United States

74.8%

46.1%

78.0%

72.8%

81.7%

82.0%

New England:

Connecticut

81.5%

74.9%

98.0%

68.1%

93.6%

91.0%

Maine

74.9%

52.6%

55.0%

71.9%

84.3%

74.3%

Massachusetts

87.6%

88.1%

92.5%

83.6%

94.0%

85.0%

New Hampshire

80.3%

39.8%

*

87.6%

75.4%

91.2%

88.2%

Rhode Island

82.7%

53.7%

86.9%

77.3%

92.5%

88.7%

Vermont

72.5%

54.2%

76.0%

67.5%

83.7%

64.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.8%

37.7%

*

89.9%

78.3%

80.2%

91.1%

New York

80.2%

73.5%

81.9%

77.1%

82.2%

88.6%

Pennsylvania

75.2%

71.0%

90.8%

73.4%

80.7%

72.8%

East North Central:

Illinois

66.5%

39.2%

63.4%

60.4%

81.6%

80.8%

Indiana

76.6%

45.4%

73.1%

73.6%

85.9%

82.0%

Michigan

73.1%

51.4%

80.6%

71.7%

79.5%

69.2%

Ohio

77.8%

53.2%

92.1%

76.2%

84.8%

55.1%

Wisconsin

73.7%

58.2%

52.0%

67.4%

85.6%

89.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

73.4%

35.6%

87.1%

68.0%

84.9%

83.2%

Kansas

64.4%

38.4%

*

88.3%

62.6%

66.6%

69.7%

Minnesota

76.0%

16.0%

*

77.7%

74.8%

76.6%

89.6%

Missouri

77.3%

69.5%

86.5%

72.3%

82.1%

93.5%

Nebraska

74.5%

40.1%

*

64.7%

70.9%

81.8%

85.8%

North Dakota

76.8%

60.5%

87.6%

73.6%

85.5%

83.8%

South Dakota

64.8%

32.9%

63.6%

60.3%

86.7%

69.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

74.7%

55.9%

100.0%

73.3%

82.8%

58.1%

District of Columbia

83.4%

19.1%

*

.

73.5%

94.6%

91.7%

Florida

83.4%

18.8%

*

89.7%

87.8%

81.4%

74.4%

Georgia

72.9%

37.3%

*

100.0%

69.6%

79.1%

82.7%

Maryland

77.5%

51.1%

100.0%

75.2%

81.5%

89.6%

North Carolina

76.2%

10.6%

*

76.2%

76.9%

77.9%

85.2%

South Carolina

79.6%

51.8%

*

73.8%

79.6%

80.7%

89.7%

Virginia

79.4%

50.7%

93.3%

77.8%

85.4%

73.6%

West Virginia

65.0%

35.5%

*

34.9%

*

58.5%

76.9%

78.1%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.8%

69.1%

78.1%

76.5%

87.9%

90.6%

Kentucky

74.9%

38.9%

*

78.3%

73.6%

82.2%

76.0%

Mississippi

70.2%

12.4%

*

85.9%

67.6%

85.4%

67.1%

Tennessee

83.2%

30.9%

*

68.9%

82.6%

85.8%

92.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

65.8%

41.7%

*

64.5%

69.1%

57.0%

72.6%

Louisiana

76.4%

39.2%

*

33.9%

*

80.2%

74.5%

74.8%

Oklahoma

71.0%

17.0%

*

87.4%

71.5%

75.4%

69.9%

Texas

74.9%

56.8%

39.3%

*

74.8%

77.4%

80.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

77.6%

36.3%

*

25.9%

*

80.8%

79.1%

54.3%

Colorado

69.1%

50.5%

55.7%

62.6%

85.0%

77.0%

Idaho

70.0%

23.1%

*

100.0%

79.3%

38.7%

78.2%

Montana

57.5%

12.8%

*

63.2%

52.4%

79.5%

47.8%

Nevada

74.0%

91.1%

40.7%

*

72.2%

75.3%

77.6%

New Mexico

81.9%

47.7%

90.7%

83.3%

83.6%

69.8%

Utah

67.2%

40.2%

95.1%

60.2%

74.5%

84.7%

Wyoming

50.3%

50.8%

69.2%

43.9%

65.3%

60.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

59.7%

30.0%

*

83.7%

56.5%

64.3%

74.4%

California

66.9%

40.4%

*

85.2%

62.4%

79.6%

83.8%

Hawaii

94.9%

96.8%

100.0%

97.5%

84.6%

91.6%

Oregon

71.6%

25.0%

*

76.2%

65.4%

90.4%

76.3%

Washington

62.0%

37.5%

*

79.2%

55.6%

77.1%

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.

