United States

18.0%

16.4%

19.2%

16.2%

17.1%

20.3%

New England:

Connecticut

20.1%

19.7%

22.3%

19.9%

18.4%

21.1%

Maine

21.1%

19.3%

18.0%

21.3%

14.5%

27.3%

Massachusetts

12.6%

10.0%

*

12.3%

*

10.0%

11.2%

18.4%

New Hampshire

22.1%

18.2%

*

24.4%

17.2%

23.6%

23.7%

Rhode Island

10.6%

8.7%

*

15.0%

12.3%

6.6%

11.5%

Vermont

21.0%

15.2%

*

20.0%

16.1%

24.2%

20.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

18.2%

17.0%

18.8%

15.5%

17.5%

20.5%

New York

15.2%

12.4%

16.8%

14.9%

12.8%

18.4%

Pennsylvania

18.2%

20.0%

19.9%

12.9%

18.6%

20.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

18.8%

13.8%

22.6%

19.0%

14.4%

20.0%

Indiana

22.8%

23.6%

*

28.1%

19.5%

17.6%

24.5%

Michigan

21.0%

22.3%

21.0%

14.7%

25.1%

21.2%

Ohio

18.6%

16.7%

18.7%

16.8%

18.3%

20.9%

Wisconsin

17.4%

16.3%

*

16.8%

19.2%

17.6%

16.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.9%

12.0%

15.8%

16.7%

13.8%

15.2%

Kansas

17.6%

15.7%

16.9%

16.7%

18.5%

18.9%

Minnesota

16.8%

15.5%

16.4%

14.9%

15.0%

20.2%

Missouri

19.4%

15.5%

14.4%

13.3%

24.6%

22.4%

Nebraska

20.9%

10.5%

23.8%

13.3%

26.6%

20.9%

North Dakota

14.7%

6.7%

*

20.2%

6.7%

16.1%

17.2%

South Dakota

15.2%

12.0%

*

14.3%

*

17.1%

13.6%

17.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

16.9%

11.5%

*

17.9%

18.4%

14.0%

21.0%

District of Columbia

18.1%

32.8%

.

14.4%

19.9%

19.5%

Florida

17.6%

17.4%

18.6%

16.4%

17.4%

19.3%

Georgia

19.1%

21.9%

23.4%

16.1%

16.8%

21.3%

Maryland

18.1%

20.1%

29.8%

14.7%

17.3%

18.9%

North Carolina

19.1%

9.2%

20.8%

16.8%

19.2%

22.3%

South Carolina

18.6%

24.8%

*

21.2%

13.7%

16.7%

20.6%

Virginia

18.1%

22.6%

15.5%

18.3%

18.4%

17.1%

West Virginia

15.2%

6.1%

*

19.3%

16.0%

13.1%

15.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

13.5%

7.6%

*

13.7%

12.3%

15.2%

14.2%

Kentucky

17.3%

11.9%

14.5%

20.0%

18.8%

18.6%

Mississippi

16.7%

19.7%

17.0%

16.6%

12.7%

20.9%

Tennessee

19.5%

18.1%

20.9%

17.9%

14.7%

23.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

18.7%

8.7%

*

19.2%

14.0%

19.0%

22.6%

Louisiana

17.6%

24.2%

18.7%

12.7%

15.9%

20.2%

Oklahoma

17.4%

17.0%

*

19.7%

16.1%

14.3%

20.1%

Texas

19.7%

14.7%

21.5%

17.8%

19.2%

21.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

17.1%

10.4%

12.9%

15.1%

18.2%

23.5%

Colorado

16.9%

12.0%

21.8%

12.6%

18.3%

19.8%

Idaho

18.6%

12.5%

*

15.8%

17.9%

21.5%

19.5%

Montana

17.6%

9.5%

*

23.0%

21.9%

17.0%

14.8%

Nevada

19.1%

24.0%

15.9%

18.8%

19.3%

16.9%

New Mexico

18.6%

12.9%

*

20.0%

19.2%

17.0%

21.0%

*

Utah

18.3%

14.9%

16.6%

18.2%

19.2%

19.5%

Wyoming

19.9%

22.7%

24.9%

11.3%

15.1%

22.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.5%

17.4%

*

15.6%

13.2%

15.0%

18.1%

California

17.2%

15.6%

16.8%

16.4%

15.9%

20.3%

Hawaii

15.6%

16.2%

19.9%

13.6%

15.2%

18.6%

Oregon

20.1%

12.0%

20.4%

17.9%

21.2%

22.6%

Washington

17.7%

19.5%

*

19.4%

16.8%

13.7%

20.5%

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

0.14%

0.62%

0.52%

0.35%

0.39%

0.46%

New England:

