United States

22,798,497

3.2%

1.6%

61.1%

24.4%

9.7%

New England:

Connecticut

309,941

0.9%

*

1.4%

*

55.4%

32.8%

9.5%

*

Maine

136,794

2.9%

2.3%

*

56.6%

30.1%

8.0%

Massachusetts

736,774

0.6%

*

0.7%

*

61.9%

30.2%

6.6%

New Hampshire

138,026

1.4%

*

2.5%

*

63.6%

25.6%

6.9%

Rhode Island

95,541

3.7%

*

3.1%

*

53.1%

26.4%

13.7%

Vermont

67,885

4.4%

*

1.7%

*

52.5%

34.1%

7.5%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

797,897

2.0%

*

1.9%

*

58.0%

22.3%

15.8%

*

New York

1,388,662

2.8%

1.9%

52.8%

30.6%

12.0%

Pennsylvania

1,023,778

1.7%

*

1.3%

*

60.1%

25.2%

11.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

997,731

3.5%

*

1.9%

*

62.7%

22.8%

9.1%

Indiana

533,207

2.0%

2.3%

60.7%

30.3%

4.6%

Michigan

738,756

3.6%

*

1.7%

*

55.9%

30.4%

8.4%

Ohio

896,795

1.7%

*

3.8%

*

60.8%

23.9%

9.8%

Wisconsin

549,659

4.8%

2.3%

*

62.6%

25.6%

4.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

291,007

6.9%

4.0%

56.0%

26.6%

6.5%

*

Kansas

239,099

3.5%

*

1.5%

*

67.7%

22.1%

5.3%

Minnesota

599,152

2.8%

*

1.3%

*

58.8%

29.5%

7.6%

Missouri

547,234

2.3%

*

1.0%

*

53.3%

19.2%

24.2%

*

Nebraska

160,913

6.6%

1.0%

*

60.8%

20.6%

10.9%

North Dakota

82,010

6.9%

2.9%

*

55.7%

23.5%

11.1%

South Dakota

85,917

5.5%

2.1%

*

60.1%

23.5%

8.8%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

82,385

2.0%

*

0.8%

*

57.9%

24.5%

14.8%

*

District of Columbia

76,079

*

0.6%

*

0.5%

*

69.6%

*

23.7%

*

5.6%

*

Florida

1,224,489

1.7%

1.2%

*

68.4%

15.5%

13.2%

*

Georgia

582,466

1.3%

*

0.9%

*

74.5%

15.2%

8.2%

*

Maryland

389,715

2.6%

0.9%

*

61.1%

26.7%

8.6%

*

North Carolina

658,765

4.8%

*

0.8%

*

57.8%

30.3%

*

6.4%

*

South Carolina

279,950

2.8%

0.8%

*

70.0%

21.4%

4.9%

Virginia

521,397

1.9%

*

0.7%

*

66.6%

20.6%

10.2%

West Virginia

131,869

1.7%

*

1.4%

*

58.6%

31.8%

*

6.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

260,517

2.5%

*

2.8%

*

69.2%

20.2%

5.3%

Kentucky

314,744

2.1%

*

0.4%

*

67.1%

18.9%

11.4%

*

Mississippi

141,292

4.1%

*

1.3%

*

65.6%

18.0%

11.0%

Tennessee

370,042

1.6%

*

1.0%

*

72.4%

17.2%

7.8%

*

West South Central:

Arkansas

169,163

4.2%

*

4.0%

*

55.1%

18.3%

18.3%

Louisiana

294,033

1.6%

*

1.7%

*

71.2%

17.5%

7.9%

Oklahoma

286,195

1.0%

*

1.0%

*

64.8%

24.0%

9.3%

*

Texas

1,347,820

2.7%

1.7%

*

56.1%

33.2%

6.3%

Mountain:

Arizona

457,563

1.8%

*

0.6%

*

52.1%

25.1%

20.4%

*

Colorado

357,772

3.4%

0.6%

*

65.0%

24.0%

7.1%

Idaho

130,643

11.6%

*

1.8%

*

52.8%

23.0%

10.7%

*

Montana

102,238

8.1%

*

2.5%

*

67.2%

16.7%

5.6%

Nevada

157,755

3.3%

*

0.8%

*

68.6%

15.7%

11.7%

*

New Mexico

116,358

5.0%

1.0%

58.5%

26.6%

8.8%

*

Utah

239,887

3.4%

*

2.1%

*

54.3%

33.8%

*

6.5%

Wyoming

46,369

6.6%

*

4.8%

*

61.7%

18.4%

8.5%

*

Pacific:

Alaska

43,182

9.2%

*

0.9%

*

54.2%

27.7%

8.0%

California

2,549,811

5.6%

1.8%

62.4%

22.0%

8.2%

Hawaii

91,554

2.5%

*

0.5%

*

70.7%

17.0%

9.2%

*

Oregon

336,191

7.9%

1.4%

*

49.6%

25.2%

15.9%

*

Washington

621,478

5.3%

1.3%

*

69.4%

17.9%

6.0%

*

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

268,260

0.27%

0.09%

0.67%

0.71%

0.35%

New England:

