United States

73.5%

92.4%

80.2%

64.9%

66.9%

81.7%

New England:

Connecticut

84.6%

97.8%

92.8%

74.0%

65.9%

91.6%

Maine

67.4%

93.1%

84.8%

55.4%

54.4%

82.4%

Massachusetts

79.7%

95.0%

92.5%

69.3%

65.6%

85.7%

New Hampshire

76.2%

95.9%

82.1%

68.8%

78.6%

73.2%

Rhode Island

79.8%

98.7%

84.5%

71.4%

75.1%

84.4%

Vermont

77.2%

95.7%

80.5%

71.7%

78.0%

76.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

76.3%

99.1%

83.9%

62.7%

68.1%

82.5%

New York

73.5%

91.1%

77.0%

62.6%

62.6%

82.7%

Pennsylvania

77.4%

98.5%

85.2%

68.3%

61.4%

90.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.4%

93.3%

85.0%

59.2%

61.6%

81.3%

Indiana

75.8%

91.4%

75.4%

70.5%

79.1%

69.5%

Michigan

76.0%

95.8%

83.9%

65.2%

68.5%

84.9%

Ohio

79.8%

95.8%

85.5%

69.7%

73.5%

90.8%

Wisconsin

69.5%

94.3%

83.7%

59.7%

66.5%

73.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

63.3%

89.4%

76.7%

56.1%

58.0%

76.7%

Kansas

67.9%

90.4%

74.1%

59.6%

62.4%

75.0%

Minnesota

73.5%

92.5%

87.8%

63.5%

60.8%

82.9%

Missouri

76.2%

92.7%

85.5%

67.8%

62.5%

90.2%

Nebraska

61.1%

87.1%

70.1%

50.4%

49.9%

75.1%

North Dakota

62.0%

93.8%

80.2%

47.6%

47.7%

80.8%

South Dakota

59.3%

92.0%

69.6%

50.2%

52.9%

67.1%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

78.3%

94.8%

90.5%

64.8%

69.5%

84.2%

District of Columbia

87.9%

96.8%

70.4%

86.4%

85.6%

89.7%

Florida

75.8%

94.6%

76.6%

68.2%

75.9%

75.6%

Georgia

72.9%

90.4%

84.0%

64.8%

65.6%

90.1%

Maryland

79.8%

92.9%

84.3%

75.9%

78.9%

80.9%

North Carolina

66.5%

91.3%

77.1%

57.5%

59.8%

83.0%

South Carolina

65.2%

84.2%

80.9%

50.7%

59.4%

80.7%

Virginia

79.1%

89.3%

88.8%

70.2%

77.5%

81.5%

West Virginia

63.9%

89.4%

76.9%

51.5%

60.3%

76.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

77.9%

92.6%

86.8%

68.4%

77.4%

79.5%

Kentucky

78.8%

93.8%

68.5%

77.9%

75.0%

87.8%

Mississippi

68.7%

92.1%

69.4%

49.1%

66.5%

73.8%

Tennessee

76.2%

89.6%

74.9%

67.5%

76.9%

74.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

63.5%

89.7%

74.5%

49.2%

58.3%

74.2%

Louisiana

62.0%

82.9%

62.0%

57.2%

62.3%

61.5%

Oklahoma

70.3%

90.2%

67.7%

65.3%

68.3%

75.9%

Texas

73.8%

82.2%

76.4%

70.6%

69.8%

80.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

76.9%

93.2%

70.9%

72.7%

68.4%

86.7%

Colorado

67.8%

91.0%

82.5%

54.5%

59.4%

83.5%

Idaho

68.1%

88.6%

55.3%

68.1%

68.4%

67.5%

Montana

70.2%

86.9%

79.2%

61.0%

64.7%

78.9%

Nevada

73.8%

96.4%

66.6%

68.1%

67.9%

80.6%

New Mexico

69.3%

88.3%

66.0%

63.2%

68.6%

70.8%

Utah

68.2%

93.7%

69.7%

60.2%

70.1%

65.5%

Wyoming

59.0%

84.7%

69.3%

48.7%

54.4%

64.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

61.8%

84.0%

65.5%

54.3%

66.8%

57.7%

California

70.7%

91.9%

74.8%

63.1%

61.1%

80.9%

Hawaii

91.6%

99.4%

99.3%

86.6%

86.2%

98.7%

Oregon

72.9%

94.9%

82.6%

62.0%

64.5%

82.7%

Washington

74.1%

95.0%

80.4%

65.9%

67.4%

82.0%

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

0.88%

0.48%

0.77%

1.51%

1.52%

0.81%

New England:

