United States

55.0%

63.4%

52.8%

32.2%

41.0%

62.2%

New England:

Connecticut

63.9%

72.5%

62.3%

40.6%

41.4%

70.4%

Maine

53.8%

61.6%

60.3%

36.9%

47.1%

57.7%

Massachusetts

61.6%

70.0%

58.9%

42.3%

44.1%

67.8%

New Hampshire

59.7%

69.9%

65.7%

33.5%

47.7%

64.2%

Rhode Island

60.2%

68.5%

58.2%

38.8%

43.9%

67.3%

Vermont

56.4%

66.8%

63.6%

32.6%

46.3%

60.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

65.2%

73.8%

62.0%

41.4%

51.0%

70.5%

New York

59.1%

68.5%

55.2%

36.6%

45.4%

65.2%

Pennsylvania

63.0%

75.8%

59.1%

32.9%

43.8%

72.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

52.8%

62.0%

56.1%

27.4%

36.6%

61.3%

Indiana

49.1%

57.0%

55.9%

29.3%

41.2%

55.1%

Michigan

54.0%

63.5%

51.7%

34.8%

38.0%

64.3%

Ohio

63.9%

75.9%

57.9%

36.4%

50.7%

71.5%

Wisconsin

51.4%

61.6%

45.8%

33.7%

39.5%

58.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

50.7%

63.6%

53.4%

25.5%

35.4%

61.1%

Kansas

55.9%

64.3%

57.3%

32.8%

41.9%

65.0%

Minnesota

55.4%

63.2%

64.4%

32.8%

48.9%

58.1%

Missouri

57.1%

67.6%

57.8%

29.4%

39.7%

68.2%

Nebraska

45.4%

53.7%

47.3%

24.7%

33.7%

53.8%

North Dakota

49.2%

61.2%

45.3%

28.1%

38.7%

55.6%

South Dakota

48.8%

57.8%

40.4%

34.6%

39.3%

54.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

60.0%

68.6%

64.0%

31.7%

42.0%

67.3%

District of Columbia

74.1%

82.2%

61.4%

31.8%

54.8%

77.9%

Florida

49.5%

54.7%

49.9%

26.3%

31.5%

57.9%

Georgia

52.8%

56.7%

47.8%

37.2%

38.6%

59.8%

Maryland

61.0%

67.3%

52.5%

42.0%

44.7%

67.8%

North Carolina

51.6%

58.7%

53.7%

30.4%

39.3%

59.8%

South Carolina

53.3%

57.5%

58.1%

34.2%

41.7%

59.7%

Virginia

54.1%

62.8%

43.7%

32.2%

32.7%

64.9%

West Virginia

50.3%

56.3%

53.8%

30.8%

39.5%

64.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

58.9%

67.9%

54.6%

31.5%

46.7%

67.8%

Kentucky

56.6%

63.3%

51.6%

41.0%

47.4%

63.1%

Mississippi

48.7%

56.2%

53.3%

21.4%

36.8%

59.4%

Tennessee

55.5%

62.4%

52.0%

33.3%

50.2%

58.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

47.1%

51.7%

53.0%

27.7%

42.7%

51.7%

Louisiana

48.1%

53.3%

51.8%

23.7%

36.3%

55.4%

Oklahoma

47.4%

52.8%

50.5%

28.9%

*

38.6%

54.1%

Texas

50.9%

57.2%

42.8%

28.4%

40.4%

57.2%

Mountain:

Arizona

52.1%

58.7%

45.7%

34.9%

42.4%

56.9%

Colorado

55.2%

60.8%

59.7%

33.3%

43.2%

60.1%

Idaho

45.0%

52.1%

45.1%

28.2%

35.4%

50.3%

Montana

39.5%

49.2%

33.4%

23.1%

28.9%

46.4%

Nevada

55.0%

64.9%

56.4%

22.9%

42.8%

60.9%

New Mexico

51.0%

59.3%

48.2%

25.0%

39.8%

57.1%

Utah

46.4%

50.7%

58.3%

29.1%

35.2%

52.1%

Wyoming

40.5%

49.4%

38.0%

16.5%

35.3%

43.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

40.5%

52.6%

30.8%

16.2%

25.4%

45.2%

California

56.0%

66.6%

50.8%

30.9%

41.0%

61.9%

Hawaii

85.4%

90.0%

89.9%

60.7%

74.2%

89.5%

Oregon

52.8%

66.3%

45.5%

27.1%

37.2%

61.7%

Washington

53.6%

68.3%

44.9%

30.6%

38.1%

59.8%

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.

