United States

6,536,034

11.9%

4.4%

39.1%

24.0%

20.5%

New England:

Connecticut

80,556

8.0%

4.1%

42.3%

27.5%

18.1%

Maine

35,762

15.4%

3.5%

43.5%

22.2%

15.4%

Massachusetts

150,815

7.8%

4.9%

45.7%

26.6%

15.0%

New Hampshire

34,176

11.3%

4.7%

43.6%

22.5%

17.8%

Rhode Island

25,864

12.2%

5.8%

39.8%

24.1%

18.1%

Vermont

19,729

15.5%

5.0%

39.8%

25.0%

14.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

198,315

10.9%

3.9%

35.8%

27.9%

21.4%

New York

446,055

9.9%

3.4%

39.5%

26.6%

20.6%

Pennsylvania

260,444

10.0%

4.2%

43.3%

24.2%

18.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

280,101

11.6%

5.3%

37.2%

25.7%

20.2%

Indiana

132,612

12.7%

5.1%

42.9%

20.4%

18.9%

Michigan

207,035

11.7%

5.9%

40.5%

24.0%

18.0%

Ohio

230,025

9.9%

5.7%

41.0%

23.1%

20.3%

Wisconsin

128,108

14.9%

6.7%

41.8%

17.8%

18.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

80,387

21.0%

4.5%

36.7%

18.3%

19.5%

Kansas

73,209

16.9%

4.4%

37.1%

20.2%

21.3%

Minnesota

134,449

16.7%

4.6%

37.9%

22.1%

18.8%

Missouri

133,099

14.1%

4.3%

37.9%

23.3%

20.5%

Nebraska

53,782

21.7%

3.3%

37.6%

16.6%

20.8%

North Dakota

24,295

24.4%

4.5%

38.3%

13.2%

19.6%

South Dakota

24,846

25.6%

3.4%

38.3%

15.5%

17.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

20,913

12.3%

2.3%

39.4%

21.7%

24.2%

District of Columbia

18,992

1.5%

*

0.3%

*

45.1%

39.2%

13.8%

Florida

405,716

10.9%

2.6%

38.7%

24.9%

22.8%

Georgia

189,546

9.8%

3.8%

40.7%

24.5%

21.3%

Maryland

122,512

10.8%

2.7%

41.8%

27.6%

17.1%

North Carolina

185,727

11.2%

4.7%

43.2%

21.5%

19.4%

South Carolina

91,924

12.1%

3.9%

41.7%

20.0%

22.3%

Virginia

167,687

12.9%

2.4%

40.1%

24.5%

20.1%

West Virginia

34,921

12.2%

4.9%

45.0%

21.2%

16.7%

East South Central:

Alabama

91,058

11.2%

4.3%

40.5%

21.3%

22.7%

Kentucky

85,390

11.4%

5.0%

39.0%

22.1%

22.5%

Mississippi

50,294

12.0%

5.1%

44.1%

18.7%

20.1%

Tennessee

113,683

9.2%

4.9%

42.3%

20.3%

23.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

60,179

16.0%

5.2%

35.9%

18.9%

24.0%

Louisiana

92,002

10.5%

4.1%

38.4%

24.8%

22.2%

Oklahoma

81,282

11.8%

6.6%

39.5%

21.8%

20.3%

Texas

450,240

10.6%

5.7%

37.3%

24.4%

22.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

111,491

8.1%

3.5%

37.2%

28.1%

23.1%

Colorado

132,646

15.1%

3.7%

34.7%

28.1%

18.3%

Idaho

39,768

24.7%

3.8%

31.6%

20.4%

19.5%

Montana

35,028

25.6%

3.1%

36.9%

19.2%

15.2%

Nevada

49,299

10.7%

3.3%

37.8%

25.7%

22.6%

New Mexico

40,038

14.8%

3.7%

39.0%

22.7%

19.7%

Utah

61,269

15.9%

5.4%

32.0%

22.2%

24.5%

Wyoming

18,943

20.2%

5.4%

37.1%

19.6%

17.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

17,001

13.7%

2.8%

*

40.4%

23.0%

20.0%

California

737,420

9.9%

5.0%

36.2%

26.0%

22.9%

Hawaii

28,351

9.9%

2.5%

*

42.6%

24.7%

20.3%

Oregon

95,133

18.4%

5.0%

36.0%

21.5%

19.1%

Washington

153,917

14.9%

4.1%

39.6%

23.2%

18.2%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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

