United States

15.3%

21.4%

19.5%

10.1%

8.4%

22.4%

New England:

Connecticut

16.1%

23.4%

16.6%

13.6%

*

6.7%

*

20.2%

Maine

12.1%

24.2%

10.7%

7.9%

6.4%

17.4%

Massachusetts

21.3%

22.2%

21.0%

21.2%

*

12.0%

27.1%

New Hampshire

11.0%

24.6%

13.5%

3.6%

*

3.2%

16.8%

Rhode Island

18.2%

12.5%

32.4%

3.8%

*

8.3%

27.0%

Vermont

15.2%

25.1%

17.9%

*

9.0%

5.3%

*

21.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

22.5%

21.6%

35.4%

17.5%

9.2%

*

31.2%

New York

13.9%

25.7%

16.9%

6.6%

8.3%

18.9%

Pennsylvania

16.2%

30.7%

15.1%

11.3%

*

7.2%

*

27.8%

East North Central:

Illinois

11.8%

17.2%

26.5%

*

2.9%

*

4.4%

19.4%

Indiana

15.4%

16.2%

*

16.6%

14.1%

12.0%

19.7%

Michigan

15.8%

27.8%

22.9%

*

4.4%

*

4.4%

*

25.5%

Ohio

10.7%

12.5%

18.1%

5.5%

*

6.0%

*

15.3%

Wisconsin

11.7%

17.6%

14.4%

8.7%

*

6.1%

*

18.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

13.8%

18.1%

*

18.1%

8.7%

*

7.6%

20.0%

Kansas

10.9%

15.5%

11.3%

8.3%

*

11.4%

10.1%

Minnesota

19.8%

26.4%

20.6%

*

17.9%

7.4%

*

30.5%

Missouri

23.1%

39.2%

27.1%

14.3%

*

18.2%

*

28.9%

Nebraska

12.8%

*

21.7%

19.5%

*

5.2%

*

5.9%

*

19.5%

North Dakota

17.2%

21.2%

34.0%

6.9%

*

7.7%

*

26.6%

South Dakota

10.6%

12.5%

14.6%

*

7.6%

*

6.4%

16.6%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

13.3%

*

18.8%

*

33.2%

2.5%

*

3.0%

*

27.2%

District of Columbia

12.5%

32.8%

14.9%

*

3.0%

*

2.1%

*

29.8%

Florida

17.9%

14.1%

23.6%

9.4%

*

9.9%

24.0%

Georgia

14.8%

17.2%

26.3%

*

7.0%

*

10.0%

*

22.7%

Maryland

11.7%

16.7%

10.4%

9.9%

*

6.1%

*

15.8%

North Carolina

16.1%

21.9%

19.3%

11.6%

*

12.1%

*

23.7%

South Carolina

12.3%

7.7%

16.5%

*

11.2%

*

6.5%

21.9%

Virginia

10.3%

19.4%

11.3%

*

4.7%

*

8.0%

12.2%

West Virginia

17.2%

18.5%

8.6%

*

21.3%

*

5.7%

32.5%

East South Central:

Alabama

12.4%

9.8%

11.7%

14.6%

*

9.7%

17.4%

Kentucky

15.7%

10.4%

25.7%

10.1%

*

8.2%

33.0%

Mississippi

10.1%

*

8.0%

*

16.4%

*

4.5%

*

6.3%

*

17.6%

*

Tennessee

12.9%

14.2%

19.3%

*

6.8%

*

12.4%

13.9%

*

West South Central:

Arkansas

12.9%

12.0%

20.1%

*

6.1%

*

6.8%

35.4%

Louisiana

9.4%

4.6%

*

14.0%

5.2%

*

5.4%

*

16.1%

Oklahoma

5.5%

9.3%

*

7.2%

*

2.8%

*

3.7%

*

8.0%

*

Texas

8.5%

14.5%

11.9%

4.6%

5.4%

13.7%

Mountain:

Arizona

11.8%

*

27.0%

*

12.6%

*

4.7%

*

7.6%

*

14.2%

Colorado

13.1%

22.4%

7.5%

*

12.5%

*

10.7%

*

16.1%

*

Idaho

16.9%

17.2%

28.9%

*

7.2%

*

6.0%

32.1%

Montana

16.2%

22.4%

36.7%

6.7%

*

7.7%

*

24.3%

Nevada

15.6%

17.8%

18.4%

*

11.8%

*

7.8%

*

27.5%

New Mexico

17.4%

21.9%

35.4%

2.9%

*

3.3%

*

32.6%

Utah

14.9%

23.8%

22.2%

3.0%

*

13.8%

*

15.9%

Wyoming

16.4%

12.2%

19.1%

14.7%

*

9.8%

*

24.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

18.7%

*

36.7%

18.4%

*

8.2%

*

11.2%

*

22.5%

*

California

18.8%

29.9%

17.9%

15.6%

9.2%

*

25.8%

Hawaii

28.4%

48.5%

27.0%

22.0%

17.8%

43.1%

Oregon

26.2%

39.4%

29.3%

15.7%

*

21.2%

32.0%

Washington

13.8%

*

15.9%

32.3%

6.5%

*

5.9%

*

23.9%

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

0.60%

0.95%

1.33%

0.61%

0.71%

1.30%

New England:

