United States

74.4%

74.8%

72.9%

74.0%

78.0%

73.2%

New England:

Connecticut

73.2%

73.5%

69.3%

77.9%

74.3%

73.1%

Maine

81.9%

82.0%

85.9%

75.1%

83.8%

81.1%

Massachusetts

57.7%

57.2%

60.0%

57.1%

69.8%

54.8%

New Hampshire

69.7%

70.1%

77.8%

59.0%

72.8%

69.0%

Rhode Island

73.2%

73.7%

74.7%

69.3%

85.5%

69.9%

Vermont

70.4%

69.2%

72.2%

74.5%

77.0%

68.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

68.4%

68.8%

67.4%

66.5%

56.7%

70.4%

New York

64.1%

64.9%

66.0%

59.0%

63.7%

64.3%

Pennsylvania

68.2%

70.1%

50.9%

74.6%

68.4%

68.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

73.3%

74.7%

70.4%

68.5%

71.1%

74.0%

Indiana

77.4%

78.1%

75.0%

77.3%

87.0%

73.9%

Michigan

71.1%

74.0%

66.1%

65.1%

71.0%

71.2%

Ohio

79.5%

78.0%

78.7%

85.2%

88.3%

75.4%

Wisconsin

85.0%

87.6%

77.6%

84.2%

85.2%

85.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

74.1%

72.3%

81.4%

75.3%

81.8%

70.8%

Kansas

75.7%

76.5%

66.7%

85.3%

78.1%

74.7%

Minnesota

75.8%

74.9%

78.2%

77.3%

81.8%

73.7%

Missouri

76.0%

76.6%

74.2%

75.1%

76.9%

75.7%

Nebraska

77.8%

79.5%

75.7%

70.8%

75.2%

79.1%

North Dakota

62.8%

69.4%

48.2%

51.0%

57.9%

64.8%

South Dakota

77.8%

76.5%

82.7%

78.7%

73.8%

80.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

74.7%

72.8%

78.6%

82.2%

78.7%

73.5%

District of Columbia

56.6%

54.9%

59.2%

74.8%

70.1%

54.4%

Florida

78.5%

77.2%

82.5%

81.0%

77.1%

79.0%

Georgia

70.0%

67.3%

80.6%

80.8%

80.4%

66.9%

Maryland

75.9%

77.7%

55.7%

83.6%

83.4%

73.9%

North Carolina

80.6%

82.9%

82.3%

67.9%

81.7%

80.1%

South Carolina

76.8%

77.9%

72.9%

75.2%

80.8%

75.0%

Virginia

73.2%

76.0%

69.4%

60.5%

74.9%

72.6%

West Virginia

74.5%

72.4%

87.5%

70.6%

77.3%

72.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

69.6%

65.7%

84.0%

77.7%

80.6%

65.1%

Kentucky

70.9%

69.5%

72.3%

79.9%

77.1%

67.9%

Mississippi

80.0%

78.6%

90.4%

79.5%

81.3%

79.2%

Tennessee

80.2%

78.3%

86.0%

84.7%

89.5%

75.5%

West South Central:

Arkansas

81.6%

85.5%

63.2%

80.5%

85.7%

79.1%

Louisiana

74.5%

72.7%

83.2%

75.4%

78.2%

72.4%

Oklahoma

74.2%

74.3%

74.0%

73.6%

77.4%

72.2%

Texas

78.1%

77.3%

74.6%

89.4%

85.8%

74.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

82.2%

84.2%

71.3%

85.0%

87.8%

80.4%

Colorado

79.6%

78.3%

84.6%

82.3%

89.7%

77.5%

Idaho

76.9%

80.8%

65.0%

69.0%

77.2%

76.8%

Montana

76.6%

76.7%

67.2%

86.6%

71.8%

78.1%

Nevada

83.2%

83.2%

77.5%

89.9%

75.6%

85.4%

New Mexico

81.4%

84.9%

81.2%

64.4%

84.3%

80.2%

Utah

83.5%

82.9%

86.4%

84.1%

84.3%

83.3%

Wyoming

75.2%

76.3%

74.7%

67.2%

71.9%

76.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

77.8%

80.4%

62.4%

78.5%

84.8%

76.6%

California

75.8%

76.1%

74.6%

74.8%

78.7%

75.1%

Hawaii

67.1%

67.8%

64.8%

66.4%

72.8%

65.1%

Oregon

83.3%

83.8%

82.6%

80.5%

79.1%

84.4%

Washington

77.5%

80.5%

71.1%

67.0%

79.1%

77.3%

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.

