United States

6,536,034

62.6%

16.0%

21.4%

34.0%

66.0%

New England:

Connecticut

80,556

61.1%

17.4%

21.4%

22.6%

77.4%

Maine

35,762

53.4%

15.8%

30.8%

37.0%

63.0%

Massachusetts

150,815

58.0%

19.4%

22.6%

26.1%

73.9%

New Hampshire

34,176

56.0%

17.9%

26.0%

27.5%

72.5%

Rhode Island

25,864

60.9%

17.4%

21.7%

30.1%

69.9%

Vermont

19,729

52.7%

18.7%

28.6%

28.2%

71.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

198,315

62.1%

17.9%

20.0%

27.2%

72.8%

New York

446,055

61.3%

15.7%

23.0%

31.2%

68.8%

Pennsylvania

260,444

59.2%

18.1%

22.7%

32.3%

67.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

280,101

62.5%

12.9%

24.6%

34.4%

65.6%

Indiana

132,612

55.1%

17.1%

27.8%

43.1%

56.9%

Michigan

207,035

56.2%

18.2%

25.6%

39.1%

60.9%

Ohio

230,025

60.9%

15.9%

23.2%

36.3%

63.7%

Wisconsin

128,108

55.8%

18.0%

26.2%

37.7%

62.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

80,387

53.9%

16.8%

29.2%

40.3%

59.7%

Kansas

73,209

58.9%

18.7%

22.4%

39.3%

60.7%

Minnesota

134,449

55.6%

18.0%

26.4%

29.4%

70.6%

Missouri

133,099

61.2%

15.4%

23.3%

38.8%

61.2%

Nebraska

53,782

60.8%

13.7%

25.5%

41.5%

58.5%

North Dakota

24,295

55.4%

15.9%

28.7%

38.0%

62.0%

South Dakota

24,846

56.3%

18.8%

24.9%

38.3%

61.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

20,913

63.9%

14.5%

21.6%

29.0%

71.0%

District of Columbia

18,992

78.9%

8.7%

12.4%

16.3%

83.7%

Florida

405,716

68.0%

16.5%

15.4%

31.7%

68.3%

Georgia

189,546

72.5%

13.5%

14.0%

33.4%

66.6%

Maryland

122,512

68.3%

15.7%

16.0%

29.5%

70.5%

North Carolina

185,727

63.7%

13.7%

22.6%

39.8%

60.2%

South Carolina

91,924

64.5%

17.3%

18.2%

35.6%

64.4%

Virginia

167,687

66.7%

13.3%

20.0%

33.5%

66.5%

West Virginia

34,921

60.7%

17.3%

22.0%

56.4%

43.6%

East South Central:

Alabama

91,058

64.9%

16.4%

18.8%

42.4%

57.6%

Kentucky

85,390

62.4%

15.8%

21.8%

41.0%

59.0%

Mississippi

50,294

62.1%

17.8%

20.1%

47.4%

52.6%

Tennessee

113,683

64.8%

17.5%

17.7%

39.4%

60.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

60,179

61.4%

18.7%

19.9%

50.7%

49.3%

Louisiana

92,002

66.1%

17.2%

16.7%

38.3%

61.7%

Oklahoma

81,282

63.5%

15.4%

21.1%

43.2%

56.8%

Texas

450,240

70.6%

15.0%

14.3%

37.3%

62.7%

Mountain:

Arizona

111,491

66.0%

14.3%

19.7%

32.8%

67.2%

Colorado

132,646

67.3%

12.7%

20.0%

28.8%

71.2%

Idaho

39,768

58.5%

16.8%

24.7%

35.3%

64.7%

Montana

35,028

55.7%

18.4%

25.8%

39.2%

60.8%

Nevada

49,299

64.2%

15.5%

20.3%

32.3%

67.7%

New Mexico

40,038

62.7%

19.3%

18.0%

35.4%

64.6%

Utah

61,269

61.5%

13.7%

24.7%

33.7%

66.3%

Wyoming

18,943

62.0%

16.7%

21.3%

33.4%

66.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

17,001

59.3%

18.4%

22.3%

23.9%

76.1%

California

737,420

62.2%

14.5%

23.3%

28.4%

71.6%

Hawaii

28,351

71.7%

12.8%

15.5%

26.5%

73.5%

Oregon

95,133

57.2%

17.7%

25.1%

36.4%

63.6%

Washington

153,917

53.7%

19.6%

26.8%

28.7%

71.3%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

United States

21,727

0.43%

0.26%

0.46%

0.32%

0.32%

New England:

