United States

20.1%

19.9%

20.5%

22.0%

24.0%

19.3%

New England:

Connecticut

20.9%

22.0%

16.7%

20.2%

*

27.4%

20.3%

Maine

21.5%

22.8%

18.2%

*

16.3%

*

20.1%

21.8%

Massachusetts

23.0%

21.8%

24.4%

29.6%

31.7%

21.9%

New Hampshire

24.1%

25.5%

22.5%

17.5%

27.6%

23.6%

Rhode Island

21.3%

23.4%

16.1%

21.8%

29.0%

20.0%

Vermont

20.1%

19.5%

21.0%

23.9%

22.3%

19.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

21.5%

21.0%

20.3%

*

33.0%

30.9%

20.9%

New York

20.4%

19.9%

23.0%

24.1%

18.1%

20.7%

Pennsylvania

18.9%

19.2%

16.6%

19.8%

22.9%

18.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

20.5%

19.8%

26.1%

21.2%

24.3%

19.8%

Indiana

21.1%

19.5%

25.5%

30.9%

21.9%

21.0%

Michigan

16.8%

16.9%

14.0%

19.9%

19.3%

16.2%

Ohio

21.6%

20.7%

21.8%

30.9%

24.0%

21.0%

Wisconsin

22.4%

22.0%

24.5%

22.1%

25.9%

21.6%

West North Central:

Iowa

18.2%

17.7%

20.6%

19.4%

*

19.2%

18.0%

Kansas

19.2%

18.7%

19.7%

25.5%

21.2%

18.6%

Minnesota

20.1%

18.1%

21.7%

27.8%

23.5%

19.3%

Missouri

23.2%

23.6%

22.3%

18.9%

*

36.9%

18.6%

Nebraska

23.0%

23.0%

22.9%

23.4%

31.5%

21.3%

North Dakota

19.7%

19.1%

22.1%

19.3%

20.8%

19.3%

South Dakota

21.0%

19.3%

30.4%

26.6%

26.5%

19.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

18.7%

18.9%

16.6%

18.5%

25.5%

17.6%

District of Columbia

20.3%

19.7%

24.0%

31.2%

27.9%

19.9%

Florida

23.6%

23.4%

24.3%

23.6%

26.4%

22.7%

Georgia

23.4%

23.7%

20.1%

25.5%

22.4%

23.5%

Maryland

22.1%

22.7%

19.3%

20.8%

20.2%

22.4%

North Carolina

18.5%

18.7%

17.8%

17.1%

24.7%

17.4%

South Carolina

19.0%

18.8%

19.1%

21.3%

20.8%

18.3%

Virginia

23.5%

23.5%

24.6%

22.6%

28.0%

22.8%

West Virginia

21.4%

21.5%

19.6%

25.5%

18.4%

22.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

23.2%

22.7%

24.3%

29.4%

24.4%

22.9%

Kentucky

20.1%

19.5%

23.1%

23.8%

21.7%

19.7%

Mississippi

18.2%

17.7%

26.2%

16.5%

15.3%

19.3%

Tennessee

21.4%

20.9%

21.8%

28.1%

*

23.9%

20.5%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.9%

18.9%

26.0%

24.1%

22.8%

19.0%

Louisiana

21.4%

21.8%

19.3%

20.8%

22.2%

21.1%

Oklahoma

19.3%

18.9%

21.5%

18.2%

18.8%

19.6%

Texas

20.1%

20.0%

19.9%

21.5%

25.2%

18.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

19.2%

18.6%

20.4%

*

24.0%

*

20.3%

19.0%

Colorado

23.2%

22.5%

28.9%

20.5%

*

28.0%

22.5%

Idaho

11.6%

14.8%

19.4%

3.3%

*

23.7%

10.0%

Montana

13.4%

13.0%

17.3%

10.1%

*

14.3%

13.1%

Nevada

22.0%

21.9%

21.7%

*

24.0%

*

31.0%

19.3%

New Mexico

23.3%

24.1%

23.6%

17.5%

*

23.4%

23.3%

Utah

17.9%

18.2%

15.6%

22.6%

24.0%

17.0%

Wyoming

15.5%

15.1%

20.9%

15.4%

*

18.9%

15.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.4%

14.4%

19.2%

22.5%

*

25.9%

14.3%

California

17.3%

17.4%

17.2%

16.2%

24.9%

16.1%

Hawaii

11.8%

11.8%

9.1%

14.5%

13.7%

10.9%

Oregon

14.0%

14.3%

12.1%

16.5%

*

18.3%

13.3%

Washington

12.9%

12.6%

14.3%

15.3%

19.8%

12.1%

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.

