United States

74.2%

91.8%

83.4%

64.7%

67.8%

82.3%

New England:

Connecticut

79.8%

92.8%

87.8%

73.8%

64.4%

89.3%

Maine

67.6%

93.8%

85.8%

54.8%

57.7%

80.6%

Massachusetts

87.1%

98.5%

87.3%

83.9%

81.0%

91.4%

New Hampshire

74.4%

96.5%

90.5%

60.7%

66.4%

81.7%

Rhode Island

78.7%

93.1%

88.9%

65.9%

72.1%

85.6%

Vermont

75.9%

97.0%

88.8%

63.4%

72.6%

78.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

83.7%

98.1%

82.3%

80.4%

77.8%

88.2%

New York

78.7%

97.4%

81.8%

70.7%

72.5%

85.2%

Pennsylvania

76.0%

94.1%

87.8%

65.4%

72.0%

81.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.9%

94.0%

84.6%

62.9%

66.2%

78.9%

Indiana

64.4%

87.1%

85.1%

49.8%

56.4%

78.3%

Michigan

69.3%

92.0%

85.3%

54.5%

59.0%

81.2%

Ohio

72.3%

95.9%

85.1%

60.2%

63.6%

83.8%

Wisconsin

70.9%

91.1%

80.3%

63.3%

63.6%

81.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

71.7%

93.2%

87.1%

58.4%

62.6%

84.1%

Kansas

72.4%

91.6%

85.3%

56.3%

63.4%

89.2%

Minnesota

73.8%

91.7%

90.3%

65.5%

68.4%

79.2%

Missouri

75.9%

95.8%

89.8%

63.2%

68.3%

87.5%

Nebraska

64.1%

87.5%

78.6%

52.6%

54.8%

76.7%

North Dakota

64.6%

90.9%

84.2%

53.7%

56.2%

75.8%

South Dakota

64.2%

89.8%

75.3%

55.4%

59.9%

71.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

81.8%

92.6%

88.9%

76.3%

81.6%

81.9%

District of Columbia

89.7%

95.3%

87.2%

88.2%

91.0%

87.6%

Florida

74.4%

93.0%

85.6%

51.6%

64.0%

84.9%

Georgia

74.4%

88.5%

78.6%

67.8%

70.6%

81.8%

Maryland

77.1%

92.5%

83.2%

64.8%

67.5%

86.2%

North Carolina

68.8%

82.6%

85.9%

56.9%

62.9%

84.1%

South Carolina

74.4%

89.4%

80.4%

67.5%

70.3%

82.2%

Virginia

71.0%

91.4%

81.5%

59.0%

62.5%

80.2%

West Virginia

72.0%

89.0%

80.2%

64.2%

61.8%

92.3%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.2%

94.7%

88.5%

65.3%

76.3%

85.2%

Kentucky

80.2%

92.4%

86.8%

73.2%

78.8%

83.6%

Mississippi

64.4%

86.3%

77.5%

48.4%

59.0%

78.5%

Tennessee

76.9%

92.2%

82.1%

66.8%

74.1%

82.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

68.4%

73.5%

79.7%

59.0%

68.5%

68.1%

Louisiana

69.9%

80.1%

83.5%

55.6%

65.5%

78.9%

Oklahoma

75.2%

89.3%

80.6%

67.9%

69.2%

85.7%

Texas

72.5%

83.5%

76.2%

67.6%

69.2%

78.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

79.7%

91.7%

75.6%

76.6%

70.1%

86.5%

Colorado

71.0%

87.9%

86.2%

59.5%

70.5%

71.6%

Idaho

69.3%

81.8%

82.8%

59.1%

66.2%

74.2%

Montana

55.2%

84.8%

63.3%

48.9%

45.4%

69.6%

Nevada

74.9%

92.1%

85.2%

61.4%

72.8%

78.4%

New Mexico

68.8%

93.0%

66.9%

59.2%

61.2%

79.5%

Utah

70.5%

78.8%

89.4%

54.1%

60.2%

83.2%

Wyoming

55.0%

69.1%

70.4%

40.2%

52.8%

58.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

50.4%

83.3%

56.1%

39.1%

44.2%

54.5%

California

74.4%

90.2%

83.1%

65.9%

68.1%

79.8%

Hawaii

94.0%

100.0%

98.5%

90.1%

92.1%

96.9%

Oregon

70.1%

91.3%

79.8%

56.3%

62.8%

80.7%

Washington

73.9%

94.1%

77.1%

68.9%

72.3%

76.2%

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.