Connecticut

3.38%

4.86%

4.49%

4.75%

*

2.59%

*

4.96%

Maine

1.42%

5.35%

2.40%

1.89%

1.66%

2.85%

Massachusetts

3.81%

2.38%

3.41%

7.51%

*

2.69%

5.22%

New Hampshire

1.91%

4.34%

3.25%

1.37%

*

0.93%

2.48%

Rhode Island

4.06%

2.79%

8.44%

1.52%

*

2.18%

6.19%

Vermont

1.95%

3.63%

6.72%

*

2.25%

3.35%

*

4.38%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.37%

4.37%

6.98%

4.97%

4.83%

*

4.21%

New York

2.50%

3.87%

4.28%

1.42%

1.84%

2.59%

Pennsylvania

2.65%

4.55%

2.89%

5.04%

*

2.89%

*

4.25%

East North Central:

Illinois

3.12%

3.90%

8.25%

*

1.06%

*

0.79%

5.22%

Indiana

2.18%

6.01%

*

4.42%

3.32%

2.69%

4.42%

Michigan

3.15%

4.62%

7.24%

*

1.94%

*

1.78%

*

5.61%

Ohio

1.47%

2.26%

4.71%

2.22%

*

1.92%

*

2.19%

Wisconsin

3.01%

4.66%

3.80%

3.11%

*

2.05%

*

5.35%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.54%

5.65%

*

4.63%

3.03%

*

1.68%

5.89%

Kansas

1.05%

2.95%

2.37%

3.17%

*

3.12%

2.66%

Minnesota

2.68%

5.36%

6.39%

*

5.30%

3.11%

*

5.85%

Missouri

4.44%

8.80%

6.58%

6.36%

*

6.14%

*

6.71%

Nebraska

4.76%

*

6.48%

7.21%

*

4.87%

*

5.85%

*

4.74%

North Dakota

3.93%

3.47%

7.37%

2.56%

*

3.13%

*

6.58%

South Dakota

2.17%

3.16%

6.25%

*

2.41%

*

1.59%

5.08%

*

South Atlantic:

Delaware

4.63%

*

5.79%

*

9.64%

0.89%

*

1.06%

*

6.70%

District of Columbia

3.44%

4.74%

7.61%

*

3.89%

*

3.77%

*

4.63%

Florida

3.76%

4.11%

5.68%

3.62%

*

2.00%

6.74%

Georgia

3.11%

3.43%

11.61%

*

4.74%

*

5.14%

*

4.59%

Maryland

2.29%

3.02%

2.67%

3.67%

*

2.09%

*

2.62%

North Carolina

3.01%

3.05%

4.99%

5.28%

*

4.00%

*

3.70%

South Carolina

1.98%

2.27%

6.76%

*

3.89%

*

1.29%

4.87%

Virginia

1.17%

3.81%

5.76%

*

1.78%

*

2.00%

2.26%

West Virginia

4.22%

3.66%

2.77%

*

7.20%

*

1.22%

6.24%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.88%

2.84%

3.11%

4.65%

*

2.54%

4.47%

Kentucky

3.03%

2.34%

7.57%

3.24%

*

1.81%

9.06%

Mississippi

3.59%

*

4.37%

*

6.47%

*

3.21%

*

2.17%

*

7.17%

*

Tennessee

2.47%

2.83%

6.39%

*

3.11%

*

2.84%

4.62%

*

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.92%

1.83%

6.71%

*

1.88%

*

1.50%

8.96%

Louisiana

2.19%

4.86%

*

3.71%

2.87%

*

2.34%

*

4.59%

Oklahoma

1.14%

3.43%

*

3.91%

*

1.54%

*

1.47%

*

3.47%

*

Texas

0.95%

2.62%

2.33%

1.05%

1.28%

3.74%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.76%

*

8.09%

*

3.79%

*

2.35%

*

2.40%

*

4.10%

Colorado

3.01%

4.14%

3.17%

*

4.19%

*

4.50%

*

4.89%

*

Idaho

3.41%

4.55%

9.70%

*

3.53%

*

1.47%

6.47%

Montana

3.19%

5.42%

7.39%

2.10%

*

2.53%

*

5.21%

Nevada

4.21%

5.26%

5.68%

*

8.51%

*

4.01%

*

6.02%

New Mexico

4.77%

3.40%

9.52%

1.64%

*

1.38%

*

6.98%

Utah

2.11%

4.57%

5.47%

1.21%

*

5.93%

*

3.33%

Wyoming

3.68%

3.15%

5.29%

6.46%

*

3.00%

*

6.81%

Pacific:

Alaska

6.18%

*

9.06%

9.81%

*

10.73%

*

4.89%

*

7.58%

*

California

1.92%

3.59%

4.84%

3.18%

3.12%

*

2.72%

Hawaii

2.23%

6.09%

4.04%

3.89%

3.18%

4.65%

Oregon

3.81%

7.38%

6.81%

6.35%

*

6.34%

4.70%

Washington

4.19%

*

3.43%

8.93%

3.07%

*

3.95%

*

5.54%

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.