United States

14.6%

24.0%

16.3%

9.7%

8.0%

21.4%

New England:

Connecticut

21.7%

23.9%

20.1%

22.0%

17.8%

22.8%

Maine

15.2%

22.4%

15.7%

12.3%

*

5.0%

*

23.0%

Massachusetts

12.6%

22.7%

14.0%

*

8.2%

9.3%

*

13.7%

New Hampshire

8.9%

24.8%

6.4%

*

5.1%

*

5.0%

*

13.9%

Rhode Island

16.0%

*

39.6%

17.4%

*

4.1%

*

5.5%

*

25.0%

Vermont

19.0%

33.1%

16.5%

*

15.1%

*

12.6%

*

25.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

17.2%

17.2%

27.0%

*

9.1%

*

11.9%

*

20.5%

New York

20.2%

34.1%

17.3%

*

13.3%

*

16.3%

*

22.8%

Pennsylvania

12.0%

24.3%

11.7%

7.0%

*

6.0%

*

15.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

13.3%

20.9%

14.1%

9.1%

*

8.3%

17.1%

Indiana

8.3%

18.8%

8.7%

3.4%

4.1%

17.1%

Michigan

13.0%

28.4%

13.5%

4.9%

*

4.8%

*

21.0%

Ohio

14.9%

38.4%

15.9%

0.6%

*

7.6%

*

25.2%

Wisconsin

12.4%

18.9%

16.1%

*

8.4%

*

6.3%

*

19.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

12.5%

*

13.8%

18.4%

*

10.0%

*

2.7%

*

31.1%

Kansas

10.4%

16.0%

*

20.8%

*

4.5%

*

9.8%

*

11.1%

Minnesota

20.7%

35.4%

22.7%

*

14.5%

*

10.7%

26.2%

Missouri

23.9%

36.2%

35.4%

13.1%

*

10.5%

*

33.4%

Nebraska

13.6%

16.4%

12.0%

13.9%

5.0%

*

20.7%

North Dakota

26.3%

43.7%

18.7%

*

24.7%

*

14.7%

*

35.3%

South Dakota

10.9%

*

19.6%

*

24.8%

*

1.3%

*

2.4%

*

19.1%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

19.4%

37.3%

27.8%

*

2.6%

*

9.2%

*

25.1%

District of Columbia

28.7%

36.8%

43.9%

15.7%

*

20.8%

34.7%

Florida

18.1%

24.4%

15.9%

*

16.3%

*

10.1%

26.2%

Georgia

9.1%

*

12.3%

7.0%

*

8.8%

*

3.9%

*

18.0%

Maryland

11.9%

30.9%

17.8%

5.6%

*

3.6%

*

22.6%

North Carolina

8.8%

15.6%

15.0%

*

3.9%

*

6.8%

*

12.4%

*

South Carolina

12.5%

20.5%

17.7%

*

3.7%

5.8%

*

26.0%

Virginia

7.6%

19.8%

7.1%

*

3.4%

*

3.2%

*

14.2%

West Virginia

9.2%

19.1%

*

7.7%

*

5.0%

4.8%

21.0%

*

East South Central:

Alabama

10.7%

*

13.8%

*

3.2%

*

13.3%

*

9.8%

*

13.6%

Kentucky

6.9%

16.3%

*

11.5%

1.5%

*

3.2%

*

14.2%

*

Mississippi

13.4%

9.8%

*

23.4%

*

8.9%

*

13.1%

14.0%

*

Tennessee

10.9%

*

11.7%

*

21.4%

*

2.9%

*

7.9%

*

17.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

10.4%

11.2%

*

21.1%

*

2.6%

*

4.5%

*

20.0%

Louisiana

5.8%

*

10.5%

5.7%

*

4.2%

*

4.4%

*

8.1%

*

Oklahoma

15.2%

14.9%

*

21.6%

12.7%

*

12.5%

*

21.7%

*

Texas

10.7%

16.4%

11.6%

*

8.5%

*

9.2%

12.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

13.4%

20.4%

18.2%

*

8.9%

*

6.5%

19.7%

*

Colorado

15.4%

23.4%

15.3%

*

11.5%

*

12.2%

*

19.7%

Idaho

9.2%

*

23.2%

5.9%

*

7.4%

*

1.7%

*

27.7%

Montana

20.6%

16.5%

*

17.7%

24.3%

*

5.4%

*

40.4%

Nevada

9.1%

14.4%

15.1%

*

3.4%

*

4.5%

*

13.7%

New Mexico

15.2%

16.5%

7.6%

*

16.6%

8.1%

*

30.4%

Utah

6.1%

10.6%

*

6.2%

4.0%

*

3.7%

*

9.8%

Wyoming

4.3%

*

3.7%

*

6.6%

*

3.2%

*

1.8%

*

6.8%

*

Pacific:

Alaska

9.6%

18.7%

14.2%

*

3.8%

*

3.9%

*

15.1%

*

California

22.1%

33.8%

19.5%

18.3%

10.7%

*

31.2%

Hawaii

25.5%

33.5%

38.3%

17.3%

*

16.0%

*

36.2%

Oregon

16.8%

33.1%

14.2%

*

12.0%

10.8%

*

22.3%

Washington

14.0%

*

19.7%

20.6%

8.9%

*

6.7%

*

21.2%

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.