United States

0.48%

0.45%

0.59%

0.61%

0.79%

0.93%

New England:

Connecticut

1.42%

3.62%

3.88%

3.94%

6.75%

3.44%

Maine

3.07%

3.36%

5.24%

3.68%

4.48%

3.47%

Massachusetts

1.85%

1.12%

5.35%

2.30%

3.21%

4.20%

New Hampshire

3.19%

2.91%

1.91%

6.32%

5.38%

4.28%

Rhode Island

2.70%

3.37%

3.89%

5.10%

5.06%

2.48%

Vermont

2.81%

1.46%

2.44%

7.54%

5.29%

4.14%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.72%

0.76%

6.76%

6.03%

7.31%

3.63%

New York

1.89%

1.25%

3.21%

3.55%

3.87%

1.86%

Pennsylvania

4.22%

2.26%

6.40%

6.75%

6.17%

5.98%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.30%

1.57%

4.22%

4.36%

3.12%

4.19%

Indiana

3.65%

3.62%

5.26%

2.78%

4.09%

6.13%

Michigan

4.26%

3.09%

4.53%

7.91%

5.61%

3.41%

Ohio

4.61%

1.17%

5.24%

6.19%

5.62%

4.95%

Wisconsin

3.44%

2.70%

4.72%

4.97%

4.93%

3.60%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.51%

2.64%

2.26%

5.81%

4.74%

3.56%

Kansas

2.80%

1.94%

3.66%

7.09%

3.72%

2.33%

Minnesota

1.69%

2.30%

3.29%

6.01%

4.99%

3.31%

Missouri

2.38%

1.98%

4.10%

6.39%

3.94%

5.99%

Nebraska

2.27%

2.67%

8.03%

4.35%

5.89%

6.70%

North Dakota

3.97%

2.85%

4.63%

6.20%

5.48%

4.92%

South Dakota

6.28%

2.53%

7.87%

8.11%

7.69%

6.90%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.48%

2.41%

4.25%

6.01%

7.15%

4.75%

District of Columbia

4.33%

1.41%

7.85%

11.07%

8.24%

4.38%

Florida

4.55%

2.43%

4.42%

8.43%

5.49%

3.99%

Georgia

5.32%

2.84%

7.17%

9.65%

7.58%

5.69%

Maryland

3.18%

2.88%

5.15%

7.74%

5.33%

2.82%

North Carolina

3.55%

3.93%

5.27%

7.25%

4.89%

3.30%

South Carolina

1.64%

3.34%

4.93%

4.07%

3.60%

2.96%

Virginia

4.89%

2.51%

6.53%

6.88%

7.21%

4.64%

West Virginia

5.10%

2.11%

3.79%

6.81%

4.99%

4.61%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.19%

1.39%

5.31%

5.16%

3.89%

3.26%

Kentucky

3.80%

2.92%

4.74%

8.15%

4.05%

4.25%

Mississippi

3.34%

4.06%

7.32%

3.26%

3.99%

6.18%

Tennessee

2.93%

3.10%

5.57%

5.23%

4.13%

5.59%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.98%

4.81%

4.27%

9.51%

3.44%

5.81%

Louisiana

5.72%

2.99%

6.31%

9.64%

7.05%

6.69%

Oklahoma

3.07%

2.29%

3.79%

6.87%

3.18%

3.87%

Texas

3.43%

3.21%

4.85%

6.31%

3.55%

6.42%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.69%

4.03%

7.94%

5.15%

3.53%

2.39%

Colorado

2.95%

4.16%

2.47%

5.32%

6.42%

4.61%

Idaho

5.62%

4.37%

9.89%

8.59%

6.57%

5.61%

Montana

3.00%

4.46%

7.93%

3.98%

3.72%

5.11%

Nevada

3.27%

2.65%

3.36%

8.84%

6.98%

3.86%

New Mexico

3.98%

4.35%

9.37%

5.21%

5.57%

5.75%

Utah

4.33%

3.94%

3.37%

6.05%

5.64%

5.37%

Wyoming

4.32%

4.07%

5.63%

6.27%

6.53%

5.73%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.31%

5.29%

8.60%

7.54%

5.76%

5.04%

California

1.87%

1.97%

3.81%

2.13%

1.82%

3.02%

Hawaii

1.58%

0.00%

1.59%

2.53%

2.63%

1.90%

Oregon

2.85%

5.64%

9.34%

7.16%

5.76%

5.45%

Washington

4.17%

1.56%

6.53%

7.34%

7.75%

3.10%

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.