Connecticut

1,363

2.93%

2.19%

1.58%

2.21%

2.21%

Maine

1,109

2.57%

1.41%

2.28%

2.40%

2.40%

Massachusetts

3,364

2.70%

2.62%

2.06%

3.16%

3.16%

New Hampshire

985

3.39%

2.05%

3.56%

2.36%

2.36%

Rhode Island

577

3.37%

1.76%

2.22%

2.20%

2.20%

Vermont

695

1.56%

1.32%

2.03%

1.58%

1.58%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

7,504

3.05%

2.11%

1.93%

2.38%

2.38%

New York

5,345

1.14%

1.47%

1.03%

1.40%

1.40%

Pennsylvania

4,925

1.56%

1.77%

1.31%

1.87%

1.87%

East North Central:

Illinois

4,999

1.37%

1.22%

1.53%

1.87%

1.87%

Indiana

2,828

3.41%

1.88%

2.86%

2.34%

2.34%

Michigan

4,542

2.84%

2.76%

1.99%

2.78%

2.78%

Ohio

6,471

2.51%

1.75%

1.28%

2.18%

2.18%

Wisconsin

2,862

2.68%

2.68%

1.55%

1.97%

1.97%

West North Central:

Iowa

1,694

2.50%

2.04%

2.58%

2.43%

2.43%

Kansas

1,820

2.03%

1.38%

1.72%

1.91%

1.91%

Minnesota

3,356

1.69%

2.16%

2.44%

2.30%

2.30%

Missouri

3,794

2.83%

1.51%

2.82%

2.19%

2.19%

Nebraska

1,361

2.85%

1.74%

2.56%

2.77%

2.77%

North Dakota

521

2.10%

1.78%

1.75%

1.65%

1.65%

South Dakota

550

2.60%

2.28%

3.02%

2.56%

2.56%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

631

2.81%

1.81%

1.91%

2.29%

2.29%

District of Columbia

587

2.00%

0.96%

1.61%

1.49%

1.49%

Florida

13,336

1.72%

1.17%

1.98%

1.33%

1.33%

Georgia

5,870

2.66%

1.22%

2.78%

1.10%

1.10%

Maryland

4,210

3.30%

1.90%

1.76%

2.06%

2.06%

North Carolina

3,780

2.20%

2.07%

1.99%

1.42%

1.42%

South Carolina

3,068

1.85%

2.30%

2.12%

1.64%

1.64%

Virginia

5,462

2.41%

1.36%

1.80%

2.32%

2.32%

West Virginia

945

1.92%

1.56%

1.68%

2.75%

2.75%

East South Central:

Alabama

1,947

2.42%

1.99%

1.54%

2.57%

2.57%

Kentucky

1,368

2.15%

1.65%

1.18%

2.65%

2.65%

Mississippi

1,365

3.10%

2.09%

2.40%

2.69%

2.69%

Tennessee

4,888

1.99%

2.04%

1.58%

1.41%

1.41%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1,634

1.46%

2.33%

1.91%

2.45%

2.45%

Louisiana

2,344

2.02%

1.57%

1.85%

2.60%

2.60%

Oklahoma

1,781

2.66%

2.71%

2.46%

2.41%

2.41%

Texas

9,052

1.71%

1.08%

1.09%

1.34%

1.34%

Mountain:

Arizona

3,749

2.22%

0.98%

2.62%

2.40%

2.40%

Colorado

3,860

2.53%

1.98%

1.54%

2.27%

2.27%

Idaho

873

3.30%

1.90%

2.71%

3.09%

3.09%

Montana

792

2.80%

1.58%

2.51%

2.08%

2.08%

Nevada

1,255

3.07%

2.04%

2.27%

2.24%

2.24%

New Mexico

974

2.97%

2.18%

1.62%

1.88%

1.88%

Utah

1,770

1.68%

1.87%

1.50%

1.73%

1.73%

Wyoming

533

1.94%

1.42%

1.50%

1.98%

1.98%

Pacific:

Alaska

455

2.69%

1.76%

2.25%

2.65%

2.65%

California

13,826

1.19%

0.93%

1.14%

0.88%

0.88%

Hawaii

1,146

2.22%

2.23%

1.82%

1.79%

1.79%

Oregon

4,133

2.50%

1.21%

2.19%

2.83%

2.83%

Washington

2,812

2.78%

1.17%

2.22%

2.29%

2.29%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.