* 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

0.57%

0.74%

1.00%

1.05%

0.87%

1.28%

New England:

Connecticut

1.14%

4.41%

3.25%

5.73%

4.90%

1.92%

Maine

2.71%

1.76%

3.52%

9.72%

*

1.51%

*

3.59%

Massachusetts

2.38%

2.33%

6.04%

*

1.98%

6.62%

*

3.59%

New Hampshire

2.54%

3.11%

2.85%

*

2.76%

*

2.90%

*

2.64%

Rhode Island

5.25%

*

7.11%

7.06%

*

2.83%

*

4.23%

*

6.42%

Vermont

3.59%

4.87%

6.99%

*

4.93%

*

3.99%

*

4.66%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.86%

4.01%

8.16%

*

6.40%

*

5.68%

*

4.73%

New York

4.26%

5.18%

5.25%

*

6.84%

*

7.03%

*

3.67%

Pennsylvania

2.18%

5.57%

2.06%

4.75%

*

3.63%

*

2.25%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.23%

5.48%

3.37%

7.50%

*

2.11%

3.57%

Indiana

1.75%

4.51%

2.55%

0.97%

1.09%

4.10%

Michigan

2.22%

7.18%

3.01%

2.18%

*

1.75%

*

3.58%

Ohio

3.08%

3.03%

3.66%

0.42%

*

2.43%

*

4.94%

Wisconsin

3.15%

5.10%

5.43%

*

5.14%

*

2.53%

*

4.32%

West North Central:

Iowa

4.14%

*

3.03%

6.63%

*

4.34%

*

2.47%

*

5.94%

Kansas

1.72%

4.95%

*

7.20%

*

1.41%

*

4.32%

*

2.89%

Minnesota

3.72%

6.69%

9.88%

*

5.50%

*

2.96%

5.50%

Missouri

4.31%

6.55%

8.58%

5.34%

*

3.76%

*

5.35%

Nebraska

2.06%

3.52%

3.38%

3.60%

3.69%

*

3.06%

North Dakota

6.74%

10.05%

8.20%

*

8.28%

*

9.41%

*

8.42%

South Dakota

3.91%

*

6.53%

*

9.36%

*

1.85%

*

2.21%

*

7.15%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

5.73%

6.49%

9.18%

*

1.14%

*

7.83%

*

6.12%

District of Columbia

2.89%

5.25%

9.01%

6.23%

*

5.22%

3.67%

Florida

3.36%

6.15%

5.81%

*

8.84%

*

2.48%

5.33%

Georgia

3.66%

*

3.69%

4.28%

*

4.63%

*

1.58%

*

5.32%

Maryland

2.45%

6.61%

3.74%

1.79%

*

6.69%

*

4.03%

North Carolina

2.21%

4.36%

4.92%

*

3.23%

*

2.32%

*

4.81%

*

South Carolina

3.50%

4.92%

7.92%

*

1.03%

2.16%

*

5.07%

Virginia

1.10%

3.72%

4.38%

*

1.13%

*

1.00%

*

4.22%

West Virginia

1.83%

6.14%

*

3.04%

*

1.30%

1.34%

8.00%

*

East South Central:

Alabama

3.99%

*

4.38%

*

2.64%

*

5.55%

*

4.58%

*

3.49%

Kentucky

2.00%

5.77%

*

3.23%

1.82%

*

1.77%

*

4.58%

*

Mississippi

3.83%

2.97%

*

7.22%

*

10.06%

*

3.54%

7.33%

*

Tennessee

3.52%

*

5.34%

*

6.75%

*

1.31%

*

4.89%

*

5.00%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.57%

4.50%

*

8.02%

*

4.07%

*

1.58%

*

4.95%

Louisiana

3.22%

*

3.03%

4.65%

*

4.42%

*

3.49%

*

4.46%

*

Oklahoma

3.38%

5.15%

*

5.63%

4.56%

*

3.91%

*

7.69%

*

Texas

1.77%

3.92%

5.97%

*

4.18%

*

2.43%

2.34%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.72%

6.13%

6.98%

*

10.61%

*

1.91%

8.05%

*

Colorado

3.82%

5.53%

6.75%

*

7.20%

*

5.93%

*

3.57%

Idaho

3.00%

*

5.06%

1.84%

*

4.12%

*

4.01%

*

5.80%

Montana

5.38%

7.46%

*

4.51%

10.91%

*

5.65%

*

8.58%

Nevada

1.85%

2.12%

9.45%

*

1.88%

*

1.96%

*

3.86%

New Mexico

3.66%

4.19%

10.06%

*

3.39%

4.85%

*

5.95%

Utah

1.22%

3.83%

*

1.66%

2.15%

*

1.99%

*

2.62%

Wyoming

2.47%

*

2.45%

*

3.61%

*

4.27%

*

4.01%

*

3.30%

*

Pacific:

Alaska

2.26%

4.99%

6.06%

*

1.41%

*

1.25%

*

6.45%

*

California

2.02%

4.16%

4.40%

4.72%

3.67%

*

4.17%

Hawaii

4.20%

5.13%

7.57%

10.07%

*

8.78%

*

5.03%

Oregon

3.34%

7.35%

4.62%

*

3.15%

4.90%

*

4.94%

Washington

4.52%

*

5.00%

6.09%

12.74%

*

8.32%

*

3.52%

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.