United States

77.5%

84.9%

65.0%

42.2%

60.3%

83.1%

New England:

Connecticut

79.7%

87.2%

63.7%

52.9%

65.9%

81.5%

Maine

84.3%

92.5%

70.0%

46.1%

60.0%

88.8%

Massachusetts

75.7%

85.5%

63.8%

44.6%

60.7%

77.9%

New Hampshire

73.1%

87.8%

55.3%

38.3%

48.6%

81.8%

Rhode Island

74.5%

85.1%

70.4%

25.7%

49.1%

81.4%

Vermont

70.8%

80.1%

70.7%

48.3%

45.1%

79.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.4%

85.9%

70.9%

39.9%

60.3%

82.8%

New York

78.9%

84.7%

65.1%

41.2%

59.4%

83.1%

Pennsylvania

81.8%

89.5%

71.6%

47.2%

66.6%

85.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

79.4%

84.9%

65.6%

46.5%

68.3%

83.1%

Indiana

78.2%

87.3%

72.4%

34.3%

55.6%

88.0%

Michigan

75.3%

82.1%

67.7%

39.1%

58.9%

79.4%

Ohio

80.3%

89.6%

61.3%

39.3%

58.3%

88.2%

Wisconsin

76.3%

84.6%

60.8%

44.7%

60.2%

83.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

77.8%

88.1%

64.5%

38.0%

53.1%

87.4%

Kansas

71.3%

79.6%

70.0%

30.0%

60.6%

76.3%

Minnesota

77.6%

87.4%

69.0%

43.0%

53.6%

82.5%

Missouri

78.0%

83.8%

71.2%

50.8%

67.8%

81.6%

Nebraska

79.2%

89.8%

58.5%

46.3%

53.7%

85.8%

North Dakota

78.6%

87.0%

69.0%

45.2%

64.6%

84.0%

South Dakota

72.6%

82.8%

65.9%

30.2%

57.4%

78.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

77.8%

87.5%

69.5%

36.1%

58.4%

83.3%

District of Columbia

82.8%

85.3%

73.9%

53.8%

61.9%

86.0%

Florida

74.8%

80.0%

62.0%

54.9%

61.7%

79.0%

Georgia

77.7%

85.8%

47.9%

47.7%

59.6%

85.9%

Maryland

75.3%

88.9%

65.4%

36.0%

49.3%

85.8%

North Carolina

79.0%

86.2%

62.3%

42.3%

60.5%

85.6%

South Carolina

80.8%

86.5%

72.1%

40.1%

69.2%

86.7%

Virginia

74.5%

83.1%

54.3%

38.5%

58.3%

80.1%

West Virginia

78.8%

85.0%

67.2%

58.5%

68.6%

85.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.8%

84.4%

65.6%

57.5%

67.8%

88.0%

Kentucky

77.4%

87.0%

70.2%

29.0%

58.6%

87.9%

Mississippi

79.1%

81.8%

70.5%

57.5%

71.9%

84.0%

Tennessee

79.5%

85.7%

64.5%

28.5%

*

65.4%

88.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

77.1%

82.5%

68.8%

34.5%

*

58.4%

88.2%

Louisiana

75.1%

83.2%

61.8%

26.1%

58.4%

83.1%

Oklahoma

79.9%

84.2%

71.1%

63.7%

69.2%

85.9%

Texas

79.9%

88.0%

66.0%

38.7%

63.7%

86.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

75.3%

83.6%

63.6%

37.4%

59.0%

82.8%

Colorado

72.1%

78.7%

67.6%

34.3%

54.0%

78.8%

Idaho

76.6%

88.3%

61.9%

39.3%

63.9%

86.2%

Montana

69.2%

78.8%

54.7%

54.5%

56.3%

80.2%

Nevada

75.6%

80.0%

68.0%

43.7%

54.7%

80.5%

New Mexico

73.3%

77.1%

56.2%

63.0%

66.4%

78.7%

Utah

73.9%

81.9%

73.3%

28.2%

*

49.0%

82.0%

Wyoming

75.5%

84.7%

62.0%

32.9%

43.5%

84.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

71.9%

82.6%

61.2%

24.8%

*

34.0%

*

82.1%

California

76.2%

83.0%

63.2%

42.7%

54.2%

80.8%

Hawaii

76.6%

84.2%

79.8%

45.0%

62.0%

82.7%

Oregon

76.2%

84.1%

65.9%

43.9%

56.2%

82.1%

Washington

74.9%

84.9%

67.1%

32.7%

*

56.3%

82.1%

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** 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

