United States

12,379

12,369

12,741

11,877

12,375

12,380

New England:

Connecticut

13,716

13,777

13,364

11,084

14,483

13,572

Maine

13,886

13,771

12,994

15,416

11,959

14,144

Massachusetts

14,001

13,738

14,717

15,446

14,702

13,943

New Hampshire

14,874

14,894

14,019

17,221

15,976

14,729

Rhode Island

13,586

13,812

13,375

10,361

14,641

13,492

Vermont

14,047

14,248

13,013

13,392

12,732

14,221

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

13,557

13,658

12,550

12,807

12,732

13,601

New York

13,276

13,367

13,958

11,121

14,866

13,153

Pennsylvania

12,743

12,808

11,020

13,603

11,096

12,839

East North Central:

Illinois

11,635

11,625

13,456

10,749

10,934

11,728

Indiana

13,842

13,482

10,735

16,592

17,817

13,330

Michigan

11,417

11,356

11,625

11,479

11,228

11,433

Ohio

11,646

11,738

11,123

8,641

*

14,920

11,077

Wisconsin

13,182

13,454

12,487

12,052

11,497

13,547

West North Central:

Iowa

10,654

10,551

11,656

9,458

9,525

10,876

Kansas

12,272

12,385

13,353

6,853

11,123

12,354

Minnesota

12,932

13,062

14,001

10,931

12,652

12,959

Missouri

12,862

12,486

12,283

14,189

11,192

13,025

Nebraska

11,860

12,135

10,768

16,859

11,441

11,955

North Dakota

11,525

11,959

12,246

*

6,894

9,145

12,003

South Dakota

11,778

11,899

10,233

*

11,737

8,797

11,985

South Atlantic:

Delaware

13,046

12,913

14,727

13,200

12,613

13,092

District of Columbia

13,804

14,266

11,591

11,880

13,592

13,816

Florida

11,683

11,714

12,624

10,281

11,975

11,624

Georgia

11,644

11,540

13,708

9,835

11,480

11,658

Maryland

12,132

12,009

14,429

10,968

11,700

12,172

North Carolina

12,860

13,723

8,726

12,219

11,490

13,098

South Carolina

12,667

12,819

9,516

*

12,396

11,882

12,895

Virginia

11,876

11,800

11,990

13,401

13,499

11,667

West Virginia

14,484

14,490

13,801

16,571

13,832

14,506

East South Central:

Alabama

10,400

10,439

10,491

9,711

10,372

10,402

Kentucky

11,833

12,004

11,214

9,706

13,937

11,564

Mississippi

11,524

11,532

12,672

*

10,200

*

9,131

11,814

Tennessee

12,899

12,801

13,420

13,391

13,180

12,801

West South Central:

Arkansas

11,096

10,910

12,846

11,122

11,206

11,088

Louisiana

12,280

12,444

10,387

7,746

12,866

12,139

Oklahoma

10,487

10,443

12,246

9,240

*

14,044

9,936

Texas

13,497

13,843

12,210

9,751

13,074

13,580

Mountain:

Arizona

11,678

12,002

10,863

9,156

10,930

11,742

Colorado

12,185

12,162

12,169

13,192

13,863

12,102

Idaho

11,214

11,754

13,256

10,949

12,463

11,175

Montana

12,198

12,631

8,351

11,492

6,777

13,584

Nevada

10,722

11,128

9,351

9,008

9,556

11,318

New Mexico

12,364

12,218

12,907

13,356

10,901

12,622

Utah

12,616

12,817

9,746

11,084

7,893

12,882

Wyoming

12,540

13,429

9,780

10,166

*

8,940

13,270

Pacific:

Alaska

13,895

14,038

12,328

*

13,644

*

14,847

13,831

California

11,611

11,475

12,977

12,035

11,085

11,655

Hawaii

10,602

10,537

12,147

9,385

10,788

10,542

Oregon

12,991

12,977

14,749

9,985

15,873

12,811

Washington

13,503

13,736

10,497

12,756

*

14,407

13,495

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

73.82

78.98

182.23

351.13

341.39

83.29

New England:

Connecticut

527.78

512.29

2,936.59

3,306.02

2,247.08

534.06

Maine

480.63

577.62

3,459.86

3,850.32

2,655.63

499.14

Massachusetts

402.28

457.98

352.29

1,063.03

1,872.94

353.04

New Hampshire

441.51

567.09

1,345.48

3,835.30

1,388.25

423.28

Rhode Island

448.01

467.27

1,478.03

2,259.83

2,852.53

438.08

Vermont

471.98

583.35

1,986.08

3,249.09

2,452.28

551.60

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

437.87

503.33

2,529.29

3,612.34

2,852.95

430.67

New York

469.75

536.40

1,907.44

1,345.74

1,927.97

416.83

Pennsylvania

263.44

293.31

1,906.01

3,245.75

1,893.32

258.02

East North Central:

Illinois

455.65

464.45

3,014.29

2,569.97

765.07

533.53

Indiana

876.07

1,453.11

2,654.87

4,791.90

4,728.32

728.38

Michigan

347.28

352.60

1,565.16

2,470.38

1,349.68

360.53

Ohio

930.02

1,009.99

1,925.69

2,609.67

*

3,816.54

694.39

Wisconsin

729.81

959.77

2,665.20

2,326.17

1,061.92

852.96

West North Central:

Iowa

683.14

711.97

2,588.40

2,833.24

2,342.03

693.35

Kansas

484.49

582.52

3,487.60

1,929.44

2,933.13

520.80

Minnesota

794.45

861.15

2,922.61

3,059.23

2,748.77

972.68

Missouri

584.37

572.69

2,951.92

3,396.81

1,892.57

629.69

Nebraska

503.11

553.91

2,659.63

5,037.25

2,197.70

1,486.28

North Dakota

1,045.61

1,138.51

3,872.53

*

1,958.88

1,995.00

1,171.15

South Dakota

726.29

1,558.25

3,137.19

*

2,662.91

2,016.21

875.30

South Atlantic:

Delaware

572.73

594.72

2,759.68

2,521.59

1,920.69

653.79

District of Columbia

859.47

923.11

2,769.51

3,048.75

2,546.29

912.86

Florida

314.30

433.49

1,672.75

1,856.70

927.54

336.48

Georgia

423.01

455.47

3,439.07

2,587.82

2,411.54

474.08

Maryland

391.77

441.46

1,639.47

2,613.07

1,774.16

422.54

North Carolina

961.67

756.12

2,346.50

3,412.29

2,989.90

975.08

South Carolina

321.19

344.79

2,855.24

*

3,458.95

2,583.73

330.87

Virginia

553.97

568.20

2,240.91

3,252.01

1,145.40

580.53

West Virginia

1,019.29

1,816.36

3,944.63

4,648.31

3,582.18

1,057.21

East South Central:

Alabama

316.54

1,167.19

2,980.32

2,567.32

2,505.48

413.92

Kentucky

864.55

978.62

2,957.96

2,427.06

3,106.13

807.11

Mississippi

1,761.29

1,775.76

4,007.24

*

3,225.52

*

2,463.06

2,527.68

Tennessee

696.42

880.71

3,173.05

3,996.50

2,437.38

913.79

West South Central:

Arkansas

811.19

889.13

3,360.84

3,334.44

1,816.85

1,427.44

Louisiana

576.48

578.00

2,903.72

2,317.39

3,152.35

637.65

Oklahoma

1,047.07

1,067.94

3,651.05

2,921.94

*

2,715.48

777.87

Texas

585.63

624.30

1,202.43

2,547.57

1,122.46

607.83

Mountain:

Arizona

478.04

634.47

2,365.11

2,437.87

1,414.94

566.73

Colorado

465.59

510.49

2,610.77

3,686.41

3,517.72

519.33

Idaho

578.28

695.49

3,699.00

2,595.59

2,932.96

607.02

Montana

995.72

2,109.44

2,435.77

3,205.50

1,486.35

2,136.80

Nevada

656.09

896.10

2,439.55

2,168.65

1,798.91

955.49

New Mexico

533.56

683.17

3,064.60

3,275.47

1,676.86

564.01

Utah

765.45

860.68

2,636.46

2,958.18

2,076.57

890.24

Wyoming

814.85

1,588.74

2,746.40

3,051.43

*

2,211.63

707.68

Pacific:

Alaska

1,530.33

2,137.64

3,722.09

*

4,314.61

*

4,167.81

1,514.40

California

164.50

151.30

672.32

1,334.29

1,247.64

150.83

Hawaii

472.74

486.61

1,943.67

1,759.10

1,315.59

462.08

Oregon

677.76

713.97

2,304.88

2,696.98

4,161.32

508.04

Washington

1,486.99

1,494.51

2,414.38

4,033.80

*

4,061.90

1,484.56

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.