United States

31.8%

33.0%

25.2%

26.4%

24.7%

33.1%

New England:

Connecticut

34.8%

36.2%

30.0%

22.4%

29.3%

35.3%

Maine

27.9%

30.6%

15.2%

16.3%

19.2%

29.9%

Massachusetts

37.4%

40.6%

26.4%

30.3%

28.8%

38.4%

New Hampshire

33.8%

35.2%

30.8%

26.0%

23.5%

35.1%

Rhode Island

40.3%

39.8%

44.1%

28.8%

30.4%

41.8%

Vermont

28.7%

29.5%

24.8%

31.3%

24.1%

29.2%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

31.9%

32.9%

28.0%

22.1%

28.6%

32.2%

New York

33.8%

34.7%

27.0%

30.8%

30.2%

34.3%

Pennsylvania

31.3%

33.0%

21.8%

18.5%

24.3%

32.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

33.5%

35.3%

26.0%

22.2%

20.6%

35.4%

Indiana

34.8%

35.4%

31.4%

32.4%

30.5%

35.6%

Michigan

34.7%

36.2%

29.1%

25.7%

24.9%

36.1%

Ohio

36.2%

37.7%

32.1%

22.4%

25.5%

38.6%

Wisconsin

36.9%

38.1%

33.1%

28.3%

27.3%

38.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

38.1%

39.4%

31.5%

26.0%

28.0%

39.8%

Kansas

34.3%

35.1%

30.4%

32.3%

29.7%

35.4%

Minnesota

34.7%

39.5%

23.1%

20.4%

18.7%

37.7%

Missouri

31.0%

31.2%

23.2%

43.6%

22.0%

33.4%

Nebraska

35.9%

36.5%

31.3%

37.5%

35.2%

36.0%

North Dakota

33.3%

36.0%

26.4%

24.8%

23.9%

35.8%

South Dakota

34.5%

35.6%

25.4%

33.2%

27.8%

35.8%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

29.7%

30.5%

23.5%

22.7%

27.4%

30.1%

District of Columbia

27.0%

26.9%

26.4%

*

32.9%

27.0%

27.0%

Florida

29.6%

30.6%

19.1%

37.6%

28.1%

30.1%

Georgia

32.7%

34.0%

23.1%

29.5%

37.7%

31.8%

Maryland

28.5%

29.7%

24.9%

20.9%

25.2%

28.9%

North Carolina

26.4%

27.9%

15.9%

18.4%

19.2%

27.9%

South Carolina

31.2%

33.2%

19.9%

16.3%

24.0%

33.4%

Virginia

30.7%

31.5%

24.2%

27.3%

22.8%

31.9%

West Virginia

37.1%

37.9%

28.9%

30.1%

24.1%

40.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

37.5%

39.4%

24.0%

31.2%

28.0%

39.5%

Kentucky

33.2%

34.3%

23.2%

38.0%

28.6%

34.2%

Mississippi

29.4%

29.7%

25.9%

26.4%

*

25.0%

30.8%

Tennessee

34.9%

36.3%

28.4%

26.8%

26.9%

37.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

31.3%

32.2%

26.1%

22.7%

19.7%

34.1%

Louisiana

30.4%

32.3%

20.5%

22.7%

21.4%

33.4%

Oklahoma

26.3%

28.6%

14.0%

20.3%

18.2%

30.0%

Texas

30.2%

31.0%

28.0%

20.9%

23.0%

32.0%

Mountain:

Arizona

28.3%

31.0%

16.7%

20.0%

17.9%

30.1%

Colorado

31.1%

30.8%

35.6%

22.8%

25.0%

31.9%

Idaho

31.5%

34.1%

17.7%

28.6%

26.0%

32.2%

Montana

30.9%

31.9%

24.6%

31.8%

22.9%

32.9%

Nevada

26.4%

25.9%

30.0%

28.2%

21.0%

28.1%

New Mexico

27.4%

31.5%

16.5%

*

13.0%

14.8%

31.7%

Utah

37.3%

39.7%

20.9%

26.9%

25.1%

38.8%

Wyoming

36.1%

36.4%

34.3%

29.0%

26.2%

37.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

27.3%

28.1%

23.5%

*

21.3%

17.7%

28.1%

California

29.2%

30.1%

23.6%

28.1%

22.4%

30.3%

Hawaii

25.5%

27.1%

23.7%

14.8%

14.3%

29.2%

Oregon

27.0%

27.6%

25.5%

24.0%

19.8%

27.9%

Washington

26.2%

27.5%

16.5%

24.5%

23.0%

26.5%

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

0.25%

0.26%

0.83%

0.79%

0.91%

0.29%

New England:

Connecticut

1.80%

2.06%

5.08%

4.64%

5.38%

2.00%

Maine

1.57%

1.31%

3.81%

2.93%

2.34%

1.79%

Massachusetts

2.13%

2.88%

3.90%

4.02%

2.39%

2.69%

New Hampshire

1.36%

1.64%

3.20%

4.04%

2.17%

1.51%

Rhode Island

1.52%

1.72%

5.43%

5.01%

4.20%

1.61%

Vermont

1.76%

2.21%

2.73%

6.51%

4.55%

1.72%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.49%

2.79%

4.82%

4.46%

5.61%

2.53%

New York

1.18%

1.31%

1.85%

2.86%

3.69%

1.12%

Pennsylvania

1.10%

1.23%

1.75%

1.96%

2.12%

1.25%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.25%

2.31%

4.60%

4.38%

1.95%

2.49%

Indiana

1.60%

1.81%

4.39%

5.98%

5.43%

2.12%

Michigan

1.58%

1.71%

2.94%

2.56%

2.10%

1.81%

Ohio

1.64%

1.71%

3.45%

1.65%

2.85%

1.62%

Wisconsin

0.65%

0.87%

3.38%

3.78%

3.87%

0.97%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.83%

1.98%

4.67%

5.97%

2.95%

2.02%

Kansas

0.93%

0.64%

7.67%

5.38%

2.33%

0.98%

Minnesota

2.36%

3.24%

6.02%

0.87%

3.37%

2.43%

Missouri

2.55%

2.08%

4.36%

8.37%

5.15%

1.99%

Nebraska

1.26%

1.30%

4.18%

3.40%

3.71%

1.47%

North Dakota

2.68%

2.04%

6.79%

3.69%

2.51%

3.04%

South Dakota

2.09%

2.85%

2.57%

5.77%

3.08%

2.15%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.84%

2.17%

4.80%

3.39%

3.10%

1.90%

District of Columbia

1.49%

1.23%

8.68%

*

7.91%

4.42%

1.60%

Florida

1.56%

1.09%

3.45%

4.74%

3.66%

1.33%

Georgia

1.58%

1.61%

3.71%

5.97%

2.93%

1.80%

Maryland

1.30%

1.47%

1.66%

3.63%

3.63%

1.28%

North Carolina

1.63%

1.75%

3.21%

3.06%

3.47%

1.96%

South Carolina

2.12%

2.10%

2.63%

3.82%

4.02%

2.09%

Virginia

1.34%

1.47%

1.98%

2.67%

3.43%

1.38%

West Virginia

1.98%

2.17%

5.49%

7.79%

3.37%

3.02%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.06%

2.03%

4.20%

6.67%

3.96%

1.94%

Kentucky

1.26%

1.72%

2.45%

7.68%

1.60%

1.54%

Mississippi

1.53%

1.45%

6.36%

9.42%

*

3.82%

1.02%

Tennessee

1.34%

1.29%

5.21%

5.58%

3.57%

1.50%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.03%

1.97%

5.64%

5.49%

3.67%

1.84%

Louisiana

1.96%

2.01%

3.97%

4.72%

3.68%

2.03%

Oklahoma

1.26%

1.36%

3.37%

2.35%

1.86%

1.65%

Texas

1.44%

1.40%

3.15%

2.90%

2.41%

1.38%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.70%

2.90%

3.68%

5.75%

3.69%

2.08%

Colorado

1.74%

1.84%

5.92%

6.66%

4.49%

1.92%

Idaho

1.63%

1.92%

5.20%

5.62%

4.52%

1.95%

Montana

1.50%

1.44%

4.13%

4.50%

2.90%

1.29%

Nevada

2.56%

2.92%

6.72%

6.17%

2.90%

2.94%

New Mexico

1.97%

2.61%

5.07%

*

3.82%

3.15%

2.69%

Utah

1.82%

1.92%

4.88%

7.03%

5.94%

2.23%

Wyoming

2.02%

2.32%

5.53%

7.25%

5.29%

2.25%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.34%

2.97%

9.06%

*

4.49%

2.92%

2.80%

California

0.89%

1.06%

1.44%

2.98%

0.97%

0.98%

Hawaii

2.13%

2.33%

4.44%

3.21%

2.92%

2.25%

Oregon

1.17%

1.41%

2.65%

5.37%

3.21%

1.53%

Washington

1.72%

1.98%

2.29%

7.21%

3.58%

1.96%

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.