United States

18.0%

18.1%

18.5%

15.9%

17.1%

18.2%

New England:

Connecticut

19.9%

20.1%

19.9%

13.1%

16.0%

20.2%

Maine

19.5%

19.6%

20.5%

17.0%

17.8%

19.9%

Massachusetts

13.3%

13.3%

14.7%

8.2%

15.8%

13.1%

New Hampshire

19.5%

20.3%

13.8%

18.6%

15.9%

19.9%

Rhode Island

11.8%

12.8%

8.8%

12.3%

12.7%

11.6%

Vermont

21.4%

21.3%

23.8%

16.2%

*

16.9%

21.9%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

18.7%

18.8%

19.3%

16.5%

15.5%

19.0%

New York

16.6%

16.2%

21.9%

12.5%

13.0%

17.0%

Pennsylvania

19.9%

20.2%

17.1%

19.3%

15.6%

20.5%

East North Central:

Illinois

16.7%

16.4%

18.6%

18.0%

19.6%

16.3%

Indiana

20.5%

20.7%

20.3%

19.6%

15.9%

21.4%

Michigan

22.2%

22.7%

23.0%

13.9%

17.0%

23.0%

Ohio

19.3%

19.7%

17.5%

17.8%

20.8%

19.0%

Wisconsin

16.2%

16.5%

15.7%

14.0%

12.4%

16.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.2%

14.5%

9.5%

20.5%

11.8%

14.6%

Kansas

17.6%

17.8%

18.1%

12.4%

15.6%

18.1%

Minnesota

16.3%

14.4%

24.5%

15.9%

17.1%

16.1%

Missouri

16.7%

17.2%

16.6%

10.6%

*

14.4%

17.2%

Nebraska

16.3%

16.0%

19.0%

14.2%

14.0%

16.8%

North Dakota

16.3%

16.5%

19.2%

8.1%

17.8%

15.9%

South Dakota

12.8%

12.5%

14.7%

13.9%

12.8%

12.8%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

19.3%

20.0%

12.8%

15.6%

17.7%

19.6%

District of Columbia

17.4%

16.5%

28.7%

*

10.7%

16.3%

17.5%

Florida

17.8%

17.7%

19.5%

15.7%

19.2%

17.4%

Georgia

18.1%

17.9%

19.2%

18.9%

14.9%

18.6%

Maryland

18.3%

18.4%

17.8%

17.3%

19.7%

18.1%

North Carolina

16.2%

16.5%

12.3%

17.6%

17.2%

16.0%

South Carolina

16.9%

17.0%

16.9%

12.3%

*

14.4%

17.6%

Virginia

19.2%

18.9%

19.7%

23.3%

22.1%

18.8%

West Virginia

18.1%

18.0%

20.3%

16.0%

*

14.6%

18.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

13.0%

12.3%

18.0%

14.8%

14.1%

12.8%

Kentucky

19.9%

20.2%

20.3%

13.1%

16.8%

20.6%

Mississippi

15.2%

15.6%

13.1%

9.9%

8.1%

17.6%

Tennessee

18.4%

18.1%

21.2%

16.2%

16.7%

18.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

16.9%

17.2%

16.9%

10.9%

14.4%

17.5%

Louisiana

17.5%

16.3%

24.4%

19.6%

*

21.4%

16.2%

Oklahoma

19.9%

19.3%

21.4%

30.0%

20.8%

19.4%

Texas

19.2%

19.6%

18.3%

13.4%

17.4%

19.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

19.9%

19.7%

20.7%

20.6%

18.0%

20.2%

Colorado

19.6%

19.8%

18.1%

20.9%

19.6%

19.6%

Idaho

17.4%

19.7%

22.3%

8.6%

*

15.2%

17.7%

Montana

17.9%

17.7%

19.7%

16.2%

16.8%

18.2%

Nevada

19.4%

19.3%

19.6%

21.0%

*

16.2%

20.3%

New Mexico

17.3%

16.8%

20.6%

13.6%

*

20.5%

16.3%

Utah

18.5%

18.5%

18.8%

18.3%

16.0%

18.8%

Wyoming

19.8%

20.0%

16.5%

*

22.3%

*

23.8%

19.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

18.1%

18.8%

13.5%

16.0%

16.7%

18.2%

California

17.9%

18.3%

16.9%

14.3%

17.6%

18.0%

Hawaii

14.2%

14.3%

8.1%

20.4%

13.9%

14.3%

Oregon

20.4%

20.3%

22.1%

16.0%

*

21.2%

20.3%

Washington

19.1%

19.8%

15.2%

16.5%

16.4%

19.4%

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

0.19%

0.20%

0.58%

0.33%

0.51%

0.20%

New England:

