United States

74.2%

44.3%

67.6%

72.1%

81.3%

80.8%

New England:

Connecticut

79.8%

72.3%

73.0%

71.4%

90.8%

92.4%

Maine

67.6%

26.0%

*

93.2%

61.6%

78.6%

76.8%

Massachusetts

87.1%

64.7%

88.9%

84.4%

92.7%

89.0%

New Hampshire

74.4%

31.5%

*

95.1%

70.7%

88.4%

58.3%

Rhode Island

78.7%

63.2%

81.2%

75.1%

80.7%

92.1%

Vermont

75.9%

34.0%

*

74.6%

71.5%

85.5%

87.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

83.7%

38.8%

82.6%

83.7%

80.8%

93.7%

New York

78.7%

39.8%

*

68.9%

75.1%

86.9%

84.5%

Pennsylvania

76.0%

49.2%

96.2%

70.5%

84.5%

87.0%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.9%

38.9%

*

85.9%

69.9%

77.6%

80.6%

Indiana

64.4%

32.2%

*

35.8%

*

59.8%

76.3%

75.2%

Michigan

69.3%

18.4%

*

76.7%

65.4%

80.5%

75.0%

Ohio

72.3%

80.6%

93.6%

66.5%

78.4%

83.9%

Wisconsin

70.9%

27.4%

*

87.7%

67.6%

86.3%

68.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

71.7%

42.0%

59.3%

70.6%

82.4%

77.1%

Kansas

72.4%

39.8%

*

79.3%

73.9%

69.3%

86.3%

Minnesota

73.8%

33.1%

62.7%

70.5%

84.5%

75.3%

Missouri

75.9%

50.1%

53.6%

71.4%

72.4%

92.0%

Nebraska

64.1%

25.6%

*

93.9%

59.7%

74.7%

88.7%

North Dakota

64.6%

24.7%

69.1%

59.8%

87.4%

64.5%

South Dakota

64.2%

44.4%

78.1%

60.3%

81.0%

55.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

81.8%

49.9%

78.0%

80.9%

89.4%

76.7%

District of Columbia

89.7%

23.8%

*

36.1%

*

88.7%

95.1%

91.2%

Florida

74.4%

37.5%

*

30.5%

*

72.6%

84.9%

80.0%

Georgia

74.4%

38.9%

*

49.9%

*

75.5%

75.2%

71.8%

Maryland

77.1%

68.0%

66.7%

73.6%

85.9%

78.7%

North Carolina

68.8%

62.9%

60.4%

64.1%

75.8%

83.1%

South Carolina

74.4%

37.4%

*

51.8%

*

72.2%

85.6%

81.4%

Virginia

71.0%

43.6%

*

63.1%

69.6%

74.7%

78.3%

West Virginia

72.0%

41.3%

*

67.2%

63.9%

85.5%

87.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.2%

24.7%

*

97.6%

78.4%

87.4%

74.0%

Kentucky

80.2%

32.0%

*

100.0%

80.3%

77.9%

91.8%

Mississippi

64.4%

6.6%

*

84.1%

63.0%

66.6%

87.9%

Tennessee

76.9%

41.2%

*

46.1%

*

77.1%

76.1%

88.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

68.4%

14.0%

*

35.3%

*

70.9%

69.7%

79.4%

Louisiana

69.9%

39.0%

*

44.1%

*

72.6%

68.6%

60.5%

Oklahoma

75.2%

24.3%

*

40.5%

*

75.3%

79.2%

73.0%

Texas

72.5%

34.9%

*

40.7%

*

70.3%

80.5%

73.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

79.7%

47.0%

*

72.0%

72.5%

85.0%

94.7%

Colorado

71.0%

22.1%

*

100.0%

73.9%

64.2%

87.3%

Idaho

69.3%

61.8%

22.2%

*

72.1%

68.4%

73.3%

Montana

55.2%

38.9%

35.0%

*

54.1%

70.4%

56.3%

Nevada

74.9%

58.5%

59.0%

77.8%

68.9%

71.8%

New Mexico

68.8%

35.5%

47.1%

*

66.5%

78.8%

75.2%

Utah

70.5%

35.7%

51.0%

62.3%

88.3%

70.9%

Wyoming

55.0%

49.0%

72.1%

50.4%

63.3%

65.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

50.4%

48.7%

52.3%

*

34.0%

81.1%

57.9%

California

74.4%

66.2%

63.6%

75.1%

80.0%

62.3%

Hawaii

94.0%

90.9%

80.7%

93.6%

95.2%

96.9%

Oregon

70.1%

18.6%

*

68.1%

64.5%

84.4%

90.5%

Washington

73.9%

29.4%

46.7%

*

75.5%

82.6%

75.0%

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.