21,727

0.16%

0.10%

0.31%

0.17%

0.22%

New England:

Connecticut

1,363

2.08%

0.80%

1.64%

1.18%

1.59%

Maine

1,109

1.58%

0.57%

1.10%

0.83%

1.05%

Massachusetts

3,364

1.33%

1.39%

2.15%

2.03%

1.42%

New Hampshire

985

0.88%

0.58%

1.53%

1.10%

0.86%

Rhode Island

577

1.57%

0.59%

1.15%

1.44%

0.89%

Vermont

695

1.87%

0.85%

1.42%

1.42%

1.23%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

7,504

0.90%

0.78%

1.52%

1.18%

1.49%

New York

5,345

1.10%

0.36%

1.30%

0.91%

0.86%

Pennsylvania

4,925

0.81%

0.61%

1.34%

0.60%

1.28%

East North Central:

Illinois

4,999

1.35%

0.43%

1.08%

1.19%

1.04%

Indiana

2,828

0.79%

0.67%

0.93%

0.88%

0.93%

Michigan

4,542

1.46%

1.06%

1.44%

1.34%

0.84%

Ohio

6,471

0.89%

0.67%

1.45%

1.43%

0.97%

Wisconsin

2,862

1.05%

0.88%

1.46%

1.22%

1.38%

West North Central:

Iowa

1,694

1.01%

0.84%

1.57%

0.50%

1.80%

Kansas

1,820

1.53%

0.72%

2.42%

1.10%

2.16%

Minnesota

3,356

1.22%

0.94%

1.37%

0.75%

0.96%

Missouri

3,794

1.15%

0.65%

1.02%

0.86%

1.33%

Nebraska

1,361

0.64%

0.46%

0.77%

0.92%

0.91%

North Dakota

521

1.64%

0.90%

1.27%

0.88%

0.89%

South Dakota

550

1.33%

0.49%

1.75%

0.76%

1.53%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

631

1.06%

0.58%

2.25%

1.70%

1.92%

District of Columbia

587

0.53%

*

0.26%

*

2.13%

1.27%

1.32%

Florida

13,336

0.69%

0.34%

2.16%

1.26%

1.57%

Georgia

5,870

1.39%

0.49%

2.03%

1.70%

2.01%

Maryland

4,210

0.99%

0.55%

1.88%

1.03%

1.12%

North Carolina

3,780

1.28%

0.76%

1.14%

1.36%

1.34%

South Carolina

3,068

0.88%

0.46%

1.24%

0.61%

1.22%

Virginia

5,462

1.76%

0.50%

1.58%

1.82%

1.13%

West Virginia

945

1.20%

1.01%

1.54%

1.06%

1.23%

East South Central:

Alabama

1,947

0.83%

0.87%

1.49%

1.28%

1.29%

Kentucky

1,368

1.48%

0.77%

1.65%

1.65%

1.09%

Mississippi

1,365

1.55%

0.71%

1.44%

1.27%

0.79%

Tennessee

4,888

1.12%

0.79%

1.56%

1.25%

1.38%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,634

1.08%

0.44%

0.90%

0.90%

1.61%

Louisiana

2,344

2.08%

0.75%

1.84%

0.84%

1.95%

Oklahoma

1,781

1.47%

0.92%

1.17%

1.35%

1.21%

Texas

9,052

0.56%

0.26%

0.97%

0.95%

1.17%

Mountain:

Arizona

3,749

1.76%

0.71%

2.08%

1.75%

1.70%

Colorado

3,860

0.71%

0.73%

1.36%

0.88%

1.37%

Idaho

873

0.98%

0.64%

1.42%

0.77%

1.11%

Montana

792

1.29%

0.50%

1.45%

1.02%

1.08%

Nevada

1,255

1.23%

0.43%

2.28%

1.08%

2.31%

New Mexico

974

1.47%

0.79%

1.07%

1.09%

1.53%

Utah

1,770

1.17%

0.83%

1.43%

0.91%

1.29%

Wyoming

533

1.67%

0.56%

1.93%

1.30%

1.64%

Pacific:

Alaska

455

1.21%

0.91%

*

0.80%

0.83%

0.89%

California

13,826

0.66%

0.26%

0.74%

0.59%

0.26%

Hawaii

1,146

1.11%

0.68%

*

1.83%

1.59%

1.44%

Oregon

4,133

1.71%

0.81%

1.47%

1.96%

1.31%

Washington

2,812

1.59%

0.95%

1.88%

1.67%

2.29%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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.