United States

55.0%

38.6%

67.7%

50.4%

58.8%

66.2%

New England:

Connecticut

63.9%

62.3%

75.4%

52.9%

67.6%

81.9%

Maine

53.8%

35.7%

71.3%

50.7%

59.1%

68.9%

Massachusetts

61.6%

43.4%

82.6%

55.3%

66.4%

75.1%

New Hampshire

59.7%

46.2%

85.7%

55.4%

61.8%

69.2%

Rhode Island

60.2%

53.3%

70.4%

53.4%

61.1%

75.5%

Vermont

56.4%

26.1%

72.3%

54.7%

62.3%

77.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

65.2%

40.6%

79.3%

59.0%

70.7%

78.3%

New York

59.1%

56.6%

57.9%

52.0%

63.0%

68.9%

Pennsylvania

63.0%

50.7%

87.5%

53.7%

74.8%

70.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

52.8%

50.3%

77.9%

46.3%

50.1%

62.9%

Indiana

49.1%

28.2%

68.0%

41.8%

52.5%

71.1%

Michigan

54.0%

24.2%

66.6%

51.6%

55.4%

72.9%

Ohio

63.9%

50.7%

91.8%

56.6%

64.6%

76.5%

Wisconsin

51.4%

34.7%

66.3%

47.4%

57.4%

62.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

50.7%

34.4%

63.6%

50.1%

53.1%

64.3%

Kansas

55.9%

43.9%

87.1%

48.3%

54.7%

73.6%

Minnesota

55.4%

35.1%

76.3%

49.2%

67.8%

66.4%

Missouri

57.1%

36.3%

68.1%

52.3%

62.7%

71.7%

Nebraska

45.4%

36.8%

72.5%

40.8%

45.2%

58.8%

North Dakota

49.2%

29.3%

70.4%

47.0%

60.6%

65.7%

South Dakota

48.8%

38.0%

58.4%

45.8%

49.7%

68.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

60.0%

53.0%

76.4%

54.4%

70.5%

61.5%

District of Columbia

74.1%

30.8%

*

36.1%

*

67.3%

77.8%

91.5%

Florida

49.5%

35.4%

49.1%

44.6%

54.0%

59.7%

Georgia

52.8%

35.7%

62.1%

51.6%

51.6%

62.6%

Maryland

61.0%

57.3%

72.8%

55.6%

60.1%

75.9%

North Carolina

51.6%

25.8%

64.6%

46.9%

66.9%

57.1%

South Carolina

53.3%

30.7%

64.1%

51.9%

54.3%

65.6%

Virginia

54.1%

36.1%

64.5%

46.3%

62.4%

69.9%

West Virginia

50.3%

27.0%

68.3%

45.3%

59.1%

64.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

58.9%

32.7%

78.3%

56.9%

61.3%

69.3%

Kentucky

56.6%

28.1%

*

78.9%

52.7%

64.3%

65.5%

Mississippi

48.7%

28.9%

*

71.1%

43.3%

50.4%

65.0%

Tennessee

55.5%

33.6%

65.9%

50.3%

58.4%

68.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

47.1%

29.2%

54.4%

43.4%

45.0%

64.7%

Louisiana

48.1%

28.6%

72.4%

46.7%

41.6%

62.5%

Oklahoma

47.4%

28.4%

56.6%

44.2%

52.8%

56.0%

Texas

50.9%

33.5%

65.2%

49.2%

53.4%

55.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

52.1%

27.0%

*

48.1%

47.9%

59.4%

59.4%

Colorado

55.2%

37.3%

73.1%

55.4%

53.4%

68.7%

Idaho

45.0%

30.0%

54.5%

46.3%

51.2%

53.8%

Montana

39.5%

27.2%

35.9%

38.6%

48.3%

52.4%

Nevada

55.0%

46.6%

46.4%

*

49.2%

60.4%

64.0%

New Mexico

51.0%

33.3%

55.4%

47.1%

58.4%

62.6%

Utah

46.4%

29.2%

39.3%

51.8%

44.7%

53.5%

Wyoming

40.5%

34.7%

52.6%

33.6%

48.2%

49.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

40.5%

31.7%

51.0%

33.0%

46.0%

53.8%

California

56.0%

44.7%

63.9%

51.5%

56.7%

65.4%

Hawaii

85.4%

84.0%

86.6%

83.3%

89.4%

85.6%

Oregon

52.8%

30.9%

61.3%

49.6%

57.0%

72.9%

Washington

53.6%

36.2%

46.5%

49.4%

59.9%

70.8%

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.

