.0%

*

8.6%

19.2%

20.0%

14.2%

Montana

13.6%

8.8%

*

11.7%

*

21.8%

6.8%

11.3%

Nevada

13.8%

13.0%

*

16.4%

17.4%

10.1%

10.7%

New Mexico

19.8%

45.9%

20.9%

20.7%

15.5%

21.9%

Utah

21.2%

31.8%

25.4%

22.4%

18.3%

18.4%

Wyoming

15.4%

15.2%

*

9.6%

*

18.8%

12.8%

*

26.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

16.8%

7.3%

*

17.7%

*

19.5%

14.9%

*

16.6%

California

17.4%

14.0%

13.4%

24.8%

14.1%

16.0%

Hawaii

12.1%

1.1%

*

10.9%

16.6%

*

10.4%

11.9%

Oregon

13.7%

18.8%

16.2%

18.5%

8.1%

*

13.2%

Washington

15.5%

10.6%

11.5%

22.0%

11.3%

16.8%

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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%

1.20%

0.59%

0.87%

0.76%

0.36%

New England:

Connecticut

1.84%

2.65%

*

3.04%

3.42%

2.94%

2.27%

Maine

3.08%

7.44%

*

2.97%

4.44%

2.09%

6.41%

Massachusetts

1.59%

5.64%

*

3.81%

3.51%

6.22%

*

2.23%

New Hampshire

2.48%

4.56%

*

7.01%

4.20%

6.26%

*

1.81%

Rhode Island

2.23%

8.02%

*

5.06%

2.48%

2.75%

9.38%

*

Vermont

1.93%

9.05%

5.65%

2.62%

3.33%

9.06%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.14%

5.77%

*

4.57%

4.28%

1.94%

3.28%

New York

0.95%

5.90%

*

3.28%

2.30%

1.81%

0.66%

Pennsylvania

2.26%

6.12%

6.87%

*

4.18%

1.90%

1.40%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.20%

3.30%

2.24%

2.35%

1.64%

2.42%

Indiana

1.41%

5.38%

*

1.50%

4.16%

2.64%

4.19%

Michigan

1.20%

2.23%

*

2.48%

2.26%

1.05%

3.75%

Ohio

1.06%

2.66%

*

2.38%

2.98%

2.25%

2.52%

Wisconsin

0.90%

5.82%

2.26%

3.62%

2.08%

2.65%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.82%

10.40%

*

2.57%

5.38%

1.75%

2.91%

Kansas

1.21%

5.29%

3.51%

3.43%

3.03%

3.57%

Minnesota

1.74%

4.00%

*

2.85%

3.45%

2.67%

2.04%

Missouri

1.60%

4.12%

*

4.97%

2.31%

2.37%

3.00%

Nebraska

1.45%

10.43%

*

1.41%

2.11%

2.96%

2.52%

North Dakota

2.16%

.

5.07%

2.02%

4.62%

*

4.00%

South Dakota

2.32%

6.51%

*

2.37%

3.32%

3.86%

3.43%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.57%

7.18%

3.64%

2.00%

3.88%

2.61%

District of Columbia

1.68%

2.63%

*

6.32%

*

1.54%

2.96%

1.99%

Florida

1.52%

7.26%

3.40%

2.22%

1.97%

1.98%

Georgia

2.51%

5.96%

*

2.41%

3.88%

5.99%

3.51%

Maryland

1.48%

5.16%

4.96%

3.75%

1.23%

2.46%

North Carolina

0.78%

4.72%

*

2.24%

3.63%

1.95%

2.75%

South Carolina

2.07%

5.76%

*

2.11%

5.24%

2.21%

3.98%

Virginia

1.57%

8.33%

*

3.39%

5.24%

3.16%

5.84%

West Virginia

2.23%

8.55%

2.81%

5.00%

2.23%

2.18%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.26%

6.18%

4.58%

2.77%

3.86%

3.24%

Kentucky

1.40%

7.19%

1.96%

2.61%

1.00%

1.94%

Mississippi

1.57%

5.14%

*

1.66%

4.63%

2.69%

2.72%

Tennessee

1.84%

9.98%

2.48%

3.84%

2.21%

3.31%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.03%

10.11%

*

2.39%

3.81%

2.78%

3.39%

Louisiana

2.05%

7.71%

2.70%

2.90%

3.35%

2.94%

Oklahoma

1.58%

5.01%

*

2.29%

3.70%

2.45%

1.87%

Texas

1.16%

3.13%

1.48%

1.69%

2.34%

0.69%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.07%

8.08%

*

4.09%

3.65%

2.30%

2.57%

Colorado

0.94%

2.59%

2.02%

1.76%

5.40%

*

4.04%

Idaho

1.97%

7.01%

*

2.39%

3.40%

3.51%

2.34%

Montana

2.62%

5.26%

*

5.75%

*

5.26%

1.53%

2.42%

Nevada

2.28%

6.55%

*

3.42%

4.12%

1.32%

2.12%

New Mexico

1.39%

12.01%

4.37%

5.59%

2.34%

4.94%

Utah

1.86%

7.81%

4.74%

2.13%

1.63%

1.14%

Wyoming

2.37%

7.53%

*

3.55%

*

4.59%

6.73%

*

4.62%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.70%

2.64%

*

5.46%

*

3.38%

4.55%

*

3.18%

California

0.51%

3.87%

2.41%

2.00%

1.59%

1.23%

Hawaii

2.41%

1.02%

*

2.87%

5.44%

*

1.97%

1.98%

Oregon

1.62%

5.03%

3.17%

3.14%

2.68%

*

1.51%

Washington

1.20%

2.97%

2.61%

5.75%

2.41%

2.24%

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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.