United States

74.0%

68.3%

83.5%

74.5%

69.9%

77.3%

New England:

Connecticut

76.7%

69.4%

92.5%

79.2%

74.4%

74.7%

Maine

73.5%

73.9%

70.3%

75.4%

73.1%

70.6%

Massachusetts

62.3%

36.2%

*

80.3%

60.4%

56.9%

76.2%

New Hampshire

72.0%

75.0%

78.9%

78.5%

61.1%

67.9%

Rhode Island

67.7%

51.5%

86.8%

75.3%

61.5%

64.6%

Vermont

72.8%

79.6%

77.4%

74.1%

66.7%

74.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

68.3%

56.5%

78.4%

68.2%

66.9%

71.3%

New York

63.2%

50.3%

82.6%

60.6%

62.6%

69.9%

Pennsylvania

68.5%

59.4%

91.0%

72.5%

60.7%

69.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

74.4%

64.1%

98.3%

72.2%

72.1%

76.6%

Indiana

81.4%

75.0%

96.9%

80.5%

75.3%

85.1%

Michigan

76.0%

61.1%

86.5%

72.4%

74.4%

83.3%

Ohio

73.2%

67.0%

90.1%

70.8%

71.7%

74.6%

Wisconsin

74.0%

48.6%

87.9%

70.7%

72.0%

87.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

74.5%

56.6%

92.4%

71.5%

77.3%

82.7%

Kansas

74.0%

57.6%

79.1%

77.5%

68.3%

80.8%

Minnesota

69.1%

64.2%

91.7%

73.2%

60.6%

69.1%

Missouri

80.6%

73.9%

100.0%

83.6%

76.4%

79.4%

Nebraska

72.3%

57.5%

98.0%

70.6%

72.8%

78.7%

North Dakota

69.8%

52.7%

67.3%

69.0%

74.6%

78.0%

South Dakota

70.3%

49.4%

88.2%

72.2%

80.6%

75.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

73.8%

76.2%

75.1%

78.4%

67.6%

72.3%

District of Columbia

62.3%

100.0%

100.0%

*

65.3%

54.4%

72.2%

Florida

75.4%

78.9%

84.4%

77.3%

73.2%

73.2%

Georgia

69.5%

57.5%

87.9%

70.0%

64.5%

73.2%

Maryland

71.0%

72.6%

84.8%

70.5%

58.5%

85.1%

North Carolina

75.0%

81.0%

83.8%

72.1%

75.8%

75.0%

South Carolina

77.3%

85.7%

93.1%

75.2%

75.4%

76.9%

Virginia

76.4%

90.7%

84.5%

84.0%

67.4%

70.6%

West Virginia

76.5%

80.4%

86.5%

82.7%

65.6%

73.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

72.7%

78.1%

69.4%

76.9%

56.0%

80.1%

Kentucky

77.7%

77.5%

70.6%

83.8%

69.1%

79.5%

Mississippi

81.6%

66.0%

66.1%

82.7%

78.9%

90.4%

Tennessee

69.0%

55.0%

76.7%

70.0%

64.6%

72.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.6%

69.2%

76.9%

70.4%

81.7%

82.2%

Louisiana

72.3%

70.6%

66.8%

66.7%

65.5%

86.0%

Oklahoma

77.3%

65.3%

79.2%

78.8%

77.9%

77.4%

Texas

78.4%

96.5%

62.2%

79.0%

73.9%

81.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

83.6%

93.0%

92.4%

83.3%

78.5%

87.6%

Colorado

71.7%

67.3%

61.0%

74.0%

61.4%

84.9%

Idaho

83.7%

87.6%

80.4%

88.1%

71.0%

88.1%

Montana

78.3%

59.6%

72.2%

82.5%

80.5%

85.6%

Nevada

83.3%

96.3%

100.0%

82.3%

75.9%

86.3%

New Mexico

80.2%

80.5%

78.8%

84.1%

79.0%

75.7%

Utah

81.2%

69.0%

96.2%

82.2%

81.6%

81.5%

Wyoming

75.3%

51.2%

59.2%

88.8%

71.9%

84.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

75.4%

71.8%

44.8%

*

75.2%

72.0%

84.5%

California

78.7%

76.6%

84.9%

79.8%

77.0%

78.3%

Hawaii

69.7%

65.3%

76.8%

74.6%

64.6%

67.5%

Oregon

82.9%

71.9%

86.5%

85.4%

77.3%

88.2%

Washington

78.3%

60.1%

99.1%

83.5%

73.5%

80.1%

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

0.40%

2.43%

0.89%

0.74%

1.01%

0.84%

New England:

Connecticut

3.59%

13.00%

6.94%

4.80%

5.74%

5.23%

Maine

1.83%

10.40%

9.02%

4.05%

3.30%

6.37%

Massachusetts

2.90%

15.63%

*

5.05%

6.02%

6.06%

5.89%

New Hampshire

2.63%

9.88%

7.60%

4.16%

6.95%

8.49%

Rhode Island

2.25%

10.95%

6.05%

4.90%

5.39%

4.89%

Vermont

1.98%

10.87%

7.62%

3.55%

5.76%

5.55%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.78%

11.71%

10.30%

4.33%

6.11%

7.73%

New York

3.26%

10.85%

7.37%

4.55%

5.20%

3.72%

Pennsylvania

2.19%

11.92%

3.74%

3.61%

3.79%

3.91%

East North Central:

Illinois

3.20%

6.36%

0.89%

6.12%

7.24%

4.29%

Indiana

2.76%

8.21%

10.41%

3.68%

4.89%

4.85%

Michigan

1.16%

14.29%

5.09%

3.34%

4.58%

3.74%

Ohio

1.21%

9.93%

3.85%

2.89%

3.53%

4.97%

Wisconsin

3.03%

13.64%

4.99%

5.63%

7.29%

7.36%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.62%

10.80%

3.73%

4.96%

5.71%

3.72%

Kansas

2.64%

13.90%

8.26%

2.52%

4.68%

6.07%

Minnesota

2.46%

10.36%

10.31%

6.39%

5.02%

5.75%

Missouri

3.70%

11.91%

0.00%

4.56%

5.87%

5.95%

Nebraska

2.51%

11.62%

7.75%

5.00%

5.39%

5.15%

North Dakota

3.73%

13.21%

9.62%

5.33%

6.64%

4.76%

South Dakota

3.56%

9.39%

14.00%

5.76%

4.58%

5.72%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.68%

11.30%

15.08%

4.83%

6.18%

5.75%

District of Columbia

1.76%

25.82%

31.62%

*

2.40%

2.47%

4.14%

Florida

3.47%

7.55%

11.03%

6.38%

7.58%

5.26%

Georgia

2.98%

14.30%

11.51%

6.22%

5.73%

6.57%

Maryland

3.80%

10.37%

11.19%

4.99%

7.72%

5.24%

North Carolina

3.30%

14.50%

11.65%

3.89%

7.42%

6.16%

South Carolina

1.55%

10.04%

10.41%

3.06%

7.64%

6.45%

Virginia

1.99%

13.91%

10.80%

3.68%

5.38%

5.44%

West Virginia

3.45%

16.30%

5.98%

2.61%

5.59%

6.76%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.69%

12.58%

8.37%

5.39%

3.74%

4.44%

Kentucky

3.15%

11.24%

5.65%

5.11%

4.84%

4.06%

Mississippi

2.54%

11.35%

8.50%

4.88%

7.10%

3.50%

Tennessee

1.51%

14.07%

8.81%

4.72%

6.18%

5.81%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.39%

12.25%

7.09%

5.98%

6.07%

3.73%

Louisiana

3.54%

13.31%

11.37%

6.15%

6.39%

4.89%

Oklahoma

3.41%

16.48%

7.70%

3.93%

5.93%

5.36%

Texas

1.71%

2.66%

5.91%

3.46%

5.72%

3.50%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.60%

19.69%

19.60%

4.36%

4.82%

4.09%

Colorado

3.67%

11.36%

10.68%

5.38%

7.99%

4.76%

Idaho

1.51%

8.13%

12.54%

2.54%

4.73%

4.78%

Montana

3.24%

12.63%

14.27%

5.09%

5.82%

7.07%

Nevada

3.77%

3.07%

10.54%

4.76%

5.49%

6.74%

New Mexico

2.86%

13.25%

15.47%

5.29%

6.46%

6.86%

Utah

3.23%

12.79%

10.26%

4.05%

4.20%

6.72%

Wyoming

3.53%

11.47%

11.17%

4.36%

8.17%

5.92%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.60%

14.70%

14.45%

*

7.45%

5.29%

4.37%

California

1.20%

5.62%

4.95%

2.47%

3.12%

2.15%

Hawaii

2.59%

9.85%

13.73%

4.71%

6.08%

6.65%

Oregon

1.53%

8.94%

10.42%

4.64%

4.64%

3.59%

Washington

2.05%

12.40%

1.74%

3.57%

5.62%

5.25%

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.