United States

20.1%

19.9%

20.3%

21.5%

23.8%

19.4%

New England:

Connecticut

19.6%

20.5%

15.2%

*

8.6%

*

25.9%

18.8%

Maine

21.6%

22.7%

22.9%

15.8%

*

14.4%

*

23.5%

Massachusetts

25.6%

23.5%

28.0%

34.4%

38.2%

24.3%

New Hampshire

26.0%

27.0%

21.8%

21.1%

*

31.4%

25.1%

Rhode Island

22.3%

24.5%

16.6%

15.3%

*

23.3%

22.1%

Vermont

17.0%

15.7%

23.1%

16.7%

*

17.8%

16.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

20.3%

20.7%

17.1%

*

18.4%

*

15.9%

*

20.6%

New York

19.7%

19.2%

19.9%

26.7%

14.3%

*

20.6%

Pennsylvania

18.5%

20.1%

11.6%

11.7%

*

15.5%

*

19.0%

East North Central:

Illinois

19.4%

18.9%

39.8%

4.1%

*

29.9%

17.3%

Indiana

28.3%

22.5%

40.2%

37.7%

*

37.9%

26.2%

Michigan

18.9%

19.2%

18.5%

16.6%

*

23.4%

18.3%

Ohio

22.2%

21.5%

14.6%

*

60.9%

26.6%

21.5%

Wisconsin

27.9%

29.7%

20.9%

28.7%

28.1%

27.8%

West North Central:

Iowa

18.2%

17.2%

23.2%

*

15.9%

*

17.0%

18.7%

Kansas

20.3%

19.6%

21.7%

32.1%

*

11.2%

*

21.8%

Minnesota

16.7%

16.9%

13.6%

*

19.0%

*

32.3%

14.3%

Missouri

23.8%

21.9%

35.5%

37.1%

*

33.9%

21.5%

Nebraska

26.2%

28.6%

19.8%

*

25.9%

39.2%

22.3%

North Dakota

26.4%

25.5%

5.3%

*

44.7%

34.9%

23.6%

*

South Dakota

24.6%

21.1%

55.4%

*

25.5%

16.2%

*

25.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

16.9%

17.3%

16.9%

*

12.8%

*

28.5%

14.8%

District of Columbia

22.5%

21.9%

25.4%

36.0%

29.7%

22.1%

Florida

23.3%

22.8%

25.1%

27.7%

18.7%

24.4%

Georgia

21.8%

20.8%

32.7%

*

41.2%

12.8%

*

22.8%

Maryland

23.4%

24.9%

20.6%

10.6%

*

21.6%

*

23.6%

North Carolina

19.5%

23.0%

7.1%

*

14.5%

*

21.1%

19.1%

South Carolina

19.1%

20.2%

7.5%

*

26.4%

*

18.4%

*

19.3%

Virginia

24.6%

24.3%

31.8%

18.1%

29.9%

23.7%

West Virginia

29.5%

30.3%

22.0%

*

35.7%

22.8%

*

30.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

20.0%

22.7%

9.9%

*

8.0%

*

9.9%

*

21.6%

Kentucky

20.5%

20.5%

22.7%

*

17.0%

19.1%

*

20.8%

Mississippi

24.2%

24.9%

.

3.8%

*

23.2%

24.4%

Tennessee

21.6%

21.7%

19.2%

26.9%

*

21.6%

21.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

13.7%

13.1%

*

12.7%

36.2%

*

16.7%

*

13.0%

*

Louisiana

19.4%

19.3%

10.1%

*

40.3%

26.5%

15.5%

Oklahoma

14.8%

14.6%

11.6%

*

30.4%

13.9%

*

15.1%

Texas

19.5%

19.3%

25.0%

15.4%

*

20.0%

19.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

19.8%

17.8%

26.9%

15.5%

*

15.6%

20.7%

Colorado

23.7%

24.0%

23.3%

20.0%

26.0%

23.5%

Idaho

11.1%

*

20.9%

20.9%

2.0%

*

19.9%

*

11.0%

*

Montana

13.7%

*

11.4%

22.7%

*

32.6%

19.7%

*

12.5%

*

Nevada

26.7%

26.0%

40.0%

*

24.8%

*

37.5%

21.5%

*

New Mexico

27.7%

28.4%

20.0%

*

38.0%

*

22.6%

28.5%

Utah

17.8%

18.0%

11.2%

*

2.2%

*

18.4%

*

17.7%

Wyoming

15.6%

*

14.3%

36.7%

4.4%

*

5.1%

*

18.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

28.1%

21.0%

42.6%

*

63.8%

46.1%

21.5%

California

16.8%

16.9%

15.2%

19.6%

30.2%

14.6%

Hawaii

8.7%

8.5%

8.2%

*

11.1%

*

8.3%

9.0%

Oregon

13.4%

13.6%

9.7%

*

21.5%

*

23.8%

*

11.6%

Washington

17.5%

18.2%

13.5%

*

19.4%

*

19.8%

17.1%

*

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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

