United States

21.1%

21.7%

21.5%

17.0%

14.4%

23.3%

New England:

Connecticut

26.8%

25.2%

34.7%

*

28.0%

*

21.1%

*

27.7%

Maine

16.1%

16.0%

12.8%

*

22.3%

*

7.6%

*

20.1%

Massachusetts

23.6%

26.8%

18.0%

*

15.6%

*

19.8%

24.5%

New Hampshire

20.5%

20.8%

17.8%

22.2%

*

14.7%

*

22.0%

Rhode Island

25.5%

25.0%

29.7%

22.4%

*

9.4%

*

29.8%

Vermont

20.9%

19.1%

22.4%

*

28.8%

*

27.8%

19.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

27.4%

27.2%

30.7%

24.0%

*

11.6%

*

30.1%

New York

30.4%

32.6%

28.9%

23.3%

23.5%

32.3%

Pennsylvania

27.4%

27.4%

35.2%

20.3%

19.5%

30.0%

East North Central:

Illinois

17.8%

17.4%

22.1%

*

12.6%

*

10.5%

20.2%

Indiana

17.6%

21.3%

15.3%

*

2.8%

*

5.5%

*

22.1%

Michigan

27.7%

27.8%

33.0%

21.2%

22.2%

29.9%

Ohio

19.7%

23.8%

17.7%

*

8.0%

*

12.5%

*

23.0%

Wisconsin

18.2%

14.6%

28.8%

*

19.1%

*

13.0%

*

20.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

19.4%

19.1%

11.9%

*

27.6%

15.9%

20.8%

Kansas

23.4%

24.2%

24.8%

*

16.9%

*

25.7%

22.4%

Minnesota

20.8%

21.0%

20.0%

*

21.3%

*

11.9%

*

24.1%

Missouri

21.0%

22.0%

19.2%

17.2%

*

19.8%

21.5%

Nebraska

15.3%

15.1%

22.1%

*

11.5%

*

16.1%

14.9%

North Dakota

26.2%

25.2%

31.7%

*

24.8%

26.3%

26.2%

South Dakota

14.5%

14.9%

12.0%

*

15.4%

13.7%

*

15.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

16.7%

17.1%

16.7%

*

15.0%

*

10.2%

*

18.7%

District of Columbia

21.1%

21.7%

20.0%

*

15.9%

*

1.6%

*

24.4%

Florida

17.2%

17.3%

18.8%

13.4%

*

12.8%

18.8%

Georgia

16.2%

14.2%

20.7%

*

26.4%

*

8.3%

*

18.5%

Maryland

19.9%

18.8%

33.7%

*

13.6%

*

14.5%

21.3%

North Carolina

16.5%

15.9%

22.5%

*

14.4%

*

9.3%

20.0%

South Carolina

15.0%

13.8%

20.7%

*

14.9%

*

4.9%

*

19.5%

Virginia

17.9%

20.3%

12.7%

*

10.3%

*

15.2%

18.9%

West Virginia

19.2%

21.6%

14.6%

*

12.0%

*

8.4%

*

25.6%

East South Central:

Alabama

21.7%

24.3%

12.1%

*

16.4%

*

15.1%

24.5%

Kentucky

19.3%

21.5%

12.7%

*

9.9%

*

16.4%

20.8%

Mississippi

14.8%

16.8%

7.0%

*

10.0%

*

9.9%

*

17.9%

Tennessee

17.3%

16.7%

18.2%

*

19.5%

*

16.2%

*

17.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

7.9%

7.3%

9.8%

*

9.1%

*

5.6%

*

9.3%

*

Louisiana

19.2%

21.5%

22.0%

*

3.1%

*

9.3%

*

24.9%

Oklahoma

10.6%

11.1%

10.0%

*

7.3%

*

8.1%

*

12.1%

Texas

15.0%

16.4%

13.7%

*

7.0%

*

10.5%

17.2%

Mountain:

Arizona

12.8%

11.8%

18.7%

*

10.6%

*

9.1%

*

13.9%

Colorado

19.6%

18.7%

20.2%

*

27.0%

*

9.5%

*

21.7%

Idaho

17.5%

15.5%

24.7%

*

19.5%

8.8%

*

20.5%

Montana

19.5%

18.5%

21.7%

*

23.4%

*

19.2%

19.5%

Nevada

19.9%

19.9%

13.9%

*

26.3%

14.7%

21.4%

New Mexico

18.7%

18.2%

17.4%

*

22.9%

*

9.5%

*

22.8%

Utah

24.9%

25.2%

26.6%

20.2%

10.7%

*

28.3%

Wyoming

16.4%

16.1%

17.8%

*

16.6%

*

20.3%

*

15.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

19.1%

17.9%

24.4%

*

21.7%

*

2.8%

*

21.9%

California

24.2%

25.2%

19.1%

22.7%

20.5%

25.0%

Hawaii

27.4%

29.7%

29.2%

13.3%

19.5%

30.0%

Oregon

20.5%

22.9%

13.6%

*

15.0%

*

17.9%

*

21.2%

Washington

25.0%

26.9%

21.3%

17.9%

*

12.3%

*

26.8%

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.