United States

0.48%

2.65%

2.75%

0.79%

1.12%

1.54%

New England:

Connecticut

1.42%

17.95%

16.93%

5.22%

3.69%

7.59%

Maine

3.07%

13.12%

*

14.29%

4.10%

5.29%

9.22%

Massachusetts

1.85%

16.97%

13.73%

2.85%

3.98%

5.07%

New Hampshire

3.19%

12.85%

*

4.14%

6.17%

4.51%

12.37%

Rhode Island

2.70%

16.51%

12.93%

4.69%

7.45%

6.58%

Vermont

2.81%

11.78%

*

12.05%

5.23%

4.14%

6.30%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.72%

9.61%

19.58%

4.62%

8.14%

5.91%

New York

1.89%

13.80%

*

11.36%

2.79%

1.70%

6.59%

Pennsylvania

4.22%

13.93%

14.41%

6.14%

6.15%

7.11%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.30%

12.57%

*

7.73%

3.32%

7.06%

7.35%

Indiana

3.65%

11.74%

*

16.26%

*

4.82%

6.02%

6.48%

Michigan

4.26%

12.69%

*

9.97%

6.36%

6.29%

8.49%

Ohio

4.61%

14.28%

10.43%

5.28%

6.18%

9.48%

Wisconsin

3.44%

9.60%

*

5.73%

4.97%

6.92%

11.40%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.51%

9.27%

13.14%

6.24%

8.95%

7.73%

Kansas

2.80%

14.41%

*

9.61%

4.20%

4.62%

5.87%

Minnesota

1.69%

8.48%

14.03%

4.06%

3.58%

7.40%

Missouri

2.38%

14.19%

16.00%

4.65%

6.76%

9.84%

Nebraska

2.27%

8.68%

*

17.24%

5.49%

7.96%

6.57%

North Dakota

3.97%

7.11%

12.81%

4.56%

6.68%

7.69%

South Dakota

6.28%

12.31%

18.67%

6.43%

9.61%

8.39%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.48%

14.91%

20.66%

5.72%

9.07%

12.29%

District of Columbia

4.33%

13.39%

*

11.42%

*

5.05%

3.61%

19.03%

Florida

4.55%

11.47%

*

15.61%

*

5.59%

4.68%

10.72%

Georgia

5.32%

13.71%

*

15.89%

*

5.73%

7.43%

10.75%

Maryland

3.18%

15.74%

18.59%

3.83%

6.31%

12.80%

North Carolina

3.55%

17.79%

16.01%

3.97%

9.89%

10.40%

South Carolina

1.64%

14.62%

*

16.92%

*

3.60%

4.56%

13.12%

Virginia

4.89%

15.07%

*

17.40%

6.50%

6.19%

9.32%

West Virginia

5.10%

12.85%

*

13.06%

4.80%

8.74%

5.87%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.19%

9.41%

*

20.60%

3.54%

4.33%

5.85%

Kentucky

3.80%

13.75%

*

21.08%

5.69%

8.53%

5.67%

Mississippi

3.34%

11.06%

*

16.49%

4.57%

8.10%

5.05%

Tennessee

2.93%

13.96%

*

16.97%

*

3.55%

9.62%

11.06%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.98%

10.14%

*

12.86%

*

4.69%

6.34%

10.61%

Louisiana

5.72%

13.59%

*

17.34%

*

7.30%

4.53%

7.86%

Oklahoma

3.07%

13.44%

*

12.56%

*

3.75%

4.85%

7.64%

Texas

3.43%

12.02%

*

12.87%

*

2.99%

7.94%

7.56%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.69%

16.29%

*

17.98%

3.65%

5.35%

14.42%

Colorado

2.95%

12.45%

*

21.08%

4.26%

5.44%

5.73%

Idaho

5.62%

12.59%

12.81%

*

6.32%

9.15%

11.89%

Montana

3.00%

8.97%

16.62%

*

4.96%

5.92%

11.52%

Nevada

3.27%

14.49%

17.35%

5.19%

6.84%

9.69%

New Mexico

3.98%

10.62%

16.89%

*

4.61%

8.94%

11.42%

Utah

4.33%

10.47%

13.98%

5.56%

8.00%

9.43%

Wyoming

4.32%

12.39%

17.77%

5.69%

9.84%

13.55%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.31%

12.52%

16.63%

*

3.45%

6.28%

11.16%

California

1.87%

11.31%

10.30%

2.29%

2.87%

7.73%

Hawaii

1.58%

18.09%

22.78%

2.27%

3.70%

10.51%

Oregon

2.85%

7.12%

*

16.68%

4.07%

7.73%

3.89%

Washington

4.17%

8.77%

14.78%

*

6.04%

4.69%

8.55%

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.