Connecticut

1.37%

1.45%

2.48%

3.05%

2.70%

1.68%

Maine

1.21%

1.32%

3.59%

3.75%

2.77%

1.03%

Massachusetts

0.93%

1.35%

1.96%

2.37%

2.64%

1.18%

New Hampshire

1.04%

1.31%

2.44%

3.13%

2.28%

1.16%

Rhode Island

1.03%

1.64%

2.55%

2.73%

2.33%

1.24%

Vermont

1.22%

1.71%

2.59%

9.31%

*

1.94%

1.52%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.20%

1.31%

3.07%

3.06%

2.53%

1.23%

New York

1.16%

0.94%

3.82%

1.64%

1.08%

1.27%

Pennsylvania

1.27%

1.52%

2.69%

2.70%

1.48%

1.33%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.87%

0.92%

2.19%

3.23%

2.76%

1.17%

Indiana

1.13%

1.41%

3.29%

2.54%

1.94%

1.32%

Michigan

1.50%

1.69%

2.45%

3.01%

2.64%

1.60%

Ohio

1.26%

1.43%

1.96%

2.92%

2.39%

1.15%

Wisconsin

1.20%

1.28%

1.87%

2.20%

2.24%

1.32%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.31%

1.26%

1.78%

5.20%

2.36%

1.25%

Kansas

1.15%

1.28%

2.31%

3.31%

1.70%

1.27%

Minnesota

0.83%

1.12%

2.53%

1.38%

2.40%

0.83%

Missouri

0.96%

1.20%

3.34%

3.22%

*

1.30%

1.06%

Nebraska

1.37%

1.40%

2.94%

2.58%

2.08%

1.33%

North Dakota

1.03%

1.49%

3.44%

1.92%

2.56%

0.86%

South Dakota

1.25%

1.54%

2.74%

4.14%

1.67%

1.32%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

0.91%

1.15%

2.90%

3.03%

3.14%

0.82%

District of Columbia

1.12%

0.90%

10.46%

*

2.93%

2.20%

1.22%

Florida

0.60%

0.71%

2.53%

2.59%

1.27%

0.62%

Georgia

1.10%

1.13%

4.16%

2.99%

1.82%

1.24%

Maryland

0.54%

0.67%

1.54%

4.35%

2.36%

0.60%

North Carolina

0.86%

0.91%

3.26%

3.54%

2.79%

0.90%

South Carolina

1.28%

1.56%

2.53%

6.27%

*

1.80%

1.40%

Virginia

0.88%

0.95%

2.53%

4.73%

2.57%

0.95%

West Virginia

1.71%

1.62%

5.04%

6.03%

*

2.56%

2.02%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.16%

0.98%

4.36%

3.46%

2.43%

1.17%

Kentucky

0.95%

1.08%

3.46%

3.07%

1.53%

1.28%

Mississippi

1.40%

1.46%

2.91%

2.28%

1.38%

1.52%

Tennessee

1.00%

0.88%

4.22%

3.13%

1.96%

1.12%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.54%

1.72%

2.43%

2.76%

2.23%

1.63%

Louisiana

1.18%

1.08%

4.44%

6.98%

*

3.59%

1.21%

Oklahoma

1.64%

1.83%

4.94%

5.14%

2.41%

1.68%

Texas

0.70%

0.80%

1.88%

2.31%

2.08%

0.92%

Mountain:

Arizona

0.75%

1.13%

5.23%

2.86%

1.81%

0.93%

Colorado

1.05%

1.18%

2.79%

5.16%

2.53%

0.98%

Idaho

1.70%

1.21%

4.47%

10.15%

*

3.46%

2.03%

Montana

1.11%

1.53%

2.80%

2.56%

2.81%

1.20%

Nevada

1.63%

2.04%

4.03%

7.68%

*

2.84%

1.91%

New Mexico

1.11%

1.25%

4.75%

9.59%

*

2.66%

1.31%

Utah

1.41%

1.53%

2.65%

3.40%

1.69%

1.59%

Wyoming

1.95%

2.06%

5.70%

*

9.62%

*

4.25%

2.20%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.11%

1.30%

3.05%

4.79%

3.97%

1.24%

California

0.45%

0.47%

1.04%

2.07%

1.50%

0.45%

Hawaii

0.82%

1.10%

2.42%

3.64%

2.18%

1.26%

Oregon

0.88%

0.81%

2.45%

9.83%

*

3.39%

0.91%

Washington

0.80%

0.88%

2.82%

2.88%

2.64%

0.90%

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.