* 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

0.35%

0.35%

0.52%

0.70%

0.61%

0.38%

New England:

Connecticut

2.45%

3.56%

7.67%

6.94%

8.45%

3.53%

Maine

3.32%

4.73%

6.36%

2.91%

3.83%

4.05%

Massachusetts

1.89%

2.43%

7.08%

3.56%

5.96%

2.88%

New Hampshire

3.46%

4.07%

8.36%

4.78%

3.49%

4.26%

Rhode Island

2.14%

3.90%

4.67%

4.58%

3.67%

2.67%

Vermont

2.26%

1.75%

4.71%

4.04%

4.01%

2.31%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.81%

3.70%

4.99%

5.52%

4.76%

3.45%

New York

1.88%

1.57%

4.48%

3.70%

2.91%

1.62%

Pennsylvania

1.45%

2.41%

5.51%

3.68%

3.75%

2.85%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.48%

2.10%

4.58%

2.96%

2.66%

1.70%

Indiana

1.32%

2.36%

5.50%

3.63%

4.35%

2.43%

Michigan

1.85%

3.30%

6.82%

5.99%

3.76%

2.33%

Ohio

2.51%

2.04%

7.17%

5.05%

3.80%

3.17%

Wisconsin

2.27%

3.84%

7.63%

4.77%

3.59%

3.24%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.39%

3.50%

5.13%

2.29%

2.75%

3.16%

Kansas

2.63%

4.20%

7.56%

6.29%

3.10%

3.84%

Minnesota

1.49%

2.18%

5.87%

3.88%

3.19%

1.53%

Missouri

1.75%

2.13%

6.50%

3.47%

2.72%

2.14%

Nebraska

2.21%

2.78%

6.28%

1.87%

3.99%

3.51%

North Dakota

2.23%

4.08%

5.33%

4.68%

1.91%

3.36%

South Dakota

1.60%

1.69%

5.65%

5.30%

3.61%

2.46%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.21%

4.20%

4.80%

4.53%

5.32%

3.59%

District of Columbia

2.11%

2.12%

9.10%

8.64%

6.46%

2.33%

Florida

1.16%

1.16%

4.87%

6.31%

3.42%

1.50%

Georgia

2.31%

1.76%

6.88%

7.15%

3.51%

2.48%

Maryland

1.79%

2.55%

4.52%

7.71%

2.64%

2.53%

North Carolina

2.87%

4.04%

7.50%

4.26%

4.65%

3.14%

South Carolina

1.46%

3.07%

7.24%

4.67%

2.20%

2.98%

Virginia

1.88%

2.34%

8.86%

4.32%

3.67%

2.68%

West Virginia

1.25%

2.50%

5.31%

4.24%

1.86%

2.49%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.29%

3.66%

5.56%

4.94%

3.71%

4.99%

Kentucky

1.84%

3.22%

4.89%

4.74%

2.22%

2.34%

Mississippi

1.83%

2.65%

7.69%

2.56%

2.94%

3.53%

Tennessee

1.51%

2.18%

6.51%

6.21%

3.39%

1.94%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.22%

2.63%

4.63%

4.81%

3.84%

2.66%

Louisiana

1.46%

2.52%

6.66%

5.27%

2.53%

2.17%

Oklahoma

2.61%

3.61%

7.63%

8.93%

*

4.39%

4.50%

Texas

2.15%

2.78%

5.58%

3.44%

2.93%

2.36%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.14%

2.09%

8.22%

3.21%

3.66%

2.69%

Colorado

2.91%

3.11%

5.87%

4.64%

4.07%

3.49%

Idaho

1.91%

1.51%

6.11%

4.69%

3.98%

2.42%

Montana

1.64%

3.11%

4.63%

2.32%

3.69%

2.05%

Nevada

2.36%

3.13%

7.55%

5.16%

4.01%

3.15%

New Mexico

1.71%

2.05%

7.59%

3.58%

4.92%

2.65%

Utah

2.51%

2.39%

8.46%

3.91%

3.02%

3.32%

Wyoming

2.56%

4.33%

5.00%

2.48%

2.87%

3.80%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.89%

3.01%

5.52%

3.57%

4.23%

2.18%

California

1.05%

1.43%

2.57%

1.89%

2.71%

1.39%

Hawaii

2.00%

2.19%

3.87%

7.24%

3.93%

1.93%

Oregon

1.60%

2.27%

6.55%

4.70%

2.25%

2.05%

Washington

2.79%

2.89%

5.62%

5.52%

5.14%

2.17%

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.

* 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.