United States

6,634,144

4,287,890

1,020,743

1,325,511

2,215,305

4,418,839

New England:

Connecticut

80,521

52,300

13,513

14,709

18,219

62,302

Maine

37,004

21,985

6,800

8,218

13,335

23,668

Massachusetts

153,927

93,331

26,800

33,796

36,300

117,627

New Hampshire

33,844

19,877

5,815

8,152

9,047

24,797

Rhode Island

25,992

15,153

4,890

5,949

6,877

19,115

Vermont

19,494

11,856

3,166

4,472

5,677

13,816

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

211,168

147,019

31,805

32,343

50,145

161,023

New York

443,064

266,790

76,584

99,689

124,727

318,337

Pennsylvania

260,043

161,716

33,915

64,411

96,416

163,627

East North Central:

Illinois

285,804

182,336

46,870

56,598

94,214

191,590

Indiana

134,680

75,590

25,985

33,105

48,526

86,154

Michigan

205,678

119,591

34,064

52,023

78,224

127,454

Ohio

239,158

138,156

36,176

64,826

93,440

145,718

Wisconsin

136,073

77,867

27,697

30,509

52,392

83,681

West North Central:

Iowa

78,974

48,827

11,341

18,806

31,828

47,146

Kansas

72,983

41,403

12,595

18,986

29,140

43,844

Minnesota

129,704

74,757

22,473

32,473

42,545

87,159

Missouri

135,809

86,325

23,854

25,629

55,659

80,149

Nebraska

49,582

30,726

8,470

10,386

21,538

28,044

North Dakota

22,632

12,548

4,166

5,918

8,699

13,933

South Dakota

24,873

13,395

4,328

7,149

11,560

13,313

South Atlantic:

Delaware

20,976

13,485

2,510

4,982

6,775

14,201

District of Columbia

18,271

13,457

2,517

2,297

3,362

14,910

Florida

411,678

291,812

64,588

55,278

132,465

279,213

Georgia

193,752

142,314

22,505

28,933

57,521

136,231

Maryland

119,233

82,006

16,243

20,983

33,141

86,092

North Carolina

198,576

131,611

26,053

40,912

77,072

121,504

South Carolina

88,009

60,501

12,606

14,902

34,845

53,164

Virginia

178,630

118,717

25,841

34,072

58,053

120,577

West Virginia

34,707

21,618

5,290

7,799

16,559

18,148

East South Central:

Alabama

88,427

62,149

12,435

13,843

34,051

54,376

Kentucky

83,082

55,173

10,682

17,227

35,656

47,426

Mississippi

54,018

36,291

7,678

10,049

26,235

27,783

Tennessee

115,342

73,555

18,799

22,989

46,898

68,445

West South Central:

Arkansas

61,139

41,589

8,772

10,779

28,617

32,522

Louisiana

93,717

62,694

14,392

16,631

42,042

51,676

Oklahoma

82,494

56,721

11,463

14,310

37,005

45,489

Texas

446,937

306,329

70,149

70,459

173,610

273,327

Mountain:

Arizona

122,210

80,266

18,515

23,430

39,049

83,161

Colorado

133,790

90,871

18,395

24,524

36,721

97,069

Idaho

40,361

24,466

6,373

9,522

14,535

25,826

Montana

34,640

21,192

4,724

8,725

13,593

21,048

Nevada

53,359

37,723

6,524

9,112

14,667

38,692

New Mexico

39,618

25,578

6,782

7,258

15,056

24,562

Utah

58,519

39,306

8,694

10,520

15,164

43,355

Wyoming

18,639

11,394

2,720

4,525

6,159

12,480

Pacific:

Alaska

16,955

10,997

2,421

3,537

3,668

13,287

California

754,695

506,551

102,395

145,749

204,353

550,342

Hawaii

28,653

19,183

4,630

4,841

7,720

20,934

Oregon

99,738

60,199

19,968

19,571

31,422

68,316

Washington

162,973

98,594

24,775

39,605

40,785

122,189

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

United States

33,240

22,165

21,772

22,258

25,227

28,104

New England:

Connecticut

2,111

2,710

1,709

1,720

937

2,234

Maine

873

848

696

645

901

842

Massachusetts

5,195

6,812

3,555

2,861

2,651

4,703

New Hampshire

1,372

1,319

729

614

863

1,219

Rhode Island

685

432

513

576

489

822

Vermont

689

632

351

347

472

655

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

8,566

8,267

5,184

3,074

5,652

8,342

New York

11,623

7,898

6,900

3,465

6,602

11,752

Pennsylvania

6,099

6,107

5,059

3,480

7,369

8,024

East North Central:

Illinois

5,800

6,116

3,962

3,780

3,939

5,463

Indiana

3,053

4,784

3,367

3,864

1,870

3,605

Michigan

5,342

4,531

3,888

3,140

3,398

6,359

Ohio

7,105

4,174

3,004

5,059

5,589

9,311

Wisconsin

4,356

4,243

3,014

3,914

2,024

3,623

West North Central:

Iowa

1,329

1,903

1,008

1,912

1,714

1,673

Kansas

1,350

2,177

1,387

1,384

1,132

1,771

Minnesota

2,859

4,364

2,662

2,485

2,698

4,257

Missouri

2,690

3,888

3,556

3,111

4,270

4,092

Nebraska

834

1,538

949

912

1,112

1,173

North Dakota

419

678

400

544

757

791

South Dakota

858

647

501

603

790

318

South Atlantic:

Delaware

764

1,112

252

393

697

1,183

District of Columbia

641

798

355

296

414

533

Florida

10,199

11,236

6,816

4,721

6,888

12,742

Georgia

4,977

5,047

3,476

3,285

5,020

5,595

Maryland

3,603

3,160

1,893

1,126

1,772

2,670

North Carolina

6,012

4,126

1,900

3,760

6,626

6,364

South Carolina

1,564

2,078

1,211

2,162

2,135

1,933

Virginia

4,105

4,707

2,752

3,867

5,506

2,120

West Virginia

872

566

515

782

740

683

East South Central:

Alabama

1,616

2,139

1,168

1,322

2,262

2,686

Kentucky

1,586

2,411

1,072

2,036

2,235

2,233

Mississippi

1,301

739

476

789

2,310

1,814

Tennessee

3,156

4,389

1,998

2,662

2,833

3,542

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,363

1,198

713

1,120

2,331

1,977

Louisiana

2,133

2,833

1,749

1,949

1,663

2,530

Oklahoma

2,380

2,616

1,780

1,553

1,895

2,888

Texas

10,627

10,231

7,762

4,070

9,336

11,796

Mountain:

Arizona

3,555

4,046

1,907

4,284

4,536

5,285

Colorado

3,486

3,011

2,844

3,170

4,352

4,235

Idaho

1,007

1,210

792

1,104

1,415

1,143

Montana

799

664

585

729

722

923

Nevada

1,594

1,814

937

922

677

1,714

New Mexico

758

806

684

700

928

1,161

Utah

1,770

1,869

1,190

1,039

1,476

2,277

Wyoming

620

648

275

520

493

551

Pacific:

Alaska

491

422

254

209

416

488

California

16,572

13,883

4,866

8,576

7,782

16,954

Hawaii

901

1,077

432

661

795

1,077

Oregon

2,075

1,844

1,501

1,548

2,332

1,940

Washington

4,423

4,913

3,053

3,754

2,821

3,702

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.