Connecticut

25,248

0.47%

*

0.53%

*

3.70%

4.33%

3.43%

*

Maine

13,240

0.87%

0.69%

*

2.74%

3.47%

1.52%

Massachusetts

73,725

0.22%

*

0.32%

*

4.59%

4.57%

1.14%

New Hampshire

16,350

0.85%

*

0.98%

*

5.25%

4.67%

1.30%

Rhode Island

8,055

2.16%

*

1.13%

*

4.48%

3.85%

3.34%

Vermont

7,441

1.88%

*

0.58%

*

4.01%

4.62%

2.34%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

138,425

0.62%

*

0.82%

*

5.46%

5.72%

3.15%

*

New York

49,754

0.63%

0.49%

4.16%

3.46%

1.85%

Pennsylvania

132,055

0.54%

*

0.44%

*

3.95%

4.17%

2.58%

East North Central:

Illinois

59,763

1.45%

*

0.61%

*

4.33%

4.64%

1.65%

Indiana

49,422

0.47%

0.56%

4.07%

4.18%

0.82%

Michigan

52,500

1.11%

*

0.52%

*

3.56%

4.43%

2.21%

Ohio

64,373

0.70%

*

1.44%

*

4.51%

2.73%

2.02%

Wisconsin

34,533

1.42%

0.68%

*

4.30%

4.17%

1.16%

West North Central:

Iowa

28,533

1.15%

0.86%

4.13%

4.69%

2.17%

*

Kansas

24,338

1.11%

*

0.71%

*

4.97%

4.01%

1.16%

Minnesota

74,912

1.31%

*

0.41%

*

3.32%

3.76%

1.48%

Missouri

84,822

0.82%

*

0.59%

*

5.69%

3.56%

6.34%

*

Nebraska

11,873

1.10%

0.25%

*

4.45%

4.54%

2.68%

North Dakota

6,259

1.04%

0.67%

*

4.69%

3.44%

2.56%

South Dakota

6,606

1.43%

1.22%

*

2.97%

4.55%

2.66%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

10,478

1.09%

*

0.49%

*

7.05%

4.84%

4.06%

*

District of Columbia

25,307

*

1.19%

*

0.19%

*

6.31%

*

5.62%

*

2.72%

*

Florida

146,540

0.47%

0.41%

*

2.93%

2.33%

3.03%

*

Georgia

83,314

1.02%

*

0.41%

*

4.12%

2.56%

2.50%

*

Maryland

29,277

0.76%

0.43%

*

5.72%

4.35%

3.31%

*

North Carolina

83,724

1.41%

*

0.69%

*

5.09%

4.65%

*

1.97%

*

South Carolina

25,108

0.61%

0.26%

*

3.54%

3.04%

1.25%

Virginia

49,486

0.69%

*

0.37%

*

2.38%

2.27%

1.74%

West Virginia

20,224

0.94%

*

0.57%

*

5.30%

5.41%

*

1.48%

East South Central:

Alabama

34,485

0.79%

*

2.02%

*

5.13%

3.65%

0.93%

Kentucky

44,532

0.59%

*

0.24%

*

3.07%

2.77%

2.33%

*

Mississippi

10,378

1.25%

*

1.02%

*

3.44%

3.10%

2.63%

Tennessee

20,218

0.45%

*

0.38%

*

4.49%

4.62%

2.08%

*

West South Central:

Arkansas

18,172

1.19%

*

1.41%

*

4.84%

2.95%

4.20%

Louisiana

31,786

0.55%

*

1.15%

*

5.11%

3.79%

2.06%

Oklahoma

32,628

0.37%

*

0.28%

*

4.13%

4.24%

3.27%

*

Texas

89,345

0.48%

0.57%

*

4.95%

5.33%

1.03%

Mountain:

Arizona

67,416

0.64%

*

0.17%

*

6.34%

4.27%

6.67%

*

Colorado

41,055

0.92%

0.46%

*

4.63%

4.35%

1.48%

Idaho

17,316

3.27%

*

1.22%

*

4.50%

3.27%

2.29%

*

Montana

7,832

2.26%

*

1.31%

*

4.51%

3.17%

1.46%

Nevada

18,747

1.21%

*

0.21%

*

4.16%

3.20%

2.82%

*

New Mexico

3,863

1.42%

0.27%

5.67%

5.77%

3.87%

*

Utah

49,076

1.14%

*

0.65%

*

5.42%

6.38%

*

1.29%

Wyoming

2,539

1.95%

*

2.25%

*

4.57%

3.76%

3.01%

*

Pacific:

Alaska

4,655

2.24%

*

0.53%

*

4.07%

3.47%

1.43%

California

139,781

1.49%

0.37%

3.51%

2.27%

1.10%

Hawaii

7,602

0.93%

*

0.45%

*

4.03%

2.69%

3.36%

*

Oregon

29,802

2.00%

0.50%

*

3.83%

4.37%

4.07%

*

Washington

113,476

1.07%

0.57%

*

3.36%

2.25%

2.45%

*

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.