Connecticut

2.21%

1.01%

2.41%

7.30%

6.00%

1.65%

Maine

4.57%

3.09%

2.92%

6.44%

7.04%

2.80%

Massachusetts

4.15%

4.24%

4.45%

8.48%

8.24%

4.69%

New Hampshire

4.26%

1.13%

4.67%

5.71%

6.40%

6.85%

Rhode Island

5.90%

0.89%

8.67%

9.71%

8.60%

4.28%

Vermont

2.74%

1.88%

8.90%

6.93%

7.74%

4.71%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

5.01%

0.83%

5.67%

8.67%

8.68%

3.50%

New York

3.16%

2.96%

5.31%

5.82%

5.02%

2.39%

Pennsylvania

3.05%

0.73%

3.74%

6.42%

7.85%

3.68%

East North Central:

Illinois

5.36%

0.93%

3.35%

10.49%

8.50%

4.46%

Indiana

3.33%

4.28%

11.77%

6.55%

4.69%

5.49%

Michigan

2.58%

1.21%

5.68%

4.45%

7.87%

3.36%

Ohio

3.06%

1.49%

4.34%

5.76%

6.15%

1.00%

Wisconsin

5.02%

2.90%

4.53%

8.59%

9.22%

6.81%

West North Central:

Iowa

4.59%

3.55%

5.16%

8.39%

6.55%

6.08%

Kansas

6.10%

3.76%

8.84%

9.82%

7.38%

7.67%

Minnesota

4.85%

1.75%

8.36%

8.33%

7.43%

3.87%

Missouri

3.26%

3.39%

7.06%

5.89%

7.59%

4.34%

Nebraska

3.85%

4.50%

6.96%

9.64%

6.71%

5.48%

North Dakota

5.27%

2.03%

7.88%

7.86%

6.82%

3.15%

South Dakota

4.71%

6.46%

6.28%

8.47%

6.98%

8.07%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.04%

3.41%

3.28%

8.29%

3.44%

4.77%

District of Columbia

2.97%

2.66%

6.41%

13.69%

11.95%

2.34%

Florida

4.23%

2.70%

8.62%

7.86%

5.68%

5.44%

Georgia

6.55%

1.63%

9.44%

8.09%

8.43%

1.74%

Maryland

2.54%

3.30%

8.19%

4.92%

7.77%

5.81%

North Carolina

4.96%

3.61%

6.00%

7.00%

9.15%

3.09%

South Carolina

5.03%

4.12%

10.29%

10.74%

8.21%

5.18%

Virginia

2.92%

4.67%

5.28%

6.81%

4.55%

6.78%

West Virginia

4.00%

4.81%

9.37%

5.74%

3.95%

7.23%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.36%

2.75%

5.50%

9.17%

4.82%

4.04%

Kentucky

4.07%

2.84%

8.29%

7.46%

5.93%

2.46%

Mississippi

3.95%

2.19%

10.60%

9.98%

4.50%

4.48%

Tennessee

2.52%

5.17%

8.32%

10.22%

4.03%

5.92%

West South Central:

Arkansas

6.41%

2.11%

10.28%

9.26%

7.10%

7.23%

Louisiana

6.30%

3.28%

10.48%

9.85%

7.89%

9.20%

Oklahoma

5.83%

3.92%

7.36%

8.53%

9.30%

6.13%

Texas

2.90%

3.22%

4.34%

4.12%

4.80%

4.26%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.82%

4.78%

6.03%

8.12%

6.55%

3.20%

Colorado

5.85%

3.23%

9.45%

10.51%

7.58%

5.98%

Idaho

6.76%

6.29%

11.93%

10.65%

10.12%

6.24%

Montana

7.69%

4.71%

8.74%

11.35%

9.88%

6.50%

Nevada

4.83%

3.69%

9.18%

10.26%

7.32%

5.01%

New Mexico

4.90%

6.35%

8.28%

8.52%

8.12%

6.69%

Utah

3.97%

2.45%

8.65%

10.11%

7.12%

4.26%

Wyoming

6.99%

6.67%

9.83%

10.06%

8.54%

7.62%

Pacific:

Alaska

5.61%

5.41%

7.53%

9.43%

12.75%

6.20%

California

3.44%

1.55%

2.74%

5.41%

6.16%

2.99%

Hawaii

4.20%

0.50%

0.35%

6.17%

5.57%

0.60%

Oregon

3.45%

1.51%

5.33%

5.70%

7.72%

3.68%

Washington

4.63%

2.20%

9.92%

12.74%

9.92%

3.32%

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.