United States

33.2%

34.1%

37.9%

28.3%

32.0%

35.5%

New England:

Connecticut

31.8%

40.6%

36.5%

30.2%

27.7%

34.2%

Maine

30.7%

32.7%

36.6%

28.0%

26.7%

32.9%

Massachusetts

39.2%

44.4%

46.6%

41.3%

34.3%

38.8%

New Hampshire

29.3%

33.9%

28.8%

24.9%

28.0%

34.2%

Rhode Island

39.1%

39.3%

37.7%

33.1%

39.2%

46.7%

Vermont

30.0%

25.4%

33.2%

27.4%

29.8%

31.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

36.1%

30.9%

*

33.1%

29.7%

37.3%

40.4%

New York

35.3%

47.2%

40.3%

31.6%

31.7%

39.6%

Pennsylvania

33.2%

32.4%

36.3%

27.0%

33.1%

36.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

33.5%

32.0%

37.5%

26.6%

33.0%

36.8%

Indiana

34.2%

33.7%

35.8%

31.9%

34.2%

34.9%

Michigan

39.1%

49.9%

38.5%

39.3%

33.0%

42.2%

Ohio

37.1%

34.5%

41.2%

33.7%

34.4%

38.9%

Wisconsin

37.2%

32.5%

41.7%

28.1%

33.8%

43.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

41.4%

44.3%

44.7%

28.9%

44.3%

41.5%

Kansas

31.6%

28.9%

41.4%

20.9%

28.9%

38.0%

Minnesota

35.0%

35.2%

37.2%

31.0%

32.7%

38.5%

Missouri

34.1%

30.0%

45.7%

33.8%

32.3%

31.1%

Nebraska

33.5%

29.4%

38.9%

30.4%

26.4%

38.1%

North Dakota

33.6%

46.7%

28.6%

30.6%

35.5%

33.7%

South Dakota

37.1%

36.7%

*

43.6%

25.9%

40.8%

33.9%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

34.4%

34.7%

37.1%

27.8%

38.3%

34.7%

District of Columbia

29.2%

25.2%

96.0%

*

28.9%

28.1%

33.7%

Florida

30.6%

26.9%

33.6%

30.1%

30.8%

31.1%

Georgia

29.8%

19.4%

*

29.4%

27.8%

32.2%

31.6%

Maryland

35.9%

28.2%

33.0%

33.4%

35.1%

42.8%

North Carolina

29.7%

40.1%

33.7%

21.7%

26.1%

33.1%

South Carolina

31.6%

19.8%

36.0%

25.2%

31.2%

38.9%

Virginia

31.3%

26.8%

36.8%

27.0%

32.9%

31.8%

West Virginia

37.3%

14.8%

*

46.6%

29.7%

36.7%

41.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

37.8%

27.2%

48.5%

28.1%

37.0%

40.9%

Kentucky

35.9%

44.2%

48.3%

21.9%

30.3%

34.2%

Mississippi

29.7%

30.3%

36.9%

24.4%

27.5%

31.5%

Tennessee

32.3%

29.2%

*

40.9%

26.3%

32.5%

30.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

32.3%

30.6%

38.5%

26.7%

25.6%

34.5%

Louisiana

34.5%

26.2%

*

40.1%

29.0%

29.7%

42.0%

Oklahoma

33.3%

36.8%

37.6%

33.1%

28.9%

33.8%

Texas

31.7%

27.3%

32.6%

27.0%

34.2%

33.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

28.7%

25.9%

41.4%

21.8%

29.9%

32.5%

Colorado

30.1%

31.0%

32.3%

23.0%

34.3%

31.5%

Idaho

38.6%

31.1%

49.4%

28.1%

37.2%

40.0%

Montana

26.2%

21.6%

*

41.3%

19.1%

24.8%

42.3%

Nevada

29.1%

32.1%

39.5%

28.5%

26.8%

27.7%

New Mexico

28.7%

36.7%

32.6%

23.2%

28.1%

33.8%

Utah

42.9%

45.3%

48.4%

42.4%

38.7%

42.9%

Wyoming

32.8%

28.2%

44.3%

34.3%

21.9%

*

26.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

31.8%

46.7%

31.7%

25.4%

30.7%

36.2%

California

30.7%

38.8%

35.6%

25.2%

30.3%

31.2%

Hawaii

24.6%

29.3%

18.2%

21.6%

25.4%

27.6%

Oregon

30.3%

43.4%

34.8%

20.3%

29.5%

31.7%

Washington

27.2%

37.7%

28.1%

22.4%

17.7%

36.8%

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.