* 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

0.48%

0.36%

1.38%

1.15%

0.62%

0.57%

New England:

Connecticut

2.02%

3.08%

12.07%

*

11.03%

*

9.49%

*

1.85%

Maine

2.54%

3.63%

3.90%

*

9.76%

*

3.47%

*

3.11%

Massachusetts

2.39%

3.67%

6.67%

*

4.88%

*

5.20%

2.88%

New Hampshire

3.09%

3.51%

4.91%

8.55%

*

4.63%

*

3.62%

Rhode Island

3.15%

3.99%

7.58%

8.58%

*

3.44%

*

3.60%

Vermont

2.83%

3.40%

8.27%

*

9.24%

*

7.32%

2.63%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.24%

2.46%

8.23%

12.96%

*

9.92%

*

2.69%

New York

2.61%

1.84%

6.91%

5.91%

4.30%

2.95%

Pennsylvania

1.99%

1.92%

7.49%

4.98%

3.77%

2.28%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.74%

2.04%

7.60%

*

6.05%

*

3.15%

1.66%

Indiana

3.40%

3.72%

7.59%

*

1.25%

*

3.30%

*

4.19%

Michigan

2.14%

2.02%

6.97%

5.93%

6.03%

2.15%

Ohio

2.49%

3.26%

6.41%

*

3.63%

*

4.65%

*

3.20%

Wisconsin

4.38%

3.28%

9.13%

*

9.02%

*

4.50%

*

4.36%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.56%

3.72%

9.00%

*

5.97%

4.07%

3.27%

Kansas

2.38%

3.53%

9.86%

*

5.89%

*

5.11%

3.11%

Minnesota

2.29%

3.20%

6.09%

*

9.14%

*

4.61%

*

2.34%

Missouri

1.87%

3.18%

5.73%

6.20%

*

3.03%

2.54%

Nebraska

2.46%

2.86%

8.07%

*

5.25%

*

4.58%

2.83%

North Dakota

3.09%

3.46%

9.68%

*

5.82%

3.37%

3.74%

South Dakota

2.74%

4.29%

5.36%

*

4.51%

4.45%

*

2.83%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.56%

1.60%

5.26%

*

7.07%

*

4.19%

*

2.52%

District of Columbia

2.38%

2.12%

8.08%

*

10.64%

*

1.43%

*

2.49%

Florida

1.69%

1.95%

4.85%

4.86%

*

3.51%

2.58%

Georgia

2.73%

1.89%

10.17%

*

8.09%

*

5.17%

*

2.77%

Maryland

2.66%

2.33%

12.70%

*

4.99%

*

4.14%

2.85%

North Carolina

1.44%

1.48%

10.90%

*

4.93%

*

2.22%

2.23%

South Carolina

3.21%

3.89%

6.38%

*

5.99%

*

3.19%

*

4.28%

Virginia

2.22%

3.01%

6.97%

*

4.94%

*

4.30%

2.68%

West Virginia

1.99%

3.33%

5.72%

*

7.97%

*

2.56%

*

3.75%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.04%

2.71%

5.40%

*

10.88%

*

4.14%

2.28%

Kentucky

3.57%

4.60%

7.02%

*

5.76%

*

4.81%

5.06%

Mississippi

3.01%

3.61%

5.66%

*

5.04%

*

3.01%

*

4.21%

Tennessee

3.51%

3.44%

10.08%

*

8.79%

*

5.21%

*

3.80%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.97%

1.92%

4.28%

*

4.89%

*

1.80%

*

3.05%

*

Louisiana

3.04%

4.00%

8.24%

*

2.50%

*

3.34%

*

3.95%

Oklahoma

1.72%

1.89%

9.37%

*

3.44%

*

2.62%

*

2.10%

Texas

1.46%

1.08%

4.69%

*

2.83%

*

2.77%

1.51%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.85%

2.51%

5.69%

*

4.51%

*

3.36%

*

1.87%

Colorado

2.19%

2.22%

7.44%

*

9.50%

*

3.44%

*

2.59%

Idaho

2.46%

3.80%

11.74%

*

5.71%

3.49%

*

4.19%

Montana

4.36%

3.87%

9.29%

*

8.30%

*

5.61%

4.48%

Nevada

1.79%

2.54%

5.59%

*

7.54%

3.97%

2.34%

New Mexico

3.38%

3.35%

6.00%

*

11.64%

*

4.54%

*

4.54%

Utah

3.00%

3.33%

7.07%

5.78%

5.08%

*

4.76%

Wyoming

3.65%

4.09%

9.31%

*

7.70%

*

8.62%

*

3.86%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.97%

3.64%

12.17%

*

6.99%

*

1.58%

*

3.07%

California

1.30%

1.44%

3.64%

3.73%

3.26%

1.48%

Hawaii

2.03%

2.89%

4.23%

3.65%

5.11%

3.21%

Oregon

2.32%

4.28%

5.18%

*

6.72%

*

7.03%

*

2.71%

Washington

2.38%

3.13%

5.31%

8.52%

*

7.28%

*

2.54%

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.

* 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.