United States

0.35%

1.09%

1.59%

0.58%

0.54%

0.63%

New England:

Connecticut

2.45%

11.16%

6.79%

4.27%

4.91%

6.17%

Maine

3.32%

8.93%

10.51%

4.34%

3.23%

6.87%

Massachusetts

1.89%

9.79%

6.64%

3.56%

3.06%

3.81%

New Hampshire

3.46%

11.16%

6.59%

4.61%

5.31%

4.80%

Rhode Island

2.14%

8.62%

8.99%

3.78%

4.97%

3.14%

Vermont

2.26%

4.65%

9.47%

4.08%

3.26%

5.25%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.81%

5.91%

7.92%

3.70%

5.97%

3.46%

New York

1.88%

5.47%

5.05%

3.29%

2.81%

3.92%

Pennsylvania

1.45%

7.95%

5.83%

2.89%

2.57%

4.35%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.48%

7.58%

7.67%

3.05%

3.64%

5.22%

Indiana

1.32%

7.98%

11.22%

1.66%

4.82%

3.68%

Michigan

1.85%

4.93%

9.31%

3.40%

4.19%

5.11%

Ohio

2.51%

8.27%

4.21%

4.05%

3.79%

2.76%

Wisconsin

2.27%

5.57%

8.33%

3.48%

4.41%

5.30%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.39%

6.50%

10.97%

4.49%

3.02%

3.95%

Kansas

2.63%

8.35%

5.22%

3.15%

3.54%

6.20%

Minnesota

1.49%

6.01%

6.45%

3.01%

5.54%

2.86%

Missouri

1.75%

8.02%

11.29%

2.70%

3.74%

5.70%

Nebraska

2.21%

5.70%

9.30%

2.98%

3.24%

4.33%

North Dakota

2.23%

4.56%

11.05%

4.36%

6.02%

4.22%

South Dakota

1.60%

4.98%

10.78%

2.51%

5.12%

4.88%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.21%

8.87%

14.47%

2.26%

3.59%

5.30%

District of Columbia

2.11%

16.61%

*

11.42%

*

2.15%

4.14%

3.07%

Florida

1.16%

7.04%

11.23%

2.87%

1.69%

3.92%

Georgia

2.31%

8.53%

10.37%

3.60%

4.39%

3.99%

Maryland

1.79%

9.36%

12.74%

2.81%

3.45%

4.10%

North Carolina

2.87%

6.71%

9.77%

3.09%

4.25%

5.48%

South Carolina

1.46%

8.23%

11.46%

3.57%

4.00%

3.46%

Virginia

1.88%

9.32%

13.68%

2.42%

6.60%

3.52%

West Virginia

1.25%

6.03%

7.20%

2.37%

4.45%

5.27%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.29%

6.98%

8.09%

2.07%

4.58%

4.69%

Kentucky

1.84%

9.63%

*

7.09%

2.94%

4.08%

4.75%

Mississippi

1.83%

9.69%

*

9.49%

2.27%

5.51%

5.47%

Tennessee

1.51%

9.86%

11.23%

3.41%

5.20%

5.46%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.22%

5.54%

8.61%

3.02%

4.63%

4.65%

Louisiana

1.46%

4.11%

10.11%

2.71%

3.54%

3.68%

Oklahoma

2.61%

7.02%

7.90%

4.65%

4.29%

4.73%

Texas

2.15%

6.85%

3.45%

3.21%

4.37%

3.72%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.14%

12.19%

*

12.79%

2.55%

5.15%

3.63%

Colorado

2.91%

5.93%

12.10%

4.39%

4.81%

3.35%

Idaho

1.91%

3.85%

12.82%

4.09%

5.29%

3.33%

Montana

1.64%

4.62%

9.82%

3.21%

5.17%

5.25%

Nevada

2.36%

6.24%

15.07%

*

3.57%

3.74%

3.90%

New Mexico

1.71%

7.58%

13.80%

3.52%

4.41%

4.20%

Utah

2.51%

7.18%

11.01%

4.03%

4.41%

4.24%

Wyoming

2.56%

6.06%

9.05%

2.91%

3.87%

8.46%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.89%

6.91%

13.23%

2.74%

4.42%

4.02%

California

1.05%

4.49%

5.59%

2.19%

2.00%

3.35%

Hawaii

2.00%

7.77%

10.39%

2.90%

4.52%

5.43%

Oregon

1.60%

3.53%

11.61%

2.05%

5.17%

4.07%

Washington

2.79%

7.97%

13.23%

3.18%

5.29%

6.79%

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.