** 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

0.28%

0.84%

0.69%

0.50%

0.45%

0.51%

New England:

Connecticut

1.46%

6.36%

2.93%

2.29%

2.47%

1.49%

Maine

1.24%

8.06%

4.55%

1.75%

3.19%

2.54%

Massachusetts

1.70%

4.97%

3.18%

4.73%

2.32%

2.00%

New Hampshire

1.81%

5.42%

4.53%

1.55%

2.89%

4.05%

Rhode Island

2.13%

9.30%

4.26%

3.04%

3.87%

2.52%

Vermont

1.51%

5.80%

6.08%

2.79%

1.83%

4.06%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.58%

9.53%

*

5.43%

2.89%

2.90%

2.91%

New York

1.80%

5.99%

3.32%

1.30%

1.93%

3.70%

Pennsylvania

1.41%

8.08%

3.96%

1.64%

1.68%

1.68%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.15%

7.02%

1.26%

3.07%

2.69%

2.50%

Indiana

1.60%

8.65%

2.86%

4.15%

2.13%

3.10%

Michigan

2.00%

4.89%

2.33%

3.13%

3.62%

2.34%

Ohio

1.76%

5.93%

2.98%

3.32%

2.90%

2.54%

Wisconsin

2.02%

3.76%

2.49%

3.16%

2.89%

3.85%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.02%

5.37%

3.08%

2.53%

4.68%

4.41%

Kansas

1.21%

8.32%

3.67%

3.27%

4.43%

3.38%

Minnesota

2.10%

8.39%

3.63%

4.28%

3.77%

3.45%

Missouri

2.42%

5.04%

5.25%

4.53%

3.12%

2.23%

Nebraska

1.47%

5.19%

2.23%

4.40%

2.49%

2.17%

North Dakota

1.60%

12.06%

4.76%

2.91%

5.68%

4.75%

South Dakota

3.99%

11.20%

*

7.80%

4.06%

2.95%

3.72%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.44%

5.50%

6.61%

4.94%

4.62%

2.28%

District of Columbia

1.52%

7.11%

30.36%

*

2.06%

2.27%

3.35%

Florida

1.29%

6.14%

5.76%

2.11%

1.66%

2.27%

Georgia

1.49%

9.49%

*

3.02%

2.79%

3.55%

3.32%

Maryland

1.24%

4.68%

4.57%

4.67%

1.81%

2.92%

North Carolina

2.36%

9.79%

3.86%

2.90%

1.71%

2.66%

South Carolina

1.07%

5.34%

2.40%

2.81%

3.25%

3.31%

Virginia

1.69%

5.82%

4.81%

2.62%

2.83%

5.82%

West Virginia

2.15%

7.94%

*

4.55%

4.33%

4.68%

4.67%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.14%

4.30%

3.77%

2.91%

3.55%

3.75%

Kentucky

2.60%

8.21%

5.16%

1.86%

3.73%

3.87%

Mississippi

1.17%

8.12%

4.13%

2.87%

3.74%

1.71%

Tennessee

1.78%

9.10%

*

2.95%

2.94%

3.84%

2.92%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.94%

7.72%

1.35%

3.06%

3.78%

5.04%

Louisiana

2.02%

8.85%

*

3.43%

3.45%

3.45%

4.84%

Oklahoma

2.25%

8.92%

3.65%

5.39%

3.18%

4.57%

Texas

1.44%

5.52%

2.07%

2.58%

2.30%

2.23%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.70%

3.76%

6.92%

3.31%

3.68%

2.40%

Colorado

1.39%

4.70%

4.87%

2.38%

2.68%

2.10%

Idaho

2.60%

8.76%

4.60%

4.33%

3.79%

3.79%

Montana

2.29%

9.30%

*

8.57%

2.27%

4.16%

6.38%

Nevada

1.36%

5.93%

8.33%

2.90%

1.89%

4.74%

New Mexico

2.02%

10.02%

6.02%

1.91%

4.40%

5.54%

Utah

2.46%

7.33%

2.70%

3.26%

5.61%

3.66%

Wyoming

2.78%

6.30%

8.05%

4.61%

9.32%

*

2.88%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.55%

9.70%

6.37%

4.68%

5.36%

5.05%

California

1.24%

3.14%

3.89%

1.86%

2.21%

1.57%

Hawaii

1.03%

4.67%

5.15%

1.47%

2.35%

2.55%

Oregon

1.81%

9.87%

5.26%

2.18%

3.16%

2.79%

Washington

1.19%

10.67%

4.51%

4.24%

2.27%

3.15%

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.