United States

6,634,144

12.0%

4.7%

38.9%

24.0%

20.3%

New England:

Connecticut

80,521

10.0%

6.5%

39.6%

24.9%

19.0%

Maine

37,004

15.2%

5.3%

43.1%

22.6%

13.8%

Massachusetts

153,927

12.1%

4.9%

39.4%

27.6%

16.0%

New Hampshire

33,844

11.2%

5.8%

41.6%

24.6%

16.8%

Rhode Island

25,992

11.3%

6.2%

43.7%

22.9%

15.9%

Vermont

19,494

17.0%

4.8%

42.7%

22.2%

13.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

211,168

10.0%

3.8%

40.0%

26.5%

19.7%

New York

443,064

8.7%

3.6%

41.8%

26.9%

19.1%

Pennsylvania

260,043

11.0%

5.0%

42.0%

23.8%

18.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

285,804

10.6%

5.3%

36.1%

25.9%

22.1%

Indiana

134,680

14.3%

5.5%

40.3%

20.3%

19.6%

Michigan

205,678

10.3%

6.3%

41.9%

24.5%

17.0%

Ohio

239,158

10.1%

6.9%

42.8%

21.9%

18.4%

Wisconsin

136,073

16.8%

6.0%

40.9%

18.0%

18.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

78,974

19.0%

4.6%

38.3%

17.8%

20.3%

Kansas

72,983

14.8%

4.1%

39.1%

20.4%

21.6%

Minnesota

129,704

14.0%

5.3%

37.0%

22.7%

21.0%

Missouri

135,809

13.0%

4.9%

39.7%

21.4%

21.0%

Nebraska

49,582

17.8%

4.0%

39.3%

17.3%

21.7%

North Dakota

22,632

19.3%

3.1%

42.2%

16.5%

18.9%

South Dakota

24,873

19.6%

4.1%

38.8%

17.3%

20.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

20,976

12.5%

2.7%

*

40.6%

21.2%

23.1%

District of Columbia

18,271

1.9%

0.4%

*

44.2%

39.8%

13.7%

Florida

411,678

12.6%

3.0%

37.0%

24.3%

23.0%

Georgia

193,752

10.9%

4.2%

37.3%

24.7%

23.0%

Maryland

119,233

13.4%

2.7%

39.8%

27.3%

16.7%

North Carolina

198,576

14.5%

4.6%

39.6%

20.8%

20.5%

South Carolina

88,009

13.3%

5.2%

42.4%

19.3%

19.9%

Virginia

178,630

14.5%

2.5%

40.7%

24.8%

17.4%

West Virginia

34,707

11.3%

4.5%

41.7%

22.0%

20.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

88,427

10.3%

5.3%

43.8%

21.3%

19.2%

Kentucky

83,082

13.0%

6.4%

40.8%

20.2%

19.7%

Mississippi

54,018

13.2%

4.8%

40.9%

20.0%

21.1%

Tennessee

115,342

8.6%

4.9%

44.3%

21.5%

20.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

61,139

13.5%

5.7%

38.8%

20.6%

21.4%

Louisiana

93,717

9.8%

5.0%

36.4%

25.8%

23.0%

Oklahoma

82,494

12.0%

6.0%

37.8%

24.9%

19.3%

Texas

446,937

9.1%

5.6%

38.4%

23.6%

23.3%

Mountain:

Arizona

122,210

12.3%

3.4%

36.7%

26.7%

21.0%

Colorado

133,790

13.7%

3.9%

35.8%

26.3%

20.2%

Idaho

40,361

21.8%

4.5%

34.2%

21.7%

17.8%

Montana

34,640

22.8%

4.5%

38.3%

17.0%

17.4%

Nevada

53,359

10.1%

3.4%

38.6%

23.9%

24.0%

New Mexico

39,618

13.4%

4.3%

40.2%

24.4%

17.8%

Utah

58,519

16.6%

5.7%

31.0%

22.8%

23.9%

Wyoming

18,639

20.1%

5.9%

36.9%

19.0%

18.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

16,955

15.5%

2.6%

38.7%

23.8%

19.4%

California

754,695

10.4%

5.0%

35.4%

27.6%

21.6%

Hawaii

28,653

10.0%

2.5%

*

44.2%

23.3%

20.0%

Oregon

99,738

18.1%

4.9%

35.6%

21.0%

20.3%

Washington

162,973

16.3%

3.7%

35.9%

23.5%

20.7%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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

