United States

74.8%

92.5%

84.4%

65.6%

70.2%

80.5%

New England:

Connecticut

81.5%

96.2%

92.6%

64.0%

67.4%

90.3%

Maine

74.9%

92.9%

80.7%

67.5%

71.5%

80.1%

Massachusetts

87.6%

98.1%

94.8%

80.0%

80.2%

92.2%

New Hampshire

80.3%

92.2%

85.3%

76.9%

71.5%

87.2%

Rhode Island

82.7%

97.7%

94.6%

72.5%

76.2%

89.0%

Vermont

72.5%

92.5%

83.0%

62.2%

63.5%

79.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.8%

96.6%

84.2%

72.1%

68.1%

89.7%

New York

80.2%

95.9%

86.7%

71.8%

73.6%

85.8%

Pennsylvania

75.2%

95.3%

85.6%

67.0%

68.2%

84.9%

East North Central:

Illinois

66.5%

92.9%

81.7%

58.1%

71.0%

63.0%

Indiana

76.6%

92.5%

81.8%

71.7%

73.2%

81.7%

Michigan

73.1%

91.7%

83.8%

64.6%

65.6%

84.0%

Ohio

77.8%

97.8%

91.2%

67.7%

70.9%

89.3%

Wisconsin

73.7%

88.1%

83.2%

66.3%

64.8%

86.6%

West North Central:

Iowa

73.4%

94.1%

83.0%

63.1%

65.0%

86.7%

Kansas

64.4%

94.7%

84.1%

53.2%

59.6%

77.0%

Minnesota

76.0%

96.6%

87.4%

68.0%

70.9%

82.8%

Missouri

77.3%

94.1%

77.2%

74.1%

71.9%

87.3%

Nebraska

74.5%

90.7%

75.5%

69.9%

69.7%

82.2%

North Dakota

76.8%

93.9%

84.9%

69.8%

70.0%

85.3%

South Dakota

64.8%

95.8%

62.3%

59.3%

57.1%

79.5%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

74.7%

93.9%

75.4%

68.0%

68.8%

82.2%

District of Columbia

83.4%

95.4%

86.0%

77.2%

74.3%

89.6%

Florida

83.4%

91.8%

88.5%

76.4%

83.5%

83.2%

Georgia

72.9%

87.4%

82.0%

65.0%

61.2%

85.0%

Maryland

77.5%

94.6%

76.3%

72.7%

70.8%

82.2%

North Carolina

76.2%

93.7%

78.3%

69.7%

74.8%

78.4%

South Carolina

79.6%

93.1%

85.5%

71.4%

77.9%

83.5%

Virginia

79.4%

94.7%

84.9%

73.0%

72.4%

87.0%

West Virginia

65.0%

88.7%

75.2%

55.2%

59.8%

76.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.8%

85.3%

87.1%

74.0%

74.4%

91.7%

Kentucky

74.9%

88.4%

85.2%

67.4%

70.0%

86.2%

Mississippi

70.2%

84.0%

64.2%

67.8%

69.7%

71.7%

Tennessee

83.2%

86.7%

78.0%

85.1%

83.2%

83.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

65.8%

80.5%

77.8%

58.8%

62.7%

74.8%

Louisiana

76.4%

88.9%

80.8%

71.7%

74.9%

80.8%

Oklahoma

71.0%

86.0%

80.5%

59.2%

70.6%

72.6%

Texas

74.9%

86.7%

85.5%

64.5%

71.0%

82.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

77.6%

93.3%

87.2%

68.0%

75.8%

80.6%

Colorado

69.1%

92.4%

85.9%

50.6%

58.4%

77.1%

Idaho

70.0%

89.7%

68.5%

67.6%

53.3%

82.9%

Montana

57.5%

86.3%

62.7%

50.5%

48.4%

69.1%

Nevada

74.0%

94.9%

85.5%

62.7%

70.5%

79.0%

New Mexico

81.9%

88.8%

83.6%

79.3%

79.0%

88.7%

Utah

67.2%

94.4%

83.5%

47.8%

56.4%

77.4%

Wyoming

50.3%

83.2%

72.1%

34.9%

45.6%

57.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

59.7%

83.1%

67.1%

47.6%

52.3%

64.6%

California

66.9%

90.9%

82.6%

51.8%

63.5%

69.5%

Hawaii

94.9%

100.0%

97.2%

92.0%

94.5%

95.3%

Oregon

71.6%

93.3%

82.9%

54.1%

57.6%

82.9%

Washington

62.0%

93.2%

85.4%

43.9%

52.2%

70.1%

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

1.01%

0.36%

0.59%

1.54%

1.11%

1.98%

New England:

Connecticut

2.50%

1.57%

1.93%

4.36%

6.33%

2.64%

Maine

3.98%

3.19%

6.34%

6.73%

6.76%

3.17%

Massachusetts

1.45%

0.80%

1.62%

2.28%

3.32%

2.11%

New Hampshire

1.86%

3.53%

4.30%

5.86%

3.97%

2.67%

Rhode Island

2.23%

1.33%

0.68%

3.92%

4.79%

1.81%

Vermont

2.39%

1.68%

3.41%

7.52%

4.53%

2.87%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

5.77%

1.04%

6.98%

10.45%

10.47%

2.16%

New York

1.35%

1.62%

2.40%

2.76%

3.22%

1.54%

Pennsylvania

2.29%

1.81%

4.70%

3.53%

3.45%

3.63%

East North Central:

Illinois

4.88%

2.02%

3.31%

5.82%

4.03%

7.72%

Indiana

3.06%

1.49%

4.99%

4.20%

4.66%

5.16%

Michigan

3.61%

1.58%

3.41%

5.85%

5.37%

3.36%

Ohio

1.77%

2.14%

1.88%

2.88%

3.00%

2.42%

Wisconsin

1.48%

4.16%

1.91%

2.65%

3.42%

2.21%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.31%

2.26%

5.07%

7.39%

6.03%

4.05%

Kansas

2.73%

2.46%

4.28%

3.32%

3.69%

6.67%

Minnesota

2.61%

1.03%

3.97%

4.89%

4.22%

1.91%

Missouri

3.35%

2.47%

9.62%

5.56%

6.78%

3.76%

Nebraska

3.40%

3.31%

6.03%

5.51%

4.79%

5.22%

North Dakota

2.52%

1.85%

5.17%

4.67%

2.57%

3.75%

South Dakota

3.48%

1.71%

6.16%

5.01%

4.33%

4.66%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

4.95%

6.15%

9.91%

8.11%

6.53%

5.03%

District of Columbia

2.56%

3.40%

11.15%

6.78%

7.00%

2.94%

Florida

2.48%

2.64%

4.43%

5.30%

3.11%

3.30%

Georgia

3.18%

3.97%

8.88%

4.97%

5.58%

4.70%

Maryland

4.67%

2.55%

3.52%

8.01%

7.05%

4.44%

North Carolina

3.26%

4.00%

7.67%

8.09%

4.76%

4.89%

South Carolina

3.14%

2.69%

5.23%

6.97%

4.20%

4.70%

Virginia

2.24%

1.74%

3.81%

3.38%

4.89%

5.87%

West Virginia

3.72%

3.41%

5.18%

7.68%

6.10%

6.89%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.14%

3.51%

6.45%

5.07%

5.07%

2.45%

Kentucky

2.03%

2.88%

3.70%

8.16%

3.00%

4.64%

Mississippi

3.27%

3.08%

8.19%

5.45%

4.52%

7.55%

Tennessee

2.92%

4.63%

5.12%

5.82%

3.04%

4.83%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.14%

4.63%

6.33%

8.67%

5.21%

5.17%

Louisiana

3.70%

5.16%

9.16%

5.14%

4.62%

8.41%

Oklahoma

3.88%

2.11%

6.72%

4.93%

5.27%

4.45%

Texas

1.91%

3.91%

2.22%

2.87%

3.08%

3.42%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.46%

2.50%

4.85%

9.07%

6.43%

3.97%

Colorado

3.01%

2.52%

8.30%

8.28%

7.82%

5.28%

Idaho

4.96%

1.78%

7.43%

9.82%

6.69%

8.10%

Montana

4.49%

4.66%

5.87%

5.92%

6.46%

4.84%

Nevada

6.74%

3.45%

6.51%

12.06%

9.84%

5.17%

New Mexico

3.23%

3.33%

7.05%

8.19%

4.87%

2.68%

Utah

3.15%

1.15%

5.47%

4.96%

7.77%

3.42%

Wyoming

4.48%

6.51%

5.99%

5.29%

5.32%

5.35%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.17%

2.88%

9.59%

6.61%

8.15%

3.91%

California

5.08%

1.07%

2.89%

6.23%

5.19%

6.43%

Hawaii

1.74%

0.00%

1.32%

4.70%

2.30%

4.47%

Oregon

2.57%

2.82%

4.29%

7.97%

6.50%

3.09%

Washington

4.88%

1.22%

3.91%

5.16%

4.96%

5.46%

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.