0.53%

0.62%

0.91%

2.19%

1.59%

0.47%

New England:

Connecticut

2.60%

2.47%

5.48%

*

4.81%

*

5.95%

2.51%

Maine

2.07%

3.32%

6.76%

5.60%

*

5.27%

*

3.53%

Massachusetts

2.11%

2.30%

4.29%

4.64%

4.36%

1.94%

New Hampshire

2.77%

2.93%

5.18%

8.07%

*

5.73%

2.99%

Rhode Island

4.37%

5.65%

4.82%

8.06%

*

5.58%

4.34%

Vermont

2.60%

4.36%

4.24%

5.53%

*

5.00%

3.49%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.76%

4.04%

11.47%

*

6.75%

*

6.01%

*

3.76%

New York

2.38%

2.41%

4.81%

3.08%

4.50%

*

2.52%

Pennsylvania

2.48%

2.90%

2.57%

5.32%

*

5.68%

*

2.53%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.72%

1.43%

10.43%

5.98%

*

5.87%

2.28%

Indiana

4.77%

4.16%

11.09%

11.78%

*

11.04%

5.31%

Michigan

1.89%

2.34%

4.18%

5.39%

*

5.87%

1.81%

Ohio

2.30%

2.11%

5.65%

*

15.68%

7.91%

3.84%

Wisconsin

1.67%

1.76%

4.94%

6.33%

3.15%

2.46%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.99%

2.34%

9.76%

*

5.35%

*

4.62%

2.78%

Kansas

3.39%

3.23%

6.31%

11.47%

*

3.52%

*

3.57%

Minnesota

3.22%

4.35%

4.87%

*

7.74%

*

7.96%

2.24%

Missouri

2.93%

3.43%

8.08%

12.17%

*

7.77%

3.32%

Nebraska

2.73%

3.35%

5.97%

*

7.27%

7.20%

3.06%

North Dakota

5.88%

7.17%

1.73%

*

10.89%

9.02%

7.38%

*

South Dakota

5.76%

3.96%

17.37%

*

7.44%

8.42%

*

6.26%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.66%

2.48%

7.69%

*

4.18%

*

6.98%

2.42%

District of Columbia

2.26%

2.72%

6.20%

9.43%

5.77%

2.64%

Florida

2.05%

2.47%

4.96%

6.87%

5.33%

1.92%

Georgia

2.50%

2.69%

10.64%

*

11.00%

4.21%

*

2.92%

Maryland

2.41%

3.04%

4.84%

11.30%

*

9.88%

*

3.20%

North Carolina

3.64%

3.91%

2.80%

*

4.53%

*

4.87%

4.86%

South Carolina

2.47%

2.63%

3.98%

*

8.37%

*

5.69%

*

2.49%

Virginia

2.10%

2.09%

5.44%

4.88%

8.24%

2.60%

West Virginia

7.36%

7.81%

9.99%

*

10.10%

10.01%

*

7.50%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.61%

4.81%

5.46%

*

8.94%

*

7.73%

*

4.35%

Kentucky

4.22%

3.60%

12.06%

*

4.62%

11.94%

*

3.62%

Mississippi

4.92%

5.71%

.

2.35%

*

6.49%

5.77%

Tennessee

4.91%

5.35%

5.49%

8.43%

*

4.74%

5.38%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.85%

3.98%

*

3.73%

12.80%

*

10.36%

*

9.74%

*

Louisiana

3.43%

3.50%

5.59%

*

11.44%

6.99%

4.44%

Oklahoma

3.00%

3.06%

3.52%

*

8.36%

8.09%

*

2.62%

Texas

2.15%

2.24%

5.03%

5.94%

*

4.37%

1.72%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.10%

2.16%

6.87%

5.56%

*

3.70%

2.97%

Colorado

3.46%

3.22%

6.20%

5.76%

6.52%

4.00%

Idaho

4.99%

*

4.79%

6.09%

3.14%

*

10.14%

*

5.58%

*

Montana

5.69%

*

3.35%

7.04%

*

8.93%

6.67%

*

4.63%

*

Nevada

6.58%

7.55%

12.09%

*

9.92%

*

5.99%

7.32%

*

New Mexico

4.44%

4.47%

6.00%

*

11.63%

*

4.37%

4.75%

Utah

1.60%

1.69%

3.43%

*

10.34%

*

10.29%

*

1.49%

Wyoming

4.81%

*

3.44%

10.84%

4.70%

*

5.49%

*

4.85%

Pacific:

Alaska

5.77%

5.47%

12.96%

*

17.80%

12.00%

5.26%

California

1.64%

1.70%

3.45%

3.98%

3.77%

1.14%

Hawaii

1.31%

1.55%

2.88%

*

5.59%

*

2.01%

2.03%

Oregon

2.19%

1.87%

5.47%

*

7.72%

*

7.38%

*

2.13%

Washington

5.00%

5.30%

4.87%

*

5.92%

*

5.08%

6.21%

*

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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.