United States

21.9%

21.9%

21.9%

21.9%

15.1%

23.4%

New England:

Connecticut

17.0%

14.3%

23.6%

*

33.6%

15.7%

*

17.2%

Maine

25.4%

24.3%

29.2%

34.7%

20.9%

26.0%

Massachusetts

10.1%

10.3%

7.6%

*

13.7%

*

7.7%

*

10.3%

New Hampshire

18.3%

19.4%

16.4%

*

11.6%

*

6.0%

*

20.6%

Rhode Island

19.5%

21.0%

11.7%

*

11.0%

*

10.4%

*

21.3%

Vermont

20.4%

19.9%

34.0%

*

11.9%

*

19.6%

*

20.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

23.7%

25.3%

12.1%

*

33.1%

*

30.8%

*

22.4%

New York

20.1%

21.1%

13.0%

19.4%

*

19.1%

*

20.2%

Pennsylvania

20.2%

19.3%

30.4%

18.5%

*

25.1%

*

19.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

17.9%

17.9%

19.8%

13.0%

*

23.3%

*

16.5%

Indiana

16.9%

16.6%

20.7%

*

17.6%

*

12.5%

*

18.0%

Michigan

22.1%

22.9%

16.9%

*

23.2%

*

9.0%

*

24.6%

Ohio

16.9%

16.9%

12.3%

*

26.6%

*

9.7%

*

18.4%

Wisconsin

13.9%

15.1%

5.0%

*

10.8%

*

6.6%

*

16.2%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.8%

16.4%

6.4%

*

7.5%

*

22.3%

12.7%

Kansas

20.8%

21.2%

18.5%

*

19.3%

*

12.2%

*

24.0%

Minnesota

21.3%

20.8%

24.6%

*

20.7%

*

14.7%

22.2%

Missouri

24.5%

25.5%

24.7%

*

13.0%

*

16.4%

*

26.5%

Nebraska

9.1%

9.4%

8.7%

*

7.2%

*

10.4%

*

8.9%

North Dakota

26.1%

24.6%

37.1%

*

22.7%

*

11.7%

29.8%

South Dakota

23.7%

25.6%

19.5%

*

6.3%

*

22.8%

*

24.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

28.4%

27.3%

33.9%

*

18.1%

*

28.4%

*

28.4%

District of Columbia

26.0%

25.4%

28.4%

*

37.2%

*

19.2%

*

26.6%

Florida

18.3%

19.2%

14.7%

*

12.0%

*

9.7%

*

20.3%

Georgia

20.3%

21.3%

9.7%

*

14.2%

*

7.3%

*

23.7%

Maryland

20.7%

16.8%

45.8%

23.6%

*

17.1%

*

21.4%

North Carolina

20.8%

21.4%

20.4%

*

10.3%

*

10.5%

23.4%

South Carolina

20.9%

20.7%

22.0%

*

20.8%

*

15.3%

*

23.1%

Virginia

18.5%

17.8%

26.6%

16.2%

*

14.6%

*

19.2%

West Virginia

18.8%

19.6%

21.7%

*

5.3%

*

11.1%

*

23.1%

East South Central:

Alabama

18.6%

19.7%

9.7%

*

16.4%

*

15.9%

*

20.1%

Kentucky

18.6%

18.7%

8.9%

*

26.9%

*

5.4%

*

23.3%

Mississippi

19.2%

19.9%

11.5%

*

25.3%

*

11.0%

*

24.0%

Tennessee

15.4%

14.7%

22.2%

*

20.0%

*

12.5%

*

16.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

17.2%

17.8%

15.0%

*

6.6%

*

5.6%

*

22.4%

Louisiana

25.5%

26.4%

15.0%

*

23.7%

*

20.3%

*

27.6%

Oklahoma

29.2%

34.0%

9.7%

*

5.1%

*

16.1%

*

34.9%

Texas

19.0%

19.7%

13.6%

*

15.3%

*

11.4%

20.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

23.5%

24.0%

31.1%

*

5.8%

*

19.6%

24.5%

Colorado

22.3%

22.8%

18.7%

*

23.5%

*

18.8%

23.2%

Idaho

31.1%

33.4%

16.2%

*

13.3%

*

16.5%

*

36.3%

Montana

33.9%

29.8%

15.7%

*

77.2%

21.3%

40.4%

Nevada

23.4%

23.6%

25.4%

*

17.3%

*

11.1%

*

25.2%

New Mexico

20.1%

21.6%

6.7%

*

14.5%

*

12.4%

*

24.3%

Utah

13.5%

13.3%

14.2%

*

16.0%

*

5.7%

*

14.6%

Wyoming

27.8%

27.1%

27.5%

*

36.1%

23.9%

*

28.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

21.4%

20.7%

50.2%

8.9%

*

17.1%

*

21.8%

California

31.5%

29.9%

41.9%

38.3%

15.8%

33.5%

Hawaii

51.0%

56.6%

34.8%

38.0%

43.8%

53.3%

Oregon

40.4%

41.8%

43.3%

17.3%

*

16.8%

*

46.5%

Washington

34.4%

31.8%

39.9%

*

52.3%

19.2%

*

38.3%

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

0.94%

0.96%

1.55%

2.60%

0.74%

1.06%

New England:

Connecticut

2.49%

2.27%

8.04%

*

9.65%

7.07%

*

3.36%

Maine

4.84%

5.00%

5.62%

9.77%

3.52%

5.19%

Massachusetts

1.92%

2.10%

6.16%

*

5.43%

*

4.50%

*

2.06%

New Hampshire

3.02%

4.07%

6.14%

*

5.54%

*

2.42%

*

4.14%

Rhode Island

3.19%

3.33%

10.05%

*

9.71%

*

5.19%

*

3.94%

Vermont

4.14%

4.81%

12.80%

*

9.18%

*

9.55%

*

4.28%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

4.48%

5.26%

8.86%

*

13.01%

*

13.04%

*

4.85%

New York

2.55%

2.80%

2.96%

6.05%

*

7.12%

*

2.46%

Pennsylvania

1.19%

1.61%

6.63%

9.02%

*

8.48%

*

1.97%

East North Central:

Illinois

3.96%

4.22%

5.28%

12.73%

*

10.15%

*

2.68%

Indiana

2.67%

2.80%

12.95%

*

10.63%

*

6.10%

*

2.90%

Michigan

3.34%

4.07%

6.66%

*

9.19%

*

3.52%

*

4.04%

Ohio

2.14%

2.61%

6.35%

*

12.29%

*

3.60%

*

2.64%

Wisconsin

1.69%

2.11%

5.48%

*

6.41%

*

4.25%

*

2.69%

West North Central:

Iowa

3.58%

4.45%

10.32%

*

9.94%

*

5.97%

3.21%

Kansas

2.56%

3.60%

13.39%

*

10.50%

*

5.25%

*

3.20%

Minnesota

4.20%

4.42%

7.81%

*

7.35%

*

4.17%

4.45%

Missouri

3.20%

4.01%

10.62%

*

10.55%

*

6.73%

*

3.34%

Nebraska

1.64%

1.95%

4.96%

*

3.77%

*

8.16%

*

2.01%

North Dakota

3.22%

3.78%

11.37%

*

15.85%

*

3.36%

3.26%

South Dakota

5.75%

7.50%

10.03%

*

7.92%

*

7.32%

*

5.01%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.87%

5.01%

11.17%

*

6.86%

*

8.87%

*

4.25%

District of Columbia

2.81%

2.63%

13.74%

*

13.34%

*

10.80%

*

2.83%

Florida

3.26%

3.62%

5.33%

*

6.08%

*

3.29%

*

3.37%

Georgia

2.82%

2.91%

13.77%

*

9.53%

*

3.58%

*

3.56%

Maryland

4.14%

4.08%

10.45%

9.25%

*

7.26%

*

4.11%

North Carolina

2.34%

3.06%

7.86%

*

10.27%

*

2.99%

3.11%

South Carolina

3.41%

3.65%

12.19%

*

13.87%

*

5.00%

*

5.04%

Virginia

2.54%

2.30%

6.74%

10.42%

*

10.68%

*

2.66%

West Virginia

3.40%

3.49%

10.04%

*

11.51%

*

3.87%

*

4.75%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.05%

4.05%

12.28%

*

10.03%

*

5.16%

*

3.01%

Kentucky

3.09%

3.21%

8.24%

*

14.83%

*

3.48%

*

4.60%

Mississippi

1.83%

2.27%

11.72%

*

11.35%

*

6.13%

*

3.59%

Tennessee

3.53%

3.42%

8.14%

*

9.75%

*

6.19%

*

3.91%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.71%

3.87%

11.17%

*

3.11%

*

2.75%

*

5.10%

Louisiana

5.34%

5.41%

6.51%

*

10.16%

*

6.15%

*

6.36%

Oklahoma

5.19%

5.31%

5.27%

*

6.03%

*

6.52%

*

5.70%

Texas

2.07%

2.52%

8.54%

*

4.93%

*

2.94%

2.41%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.38%

2.29%

15.38%

*

2.36%

*

5.05%

2.90%

Colorado

2.50%

2.74%

12.25%

*

9.81%

*

4.18%

2.47%

Idaho

4.28%

4.84%

8.16%

*

9.52%

*

9.67%

*

3.55%

Montana

4.85%

4.41%

10.77%

*

19.22%

6.18%

5.44%

Nevada

3.28%

3.80%

10.55%

*

17.47%

*

6.26%

*

3.69%

New Mexico

3.90%

5.93%

11.27%

*

7.59%

*

4.17%

*

4.26%

Utah

2.72%

3.06%

8.16%

*

10.41%

*

3.03%

*

3.49%

Wyoming

5.64%

6.06%

10.85%

*

10.10%

10.01%

*

6.01%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.15%

3.02%

13.63%

10.01%

*

11.34%

*

2.83%

California

2.54%

2.31%

6.10%

9.96%

3.35%

2.79%

Hawaii

3.25%

3.84%

5.08%

10.14%

7.14%

3.93%

Oregon

3.21%

2.84%

8.98%

14.94%

*

6.01%

*

3.60%

Washington

3.48%

3.78%

13.67%

*

11.39%

12.66%

*

4.20%

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.