United States

55.8%

63.9%

50.5%

32.6%

41.9%

62.5%

New England:

Connecticut

65.1%

73.5%

71.2%

43.1%

37.1%

73.1%

Maine

56.0%

65.9%

52.6%

33.8%

36.8%

64.8%

Massachusetts

66.2%

78.2%

69.2%

35.0%

46.0%

71.6%

New Hampshire

61.9%

71.7%

68.9%

34.7%

51.2%

66.2%

Rhode Island

65.3%

77.2%

55.4%

38.5%

50.6%

69.9%

Vermont

57.9%

68.2%

50.5%

40.2%

43.3%

63.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

63.6%

77.5%

44.9%

34.2%

42.8%

70.9%

New York

59.7%

66.9%

58.1%

33.0%

40.7%

67.1%

Pennsylvania

64.6%

70.5%

71.9%

38.3%

50.6%

70.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

55.3%

66.8%

54.3%

22.3%

42.3%

60.7%

Indiana

53.2%

61.0%

46.5%

34.8%

49.0%

55.3%

Michigan

53.4%

65.2%

53.6%

25.2%

34.2%

65.7%

Ohio

61.3%

69.7%

50.0%

40.7%

49.1%

68.1%

Wisconsin

54.1%

65.4%

53.4%

33.4%

39.7%

61.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

52.1%

65.2%

42.5%

26.9%

36.0%

63.5%

Kansas

53.1%

62.0%

44.9%

32.1%

47.3%

57.0%

Minnesota

52.0%

59.6%

58.8%

32.8%

39.7%

57.7%

Missouri

55.4%

62.8%

47.6%

35.1%

44.3%

62.3%

Nebraska

42.0%

51.8%

35.3%

25.5%

27.1%

53.0%

North Dakota

46.7%

57.8%

54.3%

19.0%

31.7%

55.9%

South Dakota

41.1%

49.5%

36.8%

23.5%

32.9%

47.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

58.4%

67.3%

52.6%

38.3%

41.9%

66.7%

District of Columbia

77.4%

83.2%

60.9%

53.0%

65.2%

80.2%

Florida

51.4%

56.7%

40.0%

36.3%

40.5%

56.3%

Georgia

49.9%

54.9%

35.0%

36.1%

37.3%

56.4%

Maryland

65.7%

72.7%

65.2%

44.1%

57.3%

68.7%

North Carolina

56.6%

63.7%

47.6%

37.4%

43.6%

63.0%

South Carolina

49.4%

56.2%

38.1%

31.6%

39.9%

56.4%

Virginia

62.5%

70.1%

52.0%

38.1%

51.2%

68.3%

West Virginia

48.6%

56.6%

31.2%

31.2%

41.3%

56.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

62.5%

70.8%

57.6%

35.2%

54.0%

69.9%

Kentucky

57.9%

63.0%

50.5%

47.7%

48.7%

65.8%

Mississippi

46.4%

55.3%

36.1%

24.6%

34.7%

58.4%

Tennessee

55.5%

62.0%

49.4%

29.0%

47.4%

60.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

45.2%

52.6%

32.6%

28.4%

36.3%

53.6%

Louisiana

49.6%

55.9%

36.5%

33.3%

42.0%

55.5%

Oklahoma

51.3%

58.3%

38.3%

33.5%

40.7%

58.9%

Texas

49.1%

53.4%

43.1%

35.9%

36.6%

56.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

49.5%

53.2%

50.7%

33.8%

43.1%

52.1%

Colorado

55.3%

63.9%

50.1%

34.1%

42.2%

62.1%

Idaho

44.6%

51.3%

39.8%

28.7%

30.1%

51.8%

Montana

40.1%

45.1%

43.3%

23.3%

33.7%

44.6%

Nevada

56.7%

65.7%

51.4%

29.9%

50.3%

60.0%

New Mexico

50.2%

58.3%

36.7%

31.9%

40.1%

56.9%

Utah

46.1%

57.9%

39.7%

21.4%

34.6%

50.6%

Wyoming

46.5%

56.3%

37.9%

20.0%

30.8%

54.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

40.3%

56.8%

42.9%

7.2%

26.7%

43.7%

California

56.9%

67.1%

53.3%

26.7%

40.7%

62.7%

Hawaii

89.6%

94.0%

95.8%

72.2%

78.6%

94.1%

Oregon

56.4%

67.0%

46.5%

35.7%

39.6%

63.3%

Washington

53.8%

64.6%

47.8%

25.6%

29.7%

62.2%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

United States

0.29%

0.42%

0.83%

0.42%

0.72%

0.21%

New England:

Connecticut

3.61%

4.08%

4.70%

10.56%

6.59%

2.95%

Maine

2.37%

2.95%

5.79%

6.76%

3.96%

3.01%

Massachusetts

2.68%

1.81%

4.94%

5.13%

6.04%

2.59%

New Hampshire

2.24%

2.32%

5.64%

3.99%

3.97%

2.46%

Rhode Island

2.92%

3.52%

5.90%

5.45%

5.21%

3.15%

Vermont

1.48%

2.35%

6.84%

3.61%

4.80%

2.60%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.22%

2.83%

6.67%

5.22%

3.96%

2.70%

New York

1.35%

2.07%

4.66%

3.81%

3.33%

1.25%

Pennsylvania

1.35%

1.89%

5.53%

4.19%

5.11%

2.01%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.62%

1.98%

4.04%

3.73%

4.23%

2.23%

Indiana

2.03%

2.44%

10.45%

6.99%

3.52%

2.01%

Michigan

2.54%

3.11%

8.45%

3.36%

2.90%

2.92%

Ohio

2.16%

2.72%

5.17%

4.04%

5.93%

2.88%

Wisconsin

2.44%

3.74%

3.56%

5.77%

5.12%

2.32%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.93%

2.15%

7.08%

3.88%

2.61%

2.96%

Kansas

2.65%

3.29%

5.25%

5.98%

4.63%

2.74%

Minnesota

1.30%

2.04%

5.87%

5.06%

4.76%

2.68%

Missouri

1.85%

2.09%

5.46%

5.86%

4.19%

2.41%

Nebraska

2.02%

2.37%

5.18%

4.10%

2.19%

2.80%

North Dakota

2.14%

3.17%

8.20%

3.72%

1.85%

3.21%

South Dakota

2.01%

3.18%

6.30%

3.73%

2.11%

3.45%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.48%

2.73%

6.58%

5.93%

3.86%

2.92%

District of Columbia

1.49%

1.66%

7.74%

10.05%

5.63%

1.34%

Florida

1.88%

1.64%

5.24%

7.48%

5.25%

1.67%

Georgia

1.67%

2.15%

7.15%

3.77%

4.23%

2.12%

Maryland

2.79%

2.70%

6.93%

6.61%

4.82%

2.64%

North Carolina

1.62%

2.42%

6.82%

3.50%

4.48%

2.85%

South Carolina

2.27%

4.21%

4.79%

6.19%

2.94%

3.53%

Virginia

3.13%

4.21%

4.96%

3.55%

3.44%

3.57%

West Virginia

1.72%

2.96%

5.90%

5.34%

3.83%

3.57%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.20%

1.92%

6.52%

5.58%

5.31%

2.19%

Kentucky

2.58%

2.74%

8.96%

8.23%

4.11%

2.85%

Mississippi

1.81%

3.00%

6.24%

4.69%

4.20%

3.12%

Tennessee

1.84%

2.58%

6.80%

5.98%

3.37%

2.01%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.46%

2.54%

4.62%

5.62%

5.04%

3.48%

Louisiana

2.86%

2.69%

9.70%

7.42%

4.28%

2.98%

Oklahoma

1.92%

2.91%

7.02%

5.90%

4.77%

2.56%

Texas

1.88%

2.04%

4.27%

3.78%

2.49%

2.35%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.66%

2.13%

4.74%

7.89%

5.49%

1.96%

Colorado

3.24%

2.77%

7.95%

6.93%

5.50%

3.49%

Idaho

3.02%

4.14%

8.39%

3.44%

3.32%

4.60%

Montana

1.98%

2.99%

5.61%

4.61%

2.64%

2.97%

Nevada

3.24%

2.85%

8.89%

6.87%

5.88%

2.51%

New Mexico

1.17%

2.07%

4.44%

5.15%

2.96%

1.93%

Utah

3.12%

3.34%

4.78%

4.92%

4.98%

3.21%

Wyoming

3.24%

3.70%

7.58%

3.98%

2.64%

3.36%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.99%

2.88%

4.66%

2.15%

5.42%

3.65%

California

0.66%

1.00%

3.19%

1.73%

2.04%

0.86%

Hawaii

2.84%

1.54%

2.35%

8.40%

6.43%

1.33%

Oregon

2.68%

3.75%

5.29%

5.02%

4.68%

2.91%

Washington

1.89%

1.79%

7.68%

4.74%

5.75%

2.00%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.