0.45%

0.34%

1.00%

1.28%

1.22%

0.38%

New England:

Connecticut

2.27%

1.63%

3.06%

6.45%

5.34%

2.16%

Maine

1.72%

1.45%

2.84%

7.24%

6.60%

1.55%

Massachusetts

2.82%

1.35%

4.75%

9.98%

7.98%

2.97%

New Hampshire

2.31%

1.58%

5.76%

5.89%

6.13%

1.69%

Rhode Island

3.19%

2.42%

6.19%

5.29%

6.96%

2.26%

Vermont

3.06%

2.86%

8.23%

5.03%

5.32%

1.91%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.08%

2.34%

2.99%

6.93%

8.51%

1.94%

New York

1.66%

1.67%

2.51%

6.62%

4.37%

1.27%

Pennsylvania

1.81%

0.87%

2.55%

7.86%

3.97%

1.35%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.23%

1.62%

2.43%

8.38%

5.31%

2.46%

Indiana

1.56%

1.84%

8.53%

6.40%

4.35%

1.19%

Michigan

1.93%

2.06%

4.42%

4.18%

2.88%

2.24%

Ohio

2.17%

0.91%

4.47%

3.64%

3.42%

1.70%

Wisconsin

3.16%

3.10%

4.20%

9.02%

6.88%

3.21%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.34%

1.94%

4.43%

4.89%

4.76%

2.16%

Kansas

2.58%

2.68%

4.17%

3.77%

4.42%

4.03%

Minnesota

1.26%

0.91%

4.33%

5.34%

3.06%

1.60%

Missouri

1.54%

1.59%

7.65%

6.78%

4.47%

1.58%

Nebraska

2.15%

1.53%

4.65%

5.39%

5.82%

1.32%

North Dakota

2.30%

1.85%

4.20%

9.54%

4.84%

2.18%

South Dakota

4.05%

4.11%

5.51%

4.40%

6.59%

4.70%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.30%

1.57%

3.68%

5.96%

5.64%

1.42%

District of Columbia

1.97%

2.28%

4.86%

9.71%

3.97%

2.13%

Florida

2.49%

2.38%

5.35%

6.51%

4.54%

2.50%

Georgia

3.33%

2.21%

7.79%

11.00%

7.87%

2.07%

Maryland

3.66%

1.30%

3.73%

10.08%

5.93%

1.64%

North Carolina

2.23%

1.46%

3.74%

8.53%

4.83%

1.38%

South Carolina

2.14%

1.49%

6.12%

8.99%

4.09%

1.64%

Virginia

2.37%

2.51%

7.37%

7.98%

6.83%

3.13%

West Virginia

1.81%

1.77%

8.50%

11.71%

5.42%

1.97%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.96%

2.05%

5.65%

10.05%

4.34%

1.76%

Kentucky

2.41%

2.42%

5.78%

5.80%

4.94%

2.03%

Mississippi

1.72%

2.16%

9.87%

9.47%

3.22%

2.87%

Tennessee

1.37%

2.30%

5.65%

8.63%

*

4.33%

1.53%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.32%

2.05%

10.09%

10.72%

*

3.44%

1.49%

Louisiana

3.61%

3.11%

7.15%

6.97%

5.31%

4.19%

Oklahoma

2.08%

1.58%

4.18%

8.66%

4.58%

2.02%

Texas

1.59%

0.96%

3.87%

5.75%

4.24%

0.76%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.92%

3.11%

4.15%

8.59%

4.06%

2.13%

Colorado

1.95%

2.03%

5.48%

5.63%

4.87%

3.02%

Idaho

2.12%

2.63%

10.78%

6.55%

6.59%

2.07%

Montana

3.20%

2.75%

5.53%

9.13%

5.90%

2.41%

Nevada

1.99%

2.40%

6.64%

9.00%

4.82%

2.51%

New Mexico

2.63%

2.15%

7.95%

11.00%

5.60%

3.02%

Utah

2.61%

1.76%

5.19%

9.13%

*

6.60%

1.58%

Wyoming

2.82%

2.43%

3.26%

6.02%

5.69%

1.89%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.41%

2.71%

3.41%

9.27%

*

10.34%

*

3.62%

California

1.49%

0.89%

2.17%

4.35%

4.58%

1.13%

Hawaii

2.11%

2.95%

3.63%

7.13%

4.57%

2.55%

Oregon

2.14%

1.65%

4.84%

5.12%

4.20%

2.17%

Washington

3.43%

2.28%

7.85%

10.69%

*

6.29%

2.41%

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** 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.