. 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

1.01%

4.22%

3.47%

1.14%

0.83%

1.48%

New England:

Connecticut

2.50%

13.46%

10.35%

6.14%

3.56%

10.85%

Maine

3.98%

14.64%

15.23%

5.44%

6.83%

9.83%

Massachusetts

1.45%

15.48%

10.26%

2.00%

2.72%

5.90%

New Hampshire

1.86%

14.81%

*

5.23%

2.75%

4.00%

9.47%

Rhode Island

2.23%

12.74%

15.51%

3.34%

3.69%

5.58%

Vermont

2.39%

10.87%

16.49%

7.45%

2.72%

11.14%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

5.77%

13.09%

*

16.65%

8.00%

8.54%

4.86%

New York

1.35%

10.29%

9.26%

1.34%

2.07%

2.70%

Pennsylvania

2.29%

12.90%

5.78%

3.06%

6.93%

6.05%

East North Central:

Illinois

4.88%

10.55%

13.53%

7.21%

4.86%

4.61%

Indiana

3.06%

12.85%

9.87%

3.91%

4.04%

7.52%

Michigan

3.61%

11.51%

14.00%

5.65%

4.63%

8.28%

Ohio

1.77%

12.87%

10.76%

1.52%

3.48%

8.91%

Wisconsin

1.48%

12.14%

12.96%

3.21%

4.06%

7.65%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.31%

8.34%

13.51%

4.62%

3.94%

8.25%

Kansas

2.73%

12.96%

*

12.36%

2.98%

9.55%

9.89%

Minnesota

2.61%

12.19%

*

7.37%

4.04%

7.27%

10.74%

Missouri

3.35%

16.49%

18.71%

5.91%

9.01%

7.74%

Nebraska

3.40%

12.29%

*

13.76%

5.33%

4.88%

3.34%

North Dakota

2.52%

11.65%

14.60%

3.63%

5.98%

8.33%

South Dakota

3.48%

8.14%

11.94%

5.88%

4.52%

10.10%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

4.95%

14.27%

14.91%

6.61%

5.68%

15.30%

District of Columbia

2.56%

6.50%

*

.

3.88%

2.12%

10.58%

Florida

2.48%

13.44%

*

13.67%

2.92%

6.14%

8.06%

Georgia

3.18%

12.46%

*

14.91%

5.05%

8.14%

9.48%

Maryland

4.67%

14.48%

18.26%

5.22%

3.69%

6.15%

North Carolina

3.26%

16.58%

*

12.08%

5.31%

6.57%

12.48%

South Carolina

3.14%

16.15%

*

14.62%

4.58%

5.37%

10.27%

Virginia

2.24%

13.37%

19.27%

2.84%

5.58%

12.94%

West Virginia

3.72%

13.96%

*

12.49%

*

6.15%

8.19%

5.67%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.14%

20.08%

17.08%

4.88%

3.54%

6.19%

Kentucky

2.03%

12.78%

*

14.28%

2.99%

7.07%

8.94%

Mississippi

3.27%

11.02%

*

14.52%

4.81%

5.85%

10.16%

Tennessee

2.92%

14.63%

*

12.51%

3.93%

7.34%

9.93%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.14%

13.82%

*

16.15%

5.76%

9.02%

8.54%

Louisiana

3.70%

13.35%

*

15.42%

*

3.45%

6.87%

12.36%

Oklahoma

3.88%

8.34%

*

7.59%

5.61%

7.49%

5.82%

Texas

1.91%

11.71%

15.11%

*

3.14%

5.89%

6.32%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.46%

13.02%

*

13.22%

*

6.56%

5.67%

9.94%

Colorado

3.01%

14.88%

16.00%

5.32%

5.87%

10.20%

Idaho

4.96%

7.88%

*

21.08%

8.08%

9.80%

5.38%

Montana

4.49%

10.22%

*

14.30%

6.07%

8.17%

12.99%

Nevada

6.74%

21.33%

15.01%

*

9.09%

10.77%

10.50%

New Mexico

3.23%

11.29%

16.83%

4.01%

3.46%

9.53%

Utah

3.15%

10.58%

10.49%

5.29%

7.22%

8.57%

Wyoming

4.48%

13.86%

17.86%

5.54%

6.33%

9.43%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.17%

9.75%

*

21.85%

5.64%

7.72%

9.59%

California

5.08%

12.15%

*

6.13%

4.97%

4.57%

3.66%

Hawaii

1.74%

20.57%

25.82%

1.61%

5.54%

11.58%

Oregon

2.57%

9.27%

*

12.93%

2.65%

2.31%

7.03%

Washington

4.88%

15.27%

*

15.86%

4.25%

6.63%

4.59%

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.

. 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.