United States

74.4%

72.1%

82.6%

77.5%

67.8%

75.8%

New England:

Connecticut

73.2%

69.6%

92.2%

76.0%

64.1%

74.6%

Maine

81.9%

89.8%

86.8%

74.9%

89.7%

80.2%

Massachusetts

57.7%

66.8%

63.0%

65.9%

42.0%

60.9%

New Hampshire

69.7%

71.6%

81.5%

71.9%

56.3%

80.4%

Rhode Island

73.2%

76.7%

99.0%

74.4%

63.9%

71.8%

Vermont

70.4%

76.5%

74.9%

68.8%

67.2%

75.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

68.4%

92.0%

81.3%

65.4%

64.4%

67.7%

New York

64.1%

68.8%

60.4%

66.3%

55.7%

71.9%

Pennsylvania

68.2%

66.7%

82.3%

70.3%

63.0%

66.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

73.3%

56.9%

87.5%

72.1%

68.5%

80.1%

Indiana

77.4%

47.9%

82.6%

81.4%

73.3%

85.2%

Michigan

71.1%

83.1%

68.6%

69.8%

79.2%

61.9%

Ohio

79.5%

80.4%

79.3%

85.1%

69.1%

79.1%

Wisconsin

85.0%

84.6%

85.8%

80.6%

81.2%

96.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

74.1%

64.3%

94.6%

76.4%

65.1%

77.6%

Kansas

75.7%

62.0%

99.4%

75.6%

70.4%

81.7%

Minnesota

75.8%

55.7%

90.3%

82.2%

63.4%

82.9%

Missouri

76.0%

57.3%

98.1%

83.0%

65.6%

77.3%

Nebraska

77.8%

52.7%

91.7%

83.9%

74.7%

79.4%

North Dakota

62.8%

36.6%

*

64.6%

64.3%

67.0%

70.7%

South Dakota

77.8%

69.4%

91.3%

73.4%

79.0%

85.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

74.7%

78.4%

96.9%

79.1%

67.3%

70.4%

District of Columbia

56.6%

33.5%

*

100.0%

64.0%

47.9%

59.4%

Florida

78.5%

81.7%

81.9%

83.1%

76.8%

71.7%

Georgia

70.0%

63.3%

79.3%

71.0%

69.4%

68.3%

Maryland

75.9%

77.9%

74.1%

82.1%

65.6%

79.2%

North Carolina

80.6%

73.6%

94.6%

81.3%

75.8%

82.9%

South Carolina

76.8%

73.6%

78.0%

79.2%

88.0%

65.0%

Virginia

73.2%

73.8%

76.6%

76.1%

67.1%

75.8%

West Virginia

74.5%

73.4%

88.1%

76.5%

74.9%

69.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

69.6%

62.5%

66.1%

72.9%

61.9%

75.1%

Kentucky

70.9%

57.5%

70.5%

76.9%

63.9%

72.9%

Mississippi

80.0%

68.2%

98.9%

83.6%

72.6%

78.7%

Tennessee

80.2%

69.6%

77.3%

88.4%

64.8%

82.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

81.6%

74.3%

87.0%

85.4%

76.0%

81.5%

Louisiana

74.5%

83.5%

79.5%

84.4%

57.8%

76.9%

Oklahoma

74.2%

70.0%

73.1%

78.9%

64.8%

79.5%

Texas

78.1%

91.7%

84.3%

81.5%

69.9%

76.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

82.2%

76.1%

88.8%

89.8%

73.2%

83.3%

Colorado

79.6%

77.4%

69.0%

83.0%

73.6%

83.7%

Idaho

76.9%

88.1%

84.2%

75.3%

73.2%

74.0%

Montana

76.6%

54.1%

77.5%

87.2%

70.7%

80.2%

Nevada

83.2%

93.3%

99.1%

89.1%

74.3%

78.7%

New Mexico

81.4%

78.9%

82.6%

82.6%

76.2%

88.4%

Utah

83.5%

91.1%

76.3%

76.3%

89.2%

84.8%

Wyoming

75.2%

80.4%

78.0%

82.3%

56.0%

79.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

77.8%

68.3%

73.8%

86.5%

73.9%

75.0%

California

75.8%

74.3%

94.5%

82.0%

68.5%

73.4%

Hawaii

67.1%

76.2%

56.4%

74.4%

47.6%

69.5%

Oregon

83.3%

65.8%

94.2%

85.5%

82.2%

86.2%

Washington

77.5%

62.8%

89.6%

78.0%

73.9%

86.9%

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.