Connecticut

1.18%

3.77%

1.69%

1.57%

1.60%

1.62%

Maine

1.69%

3.92%

1.94%

2.36%

1.44%

3.03%

Massachusetts

0.82%

3.23%

*

3.70%

*

2.26%

1.63%

2.05%

New Hampshire

1.62%

6.08%

*

3.02%

2.04%

3.71%

2.45%

Rhode Island

1.23%

3.89%

*

2.70%

2.50%

1.70%

1.80%

Vermont

1.53%

6.69%

*

4.62%

1.81%

2.71%

2.88%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.29%

4.66%

4.15%

2.65%

1.60%

1.75%

New York

1.37%

2.72%

2.48%

1.41%

2.06%

2.61%

Pennsylvania

0.93%

3.31%

2.86%

1.54%

1.29%

1.10%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.67%

3.77%

2.45%

2.43%

0.84%

1.43%

Indiana

1.04%

9.29%

*

4.33%

1.67%

1.44%

2.32%

Michigan

1.12%

3.25%

2.78%

2.17%

1.62%

1.55%

Ohio

1.48%

4.27%

2.50%

2.07%

2.02%

2.44%

Wisconsin

0.91%

6.14%

*

1.76%

2.78%

2.11%

2.29%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.11%

2.14%

2.10%

2.26%

1.61%

3.68%

Kansas

0.94%

3.48%

2.38%

2.44%

2.24%

1.95%

Minnesota

1.69%

3.79%

3.76%

1.96%

2.22%

1.87%

Missouri

0.88%

4.56%

2.64%

1.28%

3.52%

2.19%

Nebraska

1.47%

2.58%

4.29%

2.65%

4.82%

1.76%

North Dakota

0.91%

5.69%

*

3.08%

1.73%

2.78%

2.97%

South Dakota

1.62%

6.14%

*

4.84%

*

2.83%

1.99%

3.61%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.62%

3.94%

*

3.71%

2.90%

3.41%

2.85%

District of Columbia

1.47%

8.94%

.

1.63%

2.10%

3.37%

Florida

0.89%

4.66%

2.41%

1.55%

2.19%

1.84%

Georgia

1.63%

5.67%

3.46%

3.69%

2.48%

2.28%

Maryland

0.83%

3.99%

2.43%

1.90%

1.01%

1.70%

North Carolina

0.86%

2.25%

2.10%

1.98%

1.08%

1.53%

South Carolina

1.44%

7.54%

*

2.36%

2.91%

1.82%

2.10%

Virginia

0.81%

4.57%

3.21%

2.12%

1.79%

1.86%

West Virginia

1.50%

3.19%

*

4.63%

2.21%

2.00%

2.40%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.08%

3.43%

*

2.99%

2.83%

1.59%

2.41%

Kentucky

1.60%

3.46%

2.90%

1.26%

2.57%

2.13%

Mississippi

0.66%

5.79%

1.46%

1.79%

1.71%

2.55%

Tennessee

0.83%

5.41%

1.55%

2.45%

2.22%

1.88%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.04%

3.10%

*

1.90%

2.55%

3.61%

4.17%

Louisiana

1.56%

5.78%

3.26%

1.82%

3.01%

2.81%

Oklahoma

1.39%

5.29%

*

3.09%

2.80%

2.53%

2.67%

Texas

0.40%

2.39%

1.51%

1.11%

1.35%

0.93%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.45%

2.23%

2.76%

3.64%

1.53%

1.87%

Colorado

0.93%

1.89%

4.15%

1.76%

1.67%

1.96%

Idaho

1.04%

5.35%

*

3.46%

2.29%

2.72%

1.48%

Montana

1.65%

6.37%

*

6.31%

2.17%

2.87%

3.26%

Nevada

1.13%

6.56%

3.53%

1.48%

2.09%

2.41%

New Mexico

0.74%

3.93%

*

3.80%

3.28%

2.42%

6.46%

*

Utah

0.75%

3.89%

1.83%

2.40%

1.06%

1.68%

Wyoming

1.61%

5.57%

5.00%

2.54%

3.47%

2.71%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.73%

5.78%

*

3.68%

2.35%

2.78%

3.14%

California

0.52%

1.25%

1.37%

1.24%

0.68%

1.63%

Hawaii

1.07%

3.16%

5.34%

1.31%

1.75%

1.74%

Oregon

1.10%

2.63%

1.52%

1.96%

2.74%

2.77%

Washington

1.32%

7.81%

*

3.78%

2.27%

1.68%

1.80%

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.