United States

70.9%

69.5%

81.2%

57.1%

74.9%

77.9%

New England:

Connecticut

77.1%

69.3%

77.8%

69.2%

77.0%

83.1%

Maine

71.4%

78.9%

77.8%

61.3%

74.0%

67.0%

Massachusetts

69.9%

73.4%

75.0%

52.3%

75.7%

76.3%

New Hampshire

71.0%

68.9%

80.4%

55.4%

72.3%

75.9%

Rhode Island

68.0%

56.1%

70.0%

60.3%

76.6%

68.2%

Vermont

63.2%

57.1%

67.2%

51.2%

62.5%

79.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

72.2%

72.2%

80.3%

61.5%

73.1%

78.3%

New York

71.2%

62.1%

67.7%

61.1%

73.3%

79.8%

Pennsylvania

72.4%

87.4%

82.6%

57.1%

73.0%

79.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

73.2%

78.7%

85.8%

57.4%

73.9%

80.6%

Indiana

69.8%

46.1%

81.2%

58.7%

72.9%

75.2%

Michigan

71.9%

54.3%

87.4%

58.1%

74.7%

75.4%

Ohio

72.5%

67.0%

84.3%

54.3%

74.3%

81.2%

Wisconsin

67.0%

62.3%

85.3%

45.6%

65.9%

75.6%

West North Central:

Iowa

74.7%

76.9%

89.4%

59.4%

71.6%

78.7%

Kansas

69.9%

66.1%

81.1%

57.6%

70.4%

80.1%

Minnesota

73.3%

71.9%

86.7%

62.5%

65.4%

82.1%

Missouri

74.9%

70.3%

83.3%

70.0%

78.5%

72.1%

Nebraska

69.6%

56.4%

75.1%

54.9%

72.9%

81.3%

North Dakota

73.5%

66.8%

85.1%

60.3%

78.1%

77.0%

South Dakota

66.0%

61.4%

79.7%

47.6%

65.2%

80.8%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

70.5%

75.3%

79.6%

46.5%

74.0%

80.7%

District of Columbia

74.7%

84.3%

56.7%

*

64.9%

79.1%

85.3%

Florida

67.0%

74.7%

86.7%

55.5%

79.3%

74.2%

Georgia

72.0%

74.3%

69.7%

58.7%

77.3%

78.8%

Maryland

73.7%

68.5%

81.1%

58.9%

79.2%

82.8%

North Carolina

70.3%

58.9%

81.3%

55.6%

79.2%

71.1%

South Carolina

73.0%

66.0%

82.9%

56.9%

80.8%

83.2%

Virginia

69.3%

74.0%

74.5%

58.7%

71.3%

77.2%

West Virginia

70.2%

76.5%

87.7%

55.0%

68.9%

82.7%

East South Central:

Alabama

67.5%

68.0%

72.8%

54.3%

73.4%

76.6%

Kentucky

71.1%

64.1%

86.6%

59.7%

70.0%

74.4%

Mississippi

67.6%

72.7%

75.3%

45.6%

77.7%

81.4%

Tennessee

68.8%

50.8%

78.4%

58.1%

71.8%

79.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

73.2%

76.3%

82.6%

60.9%

72.5%

72.6%

Louisiana

65.5%

62.7%

86.0%

53.1%

71.1%

65.2%

Oklahoma

68.4%

67.0%

77.3%

61.0%

65.0%

79.0%

Texas

71.6%

76.1%

84.5%

54.8%

77.5%

78.2%

Mountain:

Arizona

69.1%

48.6%

84.2%

54.1%

77.0%

82.4%

Colorado

67.2%

69.2%

75.4%

53.8%

81.1%

72.0%

Idaho

68.3%

68.1%

85.0%

55.5%

76.0%

68.5%

Montana

69.4%

76.6%

78.1%

58.6%

68.2%

83.1%

Nevada

63.9%

51.8%

86.0%

54.9%

78.2%

71.0%

New Mexico

56.9%

46.4%

58.2%

39.9%

76.3%

61.3%

Utah

67.0%

43.6%

74.5%

46.7%

84.8%

72.0%

Wyoming

70.3%

80.8%

79.1%

57.2%

75.9%

75.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

67.0%

67.4%

79.1%

50.8%

76.7%

79.2%

California

70.2%

72.3%

77.9%

55.6%

74.5%

79.7%

Hawaii

79.6%

65.5%

92.9%

78.2%

82.7%

83.4%

Oregon

75.3%

77.4%

85.5%

66.8%

77.3%

74.7%

Washington

78.5%

72.8%

92.4%

68.8%

82.6%

81.6%

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

0.48%

1.12%

0.96%

0.79%

0.56%

0.62%

New England:

Connecticut

1.41%

12.32%

3.95%

4.19%

2.09%

2.09%

Maine

1.86%

2.53%

4.39%

3.89%

1.42%

5.59%

Massachusetts

2.14%

5.95%

4.13%

3.22%

2.91%

2.09%

New Hampshire

1.96%

11.30%

2.57%

3.76%

2.84%

2.55%

Rhode Island

1.77%

10.07%

2.71%

3.76%

3.32%

3.68%

Vermont

2.42%

9.18%

6.60%

4.12%

3.38%

3.00%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.25%

7.44%

4.87%

3.22%

3.84%

3.82%

New York

1.55%

6.33%

5.76%

2.65%

3.18%

1.21%

Pennsylvania

0.71%

10.13%

2.75%

3.48%

1.51%

2.95%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.46%

4.50%

2.84%

3.71%

2.79%

2.70%

Indiana

1.72%

12.46%

3.37%

5.21%

2.48%

4.78%

Michigan

2.24%

12.24%

2.73%

4.46%

3.04%

3.79%

Ohio

2.21%

7.23%

2.24%

5.47%

2.56%

2.27%

Wisconsin

2.01%

6.62%

2.13%

3.54%

4.95%

2.71%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.58%

10.02%

1.45%

5.05%

2.39%

3.25%

Kansas

1.66%

9.21%

3.33%

1.30%

5.16%

1.96%

Minnesota

2.09%

4.94%

4.26%

3.84%

7.89%

1.79%

Missouri

2.01%

6.29%

7.27%

4.37%

3.28%

5.17%

Nebraska

1.58%

6.67%

4.45%

4.04%

2.80%

2.68%

North Dakota

1.89%

5.48%

4.01%

4.51%

2.25%

4.28%

South Dakota

2.50%

7.78%

9.58%

5.45%

4.68%

3.11%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.88%

8.72%

12.37%

4.03%

4.24%

4.28%

District of Columbia

1.83%

21.82%

17.91%

*

3.56%

2.77%

2.19%

Florida

2.35%

3.84%

6.16%

3.48%

2.53%

3.29%

Georgia

2.09%

11.65%

5.20%

3.53%

3.01%

2.93%

Maryland

2.79%

8.91%

11.54%

3.84%

2.59%

2.65%

North Carolina

2.32%

11.77%

2.27%

5.77%

3.04%

6.94%

South Carolina

1.13%

10.77%

2.62%

2.72%

2.91%

2.21%

Virginia

1.73%

12.10%

4.48%

2.33%

2.97%

3.91%

West Virginia

2.86%

9.51%

3.53%

3.79%

5.10%

4.86%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.79%

11.69%

5.48%

2.63%

3.11%

2.70%

Kentucky

1.61%

9.35%

2.16%

3.50%

2.72%

2.18%

Mississippi

2.56%

10.32%

4.42%

5.28%

2.70%

3.13%

Tennessee

1.65%

10.58%

4.05%

2.84%

2.03%

3.53%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.63%

4.23%

2.85%

5.11%

5.11%

4.81%

Louisiana

2.74%

9.50%

9.45%

3.47%

5.63%

5.19%

Oklahoma

1.79%

12.41%

4.90%

5.74%

2.96%

2.60%

Texas

1.12%

2.22%

2.53%

2.90%

3.15%

3.07%

Mountain:

Arizona

4.23%

11.94%

14.72%

6.89%

3.71%

4.28%

Colorado

1.58%

8.78%

8.79%

4.34%

4.00%

3.30%

Idaho

2.59%

8.12%

10.95%

4.90%

4.25%

6.78%

Montana

2.39%

4.98%

9.78%

3.85%

4.85%

1.42%

Nevada

3.10%

10.45%

9.76%

3.79%

2.42%

5.00%

New Mexico

3.22%

9.25%

11.58%

1.75%

6.70%

4.77%

Utah

2.78%

7.13%

4.45%

3.72%

2.93%

2.62%

Wyoming

2.36%

4.73%

5.31%

5.68%

3.55%

4.35%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.72%

12.30%

15.56%

5.49%

3.35%

2.36%

California

1.04%

2.61%

1.13%

2.66%

2.27%

1.99%

Hawaii

2.00%

7.81%

10.27%

2.46%

2.29%

4.67%

Oregon

2.53%

6.42%

4.47%

3.53%

3.07%

4.47%

Washington

1.63%

6.78%

3.34%

2.51%

3.14%

3.73%

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.