United States

70.5%

66.3%

79.7%

57.3%

73.4%

79.2%

New England:

Connecticut

74.2%

73.0%

79.4%

59.4%

75.8%

82.0%

Maine

71.0%

61.9%

79.8%

61.2%

68.9%

80.2%

Massachusetts

70.5%

61.0%

81.9%

51.0%

74.7%

80.9%

New Hampshire

66.2%

55.2%

74.8%

50.7%

71.9%

78.3%

Rhode Island

70.9%

51.0%

77.7%

61.6%

72.4%

77.7%

Vermont

71.0%

65.7%

80.1%

61.1%

73.5%

76.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

64.6%

52.6%

68.9%

50.3%

69.2%

75.8%

New York

70.4%

63.1%

71.0%

58.2%

73.7%

79.7%

Pennsylvania

73.4%

50.8%

83.8%

58.6%

76.9%

83.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.9%

57.3%

74.2%

63.5%

71.2%

81.2%

Indiana

70.3%

67.4%

83.3%

53.3%

71.2%

72.8%

Michigan

71.5%

62.2%

78.8%

60.1%

67.8%

82.0%

Ohio

71.5%

72.7%

82.8%

56.6%

70.8%

79.9%

Wisconsin

69.3%

62.5%

72.2%

65.9%

64.6%

74.8%

West North Central:

Iowa

72.1%

79.3%

83.1%

53.3%

69.2%

75.5%

Kansas

72.3%

69.1%

72.5%

63.7%

75.0%

78.0%

Minnesota

73.0%

86.2%

79.4%

57.5%

77.0%

78.1%

Missouri

71.3%

76.7%

76.2%

57.3%

71.9%

82.9%

Nebraska

70.3%

63.4%

78.3%

51.6%

71.4%

78.9%

North Dakota

72.9%

63.9%

85.2%

57.6%

75.1%

79.3%

South Dakota

68.7%

73.5%

81.3%

54.1%

68.5%

76.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.1%

72.4%

70.7%

56.8%

74.9%

80.3%

District of Columbia

77.9%

21.7%

*

60.2%

*

75.7%

79.4%

81.0%

Florida

69.1%

70.3%

80.6%

60.1%

72.6%

80.1%

Georgia

71.4%

69.7%

85.0%

58.9%

71.5%

76.0%

Maryland

69.0%

65.5%

81.7%

58.5%

71.6%

76.6%

North Carolina

69.1%

66.0%

78.1%

53.4%

77.5%

74.3%

South Carolina

69.5%

64.4%

86.3%

54.8%

70.5%

76.0%

Virginia

69.8%

77.8%

81.9%

56.4%

74.4%

73.9%

West Virginia

65.7%

62.8%

87.2%

48.4%

71.6%

74.1%

East South Central:

Alabama

64.9%

58.4%

79.3%

44.5%

70.5%

72.3%

Kentucky

73.0%

70.6%

87.2%

55.7%

76.7%

74.5%

Mississippi

72.1%

74.7%

82.3%

56.7%

72.6%

72.9%

Tennessee

69.6%

56.7%

85.0%

42.9%

76.8%

79.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

70.2%

70.9%

80.6%

48.5%

74.0%

71.1%

Louisiana

69.0%

48.7%

81.0%

51.5%

67.9%

86.3%

Oklahoma

63.7%

70.7%

76.0%

49.8%

60.3%

74.5%

Texas

69.0%

59.6%

80.5%

55.0%

70.3%

81.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

66.0%

67.2%

77.9%

48.5%

76.8%

82.9%

Colorado

68.2%

57.2%

79.2%

58.3%

73.4%

76.2%

Idaho

67.7%

68.9%

78.4%

57.3%

68.5%

77.2%

Montana

71.1%

80.3%

87.0%

59.2%

68.7%

77.5%

Nevada

66.8%

74.8%

84.4%

59.8%

69.5%

76.9%

New Mexico

63.8%

58.9%

81.5%

53.8%

68.9%

71.9%

Utah

64.8%

60.1%

76.8%

52.5%

67.8%

73.1%

Wyoming

71.0%

65.9%

77.8%

53.3%

75.2%

80.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

67.3%

77.5%

71.2%

56.0%

68.7%

76.7%

California

73.3%

71.0%

79.1%

62.3%

78.0%

79.7%

Hawaii

78.4%

79.7%

77.4%

72.5%

83.3%

86.9%

Oregon

78.1%

80.8%

78.4%

69.3%

79.6%

84.4%

Washington

74.5%

72.9%

91.4%

54.8%

77.8%

82.9%

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

0.31%

1.35%

0.89%

0.84%

0.62%

0.53%

New England:

Connecticut

1.73%

4.73%

2.64%

3.85%

2.87%

1.47%

Maine

2.46%

10.37%

5.09%

4.83%

2.94%

3.80%

Massachusetts

0.92%

7.77%

4.57%

3.25%

2.58%

3.89%

New Hampshire

2.07%

7.59%

3.95%

3.07%

2.56%

2.13%

Rhode Island

1.45%

8.35%

2.95%

4.69%

2.06%

2.33%

Vermont

2.46%

7.94%

4.65%

5.25%

2.50%

4.02%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.93%

8.45%

5.21%

3.48%

4.14%

5.01%

New York

1.59%

6.06%

3.14%

4.81%

1.62%

1.33%

Pennsylvania

1.76%

10.55%

2.26%

4.34%

3.15%

1.68%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.13%

8.07%

3.44%

3.33%

1.81%

1.82%

Indiana

1.53%

7.42%

2.54%

3.46%

2.04%

2.92%

Michigan

1.95%

8.58%

4.49%

3.15%

3.52%

1.42%

Ohio

1.48%

10.25%

2.45%

3.97%

1.66%

3.25%

Wisconsin

1.66%

7.35%

4.34%

2.14%

3.24%

2.63%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.27%

4.96%

2.62%

3.63%

3.42%

2.74%

Kansas

2.04%

5.22%

3.48%

3.93%

3.98%

2.49%

Minnesota

2.58%

8.72%

2.25%

3.85%

4.13%

3.03%

Missouri

1.80%

4.61%

3.92%

3.45%

4.56%

2.55%

Nebraska

1.40%

8.71%

3.28%

2.98%

3.81%

3.54%

North Dakota

1.77%

5.88%

4.98%

2.62%

2.06%

4.64%

South Dakota

2.53%

9.14%

2.70%

5.49%

2.35%

3.13%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.19%

8.80%

6.45%

3.49%

2.71%

4.23%

District of Columbia

1.81%

10.24%

*

18.57%

*

2.24%

3.21%

3.54%

Florida

1.95%

8.82%

5.19%

2.82%

3.28%

3.34%

Georgia

1.78%

9.24%

2.48%

5.66%

4.43%

2.67%

Maryland

1.54%

4.76%

4.80%

3.70%

2.29%

2.62%

North Carolina

1.94%

9.85%

2.13%

4.66%

2.35%

4.48%

South Carolina

1.74%

7.39%

2.21%

4.18%

3.30%

4.14%

Virginia

1.81%

8.60%

8.92%

4.40%

3.14%

3.12%

West Virginia

2.19%

10.16%

4.23%

4.99%

3.75%

4.87%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.74%

8.67%

2.61%

3.00%

3.15%

5.31%

Kentucky

1.14%

6.11%

2.68%

4.90%

2.86%

3.46%

Mississippi

3.44%

10.27%

3.99%

5.18%

4.26%

3.58%

Tennessee

1.79%

9.80%

2.04%

3.33%

2.10%

2.70%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.57%

12.71%

2.52%

3.79%

2.89%

5.57%

Louisiana

2.18%

10.31%

4.11%

3.79%

5.14%

2.24%

Oklahoma

1.71%

11.72%

4.00%

3.00%

3.50%

3.85%

Texas

2.14%

6.03%

3.70%

3.90%

2.46%

2.78%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.01%

7.87%

10.53%

5.09%

1.61%

4.78%

Colorado

1.48%

7.43%

10.29%

4.04%

2.47%

4.31%

Idaho

3.21%

8.94%

5.52%

4.78%

5.89%

4.19%

Montana

1.52%

5.16%

10.34%

4.67%

2.20%

4.91%

Nevada

1.96%

7.32%

18.74%

2.25%

4.64%

5.27%

New Mexico

2.69%

7.10%

8.88%

4.25%

3.32%

6.14%

Utah

3.02%

10.17%

2.94%

3.53%

4.86%

7.11%

Wyoming

1.89%

5.43%

4.10%

4.99%

2.28%

3.08%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.89%

9.12%

7.97%

5.30%

2.71%

2.46%

California

1.30%

5.65%

2.28%

1.93%

1.78%

2.73%

Hawaii

2.03%

9.69%

9.28%

4.46%

2.92%

2.73%

Oregon

2.00%

3.02%

2.22%

3.95%

3.86%

2.02%

Washington

2.88%

6.80%

3.27%

5.65%

3.28%

3.69%

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.