33,240

0.14%

0.10%

0.32%

0.26%

0.18%

New England:

Connecticut

2,111

0.92%

0.71%

1.47%

1.14%

1.65%

Maine

873

1.04%

0.62%

1.32%

1.04%

1.03%

Massachusetts

5,195

1.32%

0.65%

1.70%

1.51%

0.96%

New Hampshire

1,372

1.19%

0.38%

2.47%

2.12%

1.35%

Rhode Island

685

0.80%

0.85%

1.49%

1.58%

1.87%

Vermont

689

1.34%

0.81%

1.44%

1.38%

1.09%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

8,566

0.71%

0.66%

1.31%

1.62%

1.10%

New York

11,623

0.64%

0.47%

1.62%

0.79%

1.21%

Pennsylvania

6,099

1.17%

0.44%

1.91%

1.58%

1.58%

East North Central:

Illinois

5,800

0.85%

0.75%

1.39%

1.15%

1.28%

Indiana

3,053

1.00%

0.72%

1.77%

0.41%

0.88%

Michigan

5,342

1.05%

0.75%

2.10%

1.09%

1.73%

Ohio

7,105

1.39%

0.78%

1.07%

0.89%

1.38%

Wisconsin

4,356

0.83%

0.53%

1.65%

0.84%

1.41%

West North Central:

Iowa

1,329

1.13%

0.40%

1.14%

1.15%

1.30%

Kansas

1,350

1.04%

0.68%

1.53%

1.36%

1.09%

Minnesota

2,859

1.06%

0.62%

1.68%

1.63%

1.53%

Missouri

2,690

1.46%

0.76%

1.46%

1.04%

1.00%

Nebraska

834

1.57%

0.53%

1.70%

0.98%

1.22%

North Dakota

419

1.01%

0.68%

1.83%

0.82%

1.01%

South Dakota

858

1.58%

0.53%

1.68%

0.96%

1.40%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

764

1.05%

0.81%

*

1.85%

1.94%

2.03%

District of Columbia

641

0.49%

0.27%

*

1.51%

2.13%

1.45%

Florida

10,199

0.74%

0.31%

1.22%

0.99%

1.47%

Georgia

4,977

1.30%

0.66%

1.13%

1.27%

1.30%

Maryland

3,603

0.80%

0.45%

2.21%

1.08%

1.70%

North Carolina

6,012

0.81%

0.33%

0.98%

1.36%

1.31%

South Carolina

1,564

1.06%

0.92%

1.54%

0.96%

1.30%

Virginia

4,105

1.19%

0.74%

1.36%

1.63%

1.44%

West Virginia

872

1.20%

0.61%

1.38%

0.93%

0.91%

East South Central:

Alabama

1,616

0.83%

0.77%

2.18%

1.19%

1.16%

Kentucky

1,586

0.82%

0.59%

1.65%

0.96%

1.60%

Mississippi

1,301

0.83%

0.54%

2.09%

1.44%

1.44%

Tennessee

3,156

0.84%

0.72%

2.50%

0.85%

2.32%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,363

1.02%

0.56%

1.31%

1.19%

1.37%

Louisiana

2,133

1.63%

0.55%

2.02%

1.82%

1.43%

Oklahoma

2,380

0.89%

0.58%

1.73%

1.62%

1.12%

Texas

10,627

0.68%

0.41%

1.01%

0.90%

1.10%

Mountain:

Arizona

3,555

1.09%

0.62%

2.82%

1.83%

1.85%

Colorado

3,486

1.10%

0.34%

1.92%

1.54%

1.79%

Idaho

1,007

1.20%

0.73%

1.24%

0.66%

1.11%

Montana

799

1.07%

0.54%

1.92%

1.42%

1.77%

Nevada

1,594

1.12%

0.60%

2.67%

1.48%

1.62%

New Mexico

758

0.62%

0.51%

1.78%

1.97%

1.72%

Utah

1,770

1.12%

0.68%

1.88%

1.31%

1.51%

Wyoming

620

1.14%

0.74%

2.06%

1.54%

1.34%

Pacific:

Alaska

491

0.74%

0.34%

1.72%

0.66%

1.44%

California

16,572

0.29%

0.41%

1.01%

0.45%

0.75%

Hawaii

901

1.53%

0.79%

*

2.12%

1.57%

1.52%

Oregon

2,075

0.79%

0.50%

1.89%

1.00%

1.76%

Washington

4,423

1.43%

0.36%

2.02%

1.41%

1.45%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.