United States

12,031

11,990

13,146

11,221

10,378

12,320

New England:

Connecticut

12,521

12,582

11,760

13,667

13,658

12,445

Maine

12,139

12,191

16,408

8,548

9,030

12,896

Massachusetts

14,877

14,608

17,376

12,845

13,820

15,077

New Hampshire

14,472

13,015

15,137

18,742

10,180

15,053

Rhode Island

12,276

11,824

13,769

14,940

9,981

12,894

Vermont

12,153

12,396

13,564

9,208

10,370

12,242

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

14,642

15,329

15,024

*

3,900

*

10,637

*

16,127

New York

13,764

13,823

13,006

*

13,150

10,595

14,029

Pennsylvania

13,451

13,717

10,944

*

9,154

*

9,821

14,269

East North Central:

Illinois

12,619

12,830

12,367

7,970

8,487

*

12,892

Indiana

12,276

13,260

.

9,552

9,524

13,313

Michigan

11,850

12,082

10,394

8,932

7,140

*

12,145

Ohio

11,786

11,643

11,827

*

12,380

9,265

12,320

Wisconsin

13,395

12,821

15,767

14,726

12,516

13,423

West North Central:

Iowa

10,810

10,794

11,164

.

7,557

10,961

Kansas

10,747

10,911

7,587

14,085

9,379

10,946

Minnesota

13,486

10,420

20,014

12,465

17,549

11,706

Missouri

10,888

10,942

11,328

9,944

8,797

11,237

Nebraska

11,140

11,166

10,767

*

.

3,854

*

13,111

North Dakota

10,821

10,695

10,987

11,573

10,582

10,880

South Dakota

11,090

11,419

.

7,514

8,349

11,434

South Atlantic:

Delaware

13,186

13,294

11,935

12,623

11,909

13,334

District of Columbia

13,365

13,479

9,225

10,272

*

10,356

13,442

Florida

12,170

12,288

13,073

5,419

*

8,906

12,478

Georgia

9,503

9,386

11,570

9,423

10,571

9,405

Maryland

12,979

12,851

14,411

*

14,287

15,338

12,475

North Carolina

12,445

12,511

.

4,108

*

5,813

12,690

South Carolina

14,941

15,146

9,218

12,836

14,106

14,959

Virginia

12,974

13,233

12,579

10,624

8,233

14,010

West Virginia

10,931

10,563

17,355

11,193

10,818

10,945

East South Central:

Alabama

10,537

10,542

10,417

10,504

*

7,345

11,418

Kentucky

11,185

12,621

9,729

7,505

8,128

12,551

Mississippi

9,219

9,204

.

10,800

*

3,704

*

11,179

Tennessee

11,084

11,184

13,302

3,900

9,653

11,674

West South Central:

Arkansas

8,661

8,382

9,314

*

8,688

*

9,408

8,145

Louisiana

10,455

10,361

10,654

12,780

*

9,248

10,853

Oklahoma

9,129

9,146

.

8,704

5,528

9,834

Texas

11,834

11,986

11,168

8,790

10,021

12,250

Mountain:

Arizona

11,246

11,775

6,815

6,442

4,212

11,752

Colorado

11,445

11,445

.

.

10,610

*

11,956

Idaho

9,796

10,007

5,388

*

4,728

*

13,497

9,441

Montana

11,070

11,024

15,058

8,354

*

8,371

11,298

Nevada

9,384

9,401

.

9,000

*

7,053

*

9,580

New Mexico

8,242

8,117

10,764

*

9,344

*

8,696

8,066

Utah

15,847

15,923

14,204

3,224

*

13,923

*

15,881

Wyoming

13,085

13,304

12,311

10,256

11,239

13,282

Pacific:

Alaska

13,490

13,643

13,758

9,347

*

.

13,490

California

11,027

9,671

14,921

13,487

13,176

9,812

Hawaii

8,478

8,260

9,878

9,276

*

12,417

8,364

Oregon

9,935

10,167

10,854

6,847

*

6,847

*

10,324

Washington

12,017

11,808

1,548

*

16,647

16,647

11,730

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

188.74

219.42

806.74

648.18

359.63

196.57

New England:

Connecticut

1,241.44

1,582.10

3,255.79

3,581.19

3,857.77

1,241.63

Maine

1,833.91

2,226.33

4,909.98

2,212.77

1,756.39

2,168.29

Massachusetts

1,907.00

2,757.01

4,898.31

3,366.36

3,354.08

1,974.73

New Hampshire

1,801.29

2,328.16

4,512.98

5,242.65

2,305.98

1,964.10

Rhode Island

687.00

767.76

2,614.47

3,860.18

1,973.56

783.16

Vermont

1,039.55

1,672.35

3,593.63

2,578.99

2,479.50

1,053.18

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3,273.40

3,749.83

4,751.01

*

1,233.29

*

3,261.27

*

3,815.81

New York

1,215.11

1,895.27

4,112.70

*

3,673.46

2,923.90

1,949.94

Pennsylvania

1,089.47

1,811.08

3,297.10

*

2,858.60

*

2,620.21

1,851.47

East North Central:

Illinois

1,575.30

2,239.68

3,145.10

2,332.69

2,705.51

*

2,052.01

Indiana

2,362.59

2,482.29

.