* 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

0.16%

0.15%

0.56%

0.73%

0.51%

0.14%

New England:

Connecticut

1.72%

1.77%

4.42%

9.28%

*

5.28%

1.77%

Maine

1.96%

2.23%

6.03%

*

5.33%

*

1.68%

2.42%

Massachusetts

1.21%

1.37%

3.25%

3.38%

3.26%

1.23%

New Hampshire

1.67%

2.01%

2.85%

3.58%

4.56%

1.70%

Rhode Island

0.98%

1.69%

2.99%

4.56%

2.42%

1.07%

Vermont

1.07%

1.61%

3.52%

6.79%

4.23%

1.09%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.43%

1.84%

8.24%

*

5.69%

5.41%

1.36%

New York

1.12%

1.05%

3.18%

3.12%

3.12%

1.08%

Pennsylvania

1.02%

1.21%

1.43%

2.06%

2.39%

1.03%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.67%

0.91%

3.28%

3.79%

2.32%

0.82%

Indiana

0.99%

1.04%

3.14%

7.65%

2.66%

0.98%

Michigan

0.91%

1.26%

3.67%

4.84%

3.12%

1.17%

Ohio

0.78%

1.05%

3.76%

3.47%

1.90%

1.25%

Wisconsin

0.83%

0.73%

4.47%

2.38%

2.26%

1.05%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.12%

1.21%

2.16%

6.87%

*

2.17%

1.59%

Kansas

1.46%

1.69%

3.62%

3.13%

2.40%

1.60%

Minnesota

1.64%

1.20%

1.74%

3.37%

1.89%

1.81%

Missouri

2.23%

2.64%

2.24%

5.68%

*

5.14%

1.22%

Nebraska

0.89%

0.93%

2.15%

3.91%

1.78%

0.86%

North Dakota

1.06%

1.83%

2.85%

4.18%

3.44%

1.52%

South Dakota

0.95%

1.02%

3.77%

2.65%

1.38%

1.09%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.94%

2.00%

4.89%

3.59%

3.64%

2.12%

District of Columbia

1.33%

1.50%

6.44%

7.99%

3.40%

1.53%

Florida

1.14%

1.22%

3.20%

4.12%

1.87%

1.46%

Georgia

1.89%

2.29%

3.68%

5.07%

2.98%

2.25%

Maryland

0.98%

1.16%

1.95%

4.95%

4.04%

1.28%

North Carolina

2.01%

2.22%

3.83%

3.82%

1.84%

2.64%

South Carolina

0.77%

0.82%

3.41%

4.31%

2.39%

1.36%

Virginia

0.96%

1.27%

4.44%

4.28%

3.54%

1.20%

West Virginia

2.94%

3.19%

4.32%

4.46%

2.06%

3.74%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.93%

0.82%

7.20%

5.80%

3.25%

0.91%

Kentucky

0.78%

0.87%

6.88%

6.01%

2.99%

1.00%

Mississippi

2.00%

2.19%

3.79%

2.99%

3.57%

2.22%

Tennessee

0.71%

0.82%

1.97%

9.66%

*

2.92%

1.24%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.09%

1.32%

4.32%

4.76%

3.09%

1.48%

Louisiana

1.51%

1.82%

3.45%

4.21%

2.61%

1.58%

Oklahoma

1.70%

2.01%

3.38%

3.32%

3.24%

1.79%

Texas

0.84%

0.86%

2.59%

3.54%

1.56%

1.10%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.80%

2.03%

6.39%

*

7.80%

*

1.78%

2.01%

Colorado

1.13%

1.37%

4.90%

7.17%

*

4.41%

1.17%

Idaho

2.34%

1.66%

4.44%

3.75%

*

3.50%

2.17%

Montana

1.12%

1.15%

2.87%

3.81%

*

2.43%

1.24%

Nevada

2.31%

2.16%

9.46%

*

7.39%

*

4.28%

2.53%

New Mexico

2.57%

3.34%

2.99%

5.68%

*

3.04%

3.10%

Utah

0.62%

0.96%

4.66%

6.73%

2.20%

0.71%

Wyoming

1.83%

1.82%

3.43%

7.19%

*

3.74%

1.49%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.23%

0.87%

4.96%

7.34%

*

5.41%

1.10%

California

0.87%

0.91%

1.96%

3.25%

3.22%

0.70%

Hawaii

1.22%

1.51%

1.89%

3.53%

2.09%

1.72%

Oregon

1.13%

1.53%

2.57%

5.21%

*

4.09%

1.37%

Washington

1.07%

1.61%

2.54%

4.39%

2.10%

1.23%

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.