United States

0.71%

0.82%

1.28%

1.71%

1.16%

0.72%

New England:

Connecticut

2.13%

1.79%

9.41%

7.72%

7.40%

2.52%

Maine

1.95%

2.38%

5.59%

8.97%

5.96%

2.41%

Massachusetts

3.16%

4.16%

5.39%

9.24%

6.47%

3.35%

New Hampshire

1.99%

3.45%

6.09%

9.52%

5.01%

2.33%

Rhode Island

3.03%

3.88%

7.03%

8.43%

3.67%

4.45%

Vermont

2.42%

3.26%

6.57%

11.09%

6.48%

3.81%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.32%

3.31%

7.19%

10.57%

8.40%

3.15%

New York

3.14%

4.03%

6.54%

5.42%

5.25%

3.35%

Pennsylvania

2.08%

2.32%

9.71%

6.76%

6.19%

2.57%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.13%

1.88%

6.67%

5.61%

6.55%

1.63%

Indiana

3.65%

3.45%

7.34%

6.70%

5.05%

4.16%

Michigan

1.98%

1.47%

9.24%

8.04%

6.16%

2.54%

Ohio

1.14%

1.86%

3.47%

3.48%

2.54%

2.06%

Wisconsin

2.55%

2.22%

6.83%

7.68%

5.63%

2.75%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.83%

4.67%

8.71%

9.35%

5.78%

4.50%

Kansas

3.14%

4.86%

10.39%

6.22%

5.42%

3.94%

Minnesota

3.72%

4.42%

6.62%

7.83%

4.18%

4.76%

Missouri

3.28%

2.92%

8.96%

8.93%

6.54%

3.74%

Nebraska

2.29%

2.78%

8.98%

8.51%

5.54%

2.66%

North Dakota

3.62%

4.09%

7.05%

9.85%

3.99%

4.04%

South Dakota

3.80%

4.82%

5.74%

5.67%

4.87%

5.17%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.26%

2.88%

10.65%

8.30%

6.17%

3.77%

District of Columbia

3.43%

2.79%

12.01%

9.49%

5.92%

3.64%

Florida

2.70%

2.93%

5.80%

4.97%

4.19%

2.73%

Georgia

3.33%

3.44%

6.93%

7.70%

5.07%

3.47%

Maryland

2.40%

2.63%

11.34%

7.88%

5.48%

2.59%

North Carolina

2.44%

2.69%

8.94%

10.53%

6.04%

3.17%

South Carolina

3.33%

4.09%

8.12%

7.36%

5.60%

4.02%

Virginia

2.98%

3.98%

5.88%

6.69%

4.87%

3.58%

West Virginia

3.05%

4.15%

5.39%

12.46%

3.58%

4.83%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.65%

3.23%

4.48%

10.92%

4.52%

3.44%

Kentucky

4.30%

4.18%

11.07%

10.85%

6.93%

4.26%

Mississippi

3.52%

4.09%

10.92%

7.43%

4.28%

5.57%

Tennessee

3.35%

3.38%

6.80%

10.91%

4.12%

3.22%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.07%

3.43%

8.13%

10.79%

4.47%

3.61%

Louisiana

2.62%

3.46%

10.40%

9.29%

3.95%

4.23%

Oklahoma

2.77%

3.44%

7.10%

8.16%

5.89%

4.29%

Texas

2.95%

2.90%

6.98%

4.15%

4.28%

3.92%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.56%

2.54%

8.13%

14.22%

3.79%

2.91%

Colorado

3.42%

3.88%

7.14%

12.71%

3.92%

3.52%

Idaho

4.15%

3.92%

10.02%

9.89%

7.33%

5.26%

Montana

4.36%

5.52%

11.86%

6.55%

7.61%

4.19%

Nevada

2.83%

2.07%

8.30%

11.48%

7.77%

2.56%

New Mexico

3.55%

3.60%

5.98%

10.20%

4.37%

3.58%

Utah

2.67%

3.83%

4.71%

6.96%

5.40%

2.81%

Wyoming

2.12%

3.18%

8.13%

10.17%

7.32%

3.08%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.80%

2.74%

13.78%

9.20%

6.90%

3.29%

California

2.25%

2.28%

3.88%

7.79%

3.75%

2.31%

Hawaii

2.49%

2.56%

3.61%

6.03%

5.66%

2.42%

Oregon

2.35%

2.84%

6.26%

13.39%

8.01%

2.15%

Washington

2.65%

2.40%

8.65%

10.95%

8.54%

2.85%

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.