United States

19.9%

20.6%

18.3%

17.7%

13.8%

21.9%

New England:

Connecticut

20.7%

20.0%

21.6%

*

23.2%

12.7%

*

22.1%

Maine

19.0%

18.7%

17.3%

*

21.2%

24.3%

16.4%

Massachusetts

18.0%

19.8%

17.1%

*

11.4%

*

7.6%

*

20.4%

New Hampshire

17.4%

17.9%

22.1%

*

8.8%

*

10.6%

*

19.3%

Rhode Island

27.7%

31.9%

21.1%

*

14.9%

*

23.0%

29.0%

Vermont

20.0%

20.8%

24.1%

11.9%

*

18.8%

*

20.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

32.6%

32.9%

38.9%

21.8%

20.8%

35.7%

New York

29.2%

29.1%

37.7%

21.0%

*

22.2%

31.4%

Pennsylvania

24.6%

25.0%

20.6%

27.8%

*

19.7%

26.0%

East North Central:

Illinois

20.6%

22.2%

22.3%

*

10.1%

*

13.2%

23.0%

Indiana

12.9%

16.5%

10.4%

*

2.1%

*

8.2%

*

15.7%

Michigan

19.8%

19.8%

21.3%

18.3%

*

10.2%

*

23.4%

Ohio

18.1%

19.8%

8.5%

*

18.8%

*

11.0%

*

20.9%

Wisconsin

18.4%

17.5%

7.1%

*

32.4%

22.0%

16.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

19.5%

19.2%

16.6%

*

24.4%

18.4%

19.9%

Kansas

20.1%

19.3%

25.1%

16.8%

*

21.0%

19.7%

Minnesota

15.7%

13.7%

21.5%

15.8%

7.8%

*

18.5%

Missouri

19.3%

19.2%

23.3%

*

14.7%

*

15.8%

20.6%

Nebraska

16.5%

17.2%

10.1%

*

19.3%

*

20.7%

14.6%

North Dakota

25.0%

23.7%

31.1%

25.0%

26.8%

24.2%

South Dakota

22.5%

19.2%

13.8%

*

42.5%

22.3%

22.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

15.5%

16.4%

17.1%

*

7.6%

*

7.8%

*

17.5%

District of Columbia

19.7%

21.1%

16.7%

*

1.5%

*

11.8%

*

20.8%

Florida

20.4%

21.7%

13.6%

22.3%

*

11.9%

*

22.5%

Georgia

17.2%

19.3%

8.3%

*

11.8%

*

13.2%

*

18.5%

Maryland

19.1%

20.7%

9.4%

*

20.3%

*

12.3%

21.0%

North Carolina

15.3%

15.6%

4.7%

*

24.9%

*

13.2%

16.2%

South Carolina

11.4%

10.6%

7.9%

*

21.3%

*

8.8%

*

12.4%

Virginia

14.2%

13.3%

25.3%

10.2%

*

13.4%

*

14.4%

West Virginia

15.8%

17.6%

11.6%

*

12.2%

*

10.9%

19.7%

East South Central:

Alabama

15.6%

17.7%

3.4%

*

18.2%

*

9.8%

*

18.6%

Kentucky

15.4%

12.7%

19.3%

*

23.7%

11.1%

*

17.6%

Mississippi

14.3%

13.7%

16.2%

15.3%

*

15.6%

13.6%

Tennessee

11.5%

13.3%

6.0%

*

7.5%

*

10.1%

*

12.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

9.8%

11.0%

6.3%

*

8.9%

*

9.2%

10.2%

*

Louisiana

12.5%

14.5%

5.7%

*

9.8%

*

6.5%

*

14.9%

Oklahoma

18.7%

20.2%

21.2%

*

6.9%

*

9.5%

*

23.7%

Texas

14.8%

15.8%

9.9%

*

12.3%

*

6.1%

18.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

11.8%

10.5%

25.4%

*

6.1%

*

10.7%

12.2%

Colorado

24.3%

24.8%

25.2%

*

19.9%

*

24.5%

24.2%

Idaho

16.9%

14.2%

25.3%

19.4%

*

10.7%

*

19.3%

Montana

21.3%

20.5%

23.4%

*

23.3%

*

21.2%

*

21.4%

Nevada

15.3%

16.8%

16.1%

*

0.0%

7.6%

*

17.9%

New Mexico

16.5%

15.2%

18.7%

*

22.2%

*

13.0%

*

17.8%

Utah

22.5%

26.2%

16.7%

*

12.6%

*

10.3%

*

26.7%

Wyoming

24.6%

26.1%

14.9%

*

28.3%

*

23.2%

*

25.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

23.5%

23.9%

15.7%

32.3%

*

13.0%

*

25.3%

California

23.0%

24.0%

20.3%

19.6%

16.1%

24.7%

Hawaii

27.2%

28.1%

33.1%

14.3%

*

18.2%

29.9%

Oregon

19.2%

22.9%

16.2%

*

2.3%

*

20.8%

18.7%

Washington

17.6%

19.6%

5.4%

*

21.8%

8.4%

*

19.9%

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

0.33%

0.50%

1.10%

0.97%

0.80%

0.47%

New England:

Connecticut

2.96%

3.11%

7.21%

*

6.01%

5.08%

*

2.95%

Maine

2.69%

2.60%

7.05%

*

5.74%

6.21%

1.98%

Massachusetts

2.86%

3.04%

7.86%

*

6.19%

*

4.58%

*

2.98%

New Hampshire

2.74%

2.98%

8.75%

*

4.48%

*

3.90%

*

3.31%

Rhode Island

4.24%

5.21%

6.63%

*

5.79%

*

6.00%

5.18%

Vermont

3.95%

4.33%

6.78%

7.39%

*

6.24%

*

4.24%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.65%

3.39%

8.85%

5.54%

2.55%

3.87%

New York

2.11%

2.11%

8.50%

6.44%

*

3.56%

2.64%

Pennsylvania

2.53%

3.10%

5.41%

8.71%

*

4.00%

2.44%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.85%

4.65%

8.39%

*

3.96%

*

2.50%

3.57%

Indiana

2.80%

3.72%

5.42%

*

1.96%

*

3.02%

*

3.39%

Michigan

2.63%

3.08%

5.86%

6.94%

*

3.22%

*

3.36%

Ohio

2.12%

2.25%

3.51%

*

7.13%

*

3.35%

*

2.77%

Wisconsin

2.47%

2.36%

7.80%

*

7.75%

5.73%

1.98%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.30%

3.58%

7.44%

*

6.56%

4.04%

3.68%

Kansas

2.27%

2.27%

7.12%

5.16%

*

4.08%

2.99%

Minnesota

2.83%

3.45%

6.26%

4.62%

2.43%

*

3.52%

Missouri

1.49%

1.68%

7.26%

*

5.81%

*

3.00%

1.92%

Nebraska

3.27%

3.55%

4.40%

*

8.14%

*

6.02%

2.87%

North Dakota

3.40%

3.24%

8.88%

7.11%

5.62%

3.78%

South Dakota

4.86%

4.55%

6.19%

*

10.43%

5.58%

5.15%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.24%

3.26%

7.76%

*

4.38%

*

2.98%

*

2.41%

District of Columbia

3.75%

4.23%

5.29%

*

4.33%

*

6.21%

*

3.70%

Florida

1.47%

1.35%

3.66%

9.01%

*

3.72%

*

2.35%

Georgia

2.86%

4.04%

4.31%

*

5.46%

*

4.65%

*

3.52%

Maryland

2.09%

3.47%

3.81%

*

6.50%

*

3.13%

2.88%

North Carolina

2.64%

3.38%

2.64%

*

7.62%

*

3.60%

2.98%

South Carolina

1.84%

2.15%

4.09%

*

6.39%

*

2.99%

*

2.08%

Virginia

2.75%

3.27%

7.34%

7.22%

*

7.58%

*

2.97%

West Virginia

1.82%

2.67%

7.19%

*

4.09%

*

2.45%

2.28%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.24%

2.94%

1.77%

*

7.99%

*

3.43%

*

2.54%

Kentucky

2.07%

2.60%

6.81%

*

6.71%

3.37%

*

2.52%

Mississippi

1.80%

2.68%

4.70%

5.83%

*

2.62%

2.83%

Tennessee

1.28%

2.41%

8.52%

*

4.35%

*

3.27%

*

2.68%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.15%

2.79%

3.07%

*

4.33%

*

2.14%

3.61%

*

Louisiana

1.47%

1.08%

2.87%

*

5.91%

*

3.74%

*

1.67%

Oklahoma

1.95%

2.97%

6.68%

*

3.30%

*

3.06%

*

2.52%

Texas

1.62%

1.90%

3.65%

*

7.94%

*

1.64%

2.12%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.99%

2.30%

11.92%

*

7.03%

*

3.03%

2.42%

Colorado

3.64%

4.19%

10.01%

*

7.11%

*

6.28%

4.56%

Idaho

2.74%

3.36%

6.36%

5.87%

*

5.44%

*

3.89%

Montana

4.12%

4.08%

10.28%

*

7.18%

*

7.57%

*

4.51%

Nevada

2.93%

2.87%

9.59%

*

0.00%

2.73%

*

3.44%

New Mexico

1.94%

2.78%

6.56%

*

8.84%

*

4.34%

*

2.24%

Utah

4.04%

4.52%

9.01%

*

6.50%

*

3.94%

*

4.89%

Wyoming

4.44%

6.14%

6.11%

*

10.47%

*

7.39%

*

4.68%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.05%

5.44%

4.36%

11.16%

*

5.75%

*

4.83%

California

1.43%

1.92%

2.71%

4.00%

3.57%

1.98%

Hawaii

2.78%

2.94%

7.92%

5.48%

*

3.53%

3.25%

Oregon

2.80%

3.89%

5.67%

*

2.29%

*

4.55%

3.83%

Washington

2.61%

3.15%

2.02%

*

5.39%

4.45%

*

3.21%

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.