United States

0.71%

2.13%

1.24%

0.59%

1.48%

0.71%

New England:

Connecticut

2.13%

10.06%

4.12%

3.47%

7.08%

4.99%

Maine

1.95%

13.83%

5.88%

5.13%

3.16%

6.52%

Massachusetts

3.16%

8.50%

8.52%

3.93%

5.64%

7.95%

New Hampshire

1.99%

12.07%

5.99%

2.00%

4.54%

4.63%

Rhode Island

3.03%

13.71%

0.57%

4.17%

4.40%

7.61%

Vermont

2.42%

10.70%

9.26%

3.39%

7.63%

11.11%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.32%

10.23%

14.47%

4.30%

7.12%

6.01%

New York

3.14%

10.02%

7.84%

4.86%

3.97%

5.80%

Pennsylvania

2.08%

10.19%

10.31%

7.47%

5.76%

3.99%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.13%

11.67%

5.95%

5.01%

4.16%

4.73%

Indiana

3.65%

13.49%

7.95%

5.65%

7.89%

4.27%

Michigan

1.98%

6.72%

8.35%

5.40%

3.64%

5.18%

Ohio

1.14%

14.03%

8.35%

2.55%

5.81%

3.49%

Wisconsin

2.55%

13.65%

6.57%

3.13%

5.33%

1.78%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.83%

10.13%

1.68%

4.35%

5.02%

4.42%

Kansas

3.14%

11.55%

0.46%

5.28%

8.01%

5.12%

Minnesota

3.72%

13.21%

5.75%

3.74%

6.83%

4.78%

Missouri

3.28%

9.46%

0.68%

4.16%

8.03%

5.82%

Nebraska

2.29%

12.88%

3.89%

2.86%

6.50%

3.65%

North Dakota

3.62%

12.07%

*

10.44%

3.91%

9.25%

5.70%

South Dakota

3.80%

14.93%

6.81%

4.90%

3.58%

6.02%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.26%

11.08%

3.00%

3.90%

6.12%

5.87%

District of Columbia

3.43%

14.08%

*

29.81%

3.01%

3.85%

7.11%

Florida

2.70%

10.34%

10.80%

2.88%

3.92%

6.37%

Georgia

3.33%

14.46%

7.50%

6.25%

5.67%

6.30%

Maryland

2.40%

8.58%

10.02%

5.59%

3.32%

5.23%

North Carolina

2.44%

12.31%

3.22%

3.37%

4.52%

3.91%

South Carolina

3.33%

11.93%

5.99%

4.81%

8.80%

6.28%

Virginia

2.98%

11.84%

12.74%

3.95%

6.70%

6.13%

West Virginia

3.05%

13.07%

4.32%

5.39%

4.85%

7.19%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.65%

10.07%

10.09%

4.95%

4.66%

4.19%

Kentucky

4.30%

11.11%

10.56%

6.05%

7.74%

7.55%

Mississippi

3.52%

13.55%

1.90%

4.64%

7.33%

5.23%

Tennessee

3.35%

13.49%

7.92%

3.75%

7.48%

5.99%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.07%

14.29%

5.92%

3.59%

6.49%

5.81%

Louisiana

2.62%

14.58%

9.45%

5.22%

6.26%

4.85%

Oklahoma

2.77%

15.25%

9.64%

6.36%

5.67%

4.78%

Texas

2.95%

6.18%

5.98%

3.38%

6.89%

3.81%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.56%

11.69%

10.53%

3.65%

4.97%

4.94%

Colorado

3.42%

11.18%

11.70%

4.83%

6.17%

7.04%

Idaho

4.15%

12.80%

10.34%

5.53%

9.26%

8.36%

Montana

4.36%

12.61%

12.74%

5.00%

6.42%

4.94%

Nevada

2.83%

4.79%

20.89%

3.81%

5.90%

5.15%

New Mexico

3.55%

8.54%

6.22%

3.96%

6.96%

5.74%

Utah

2.67%

16.61%

9.80%

7.07%

2.77%

4.77%

Wyoming

2.12%

8.67%

7.43%

4.06%

9.01%

5.80%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.80%

10.39%

15.69%

4.09%

5.33%

6.89%

California

2.25%

8.23%

2.24%

2.59%

3.54%

3.07%

Hawaii

2.49%

6.44%

15.72%

2.76%

5.69%

6.39%

Oregon

2.35%

8.89%

2.78%

4.32%

7.57%

5.04%

Washington

2.65%

11.56%

5.46%

6.19%

4.95%

3.37%

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.