2,753.42

2,556.56

2,816.07

Michigan

638.28

635.07

2,933.74

2,609.81

2,197.14

*

588.90

Ohio

1,570.34

1,944.72

3,570.68

*

2,794.55

2,472.24

2,288.36

Wisconsin

732.71

1,110.87

4,257.10

4,036.99

3,497.76

735.27

West North Central:

Iowa

731.12

1,450.90

2,909.57

.

1,976.70

830.65

Kansas

459.71

1,333.35

1,952.11

3,966.50

2,220.20

1,334.22

Minnesota

1,440.47

1,443.84

5,604.92

2,911.53

3,519.25

1,346.26

Missouri

745.96

941.25

3,211.17

2,966.94

2,392.16

632.67

Nebraska

2,245.93

2,465.98

3,344.86

*

.

1,229.77

*

2,895.19

North Dakota

439.89

447.66

1,445.68

2,224.79

1,221.01

510.65

South Dakota

1,559.64

1,969.45

.

2,088.02

2,365.73

1,965.61

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1,627.41

1,577.44

3,519.55

3,748.97

3,103.28

2,160.80

District of Columbia

1,796.34

1,794.11

2,757.15

3,248.29

*

3,087.85

1,798.47

Florida

2,053.77

2,276.82

3,897.78

1,629.96

*

2,553.01

2,312.96

Georgia

1,608.44

1,621.97

3,449.72

2,779.18

3,011.47

1,936.36

Maryland

1,996.22

1,982.35

4,337.18

*

4,270.64

3,655.81

2,361.76

North Carolina

1,955.14

1,986.29

.

1,299.06

*

1,693.21

2,005.74

South Carolina

2,517.27

2,557.58

2,655.33

3,627.14

4,120.47

2,530.11

Virginia

838.06

772.61

3,627.08

3,176.58

1,952.86

1,235.13

West Virginia

1,892.18

2,001.89

4,975.02

3,138.05

2,826.66

1,934.50

East South Central:

Alabama

590.71

595.45

3,091.24

3,321.66

*

1,565.41

497.48

Kentucky

764.14

949.60

2,804.38

2,034.32

1,713.01

918.90

Mississippi

1,496.19

1,495.87

.

3,415.26

*

1,193.93

*

2,171.84

Tennessee

1,344.77

1,732.85

3,916.64

1,162.76

2,272.16

2,521.18

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,965.28

2,173.19

2,912.37

*

2,747.39

*

2,597.26

2,274.38

Louisiana

1,762.05

1,815.13

3,192.35

4,041.39

*

2,555.83

2,059.02

Oklahoma

1,153.30

1,155.22

.

2,609.16

1,658.26

1,348.20

Texas

1,242.13

1,251.61

3,170.91

2,542.20

1,523.45

1,635.54

Mountain:

Arizona

2,400.56

3,002.89

2,032.59

1,904.50

1,176.09

2,954.66

Colorado

2,607.30

2,607.30

.

.

3,235.25

*

2,962.36

Idaho

469.02

1,154.94

1,703.84

*

1,472.15

*

3,850.18

1,086.40

Montana

1,576.70

1,961.44

3,645.44

2,550.12

*

2,301.68

1,942.48

Nevada

1,807.68

1,815.58

.

2,846.05

*

2,126.10

*

1,826.05

New Mexico

1,581.69

1,595.16

3,403.88

*

2,830.36

*

2,155.28

1,608.11

Utah

2,691.79

3,187.04

4,243.24

1,019.52

*

4,199.44

*

2,736.27

Wyoming

769.85

750.10

2,844.51

2,743.00

2,288.01

730.11

Pacific:

Alaska

1,605.83

2,289.16

3,690.63

2,945.44

*

.

1,605.83

California

846.86

1,090.63

4,225.47

3,409.08

2,397.80

1,108.71

Hawaii

1,084.20

1,332.88

2,396.04

2,933.33

*

3,235.73

1,250.72

Oregon

1,815.60

2,282.17

2,973.04

2,145.37

*

2,145.37

*

2,080.73

Washington

2,072.34

2,421.92

489.52

*

4,981.17

4,981.17

2,336.79

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.