United States

20.1%

19.7%

19.4%

24.0%

17.5%

19.7%

New England:

Connecticut

20.9%

13.1%

*

26.5%

21.5%

18.1%

22.7%

Maine

21.5%

30.2%

25.8%

28.9%

15.3%

25.8%

Massachusetts

23.0%

28.1%

20.2%

28.2%

22.2%

19.8%

New Hampshire

24.1%

40.6%

24.7%

29.7%

16.3%

26.2%

Rhode Island

21.3%

8.2%

*

27.0%

26.3%

14.2%

29.1%

Vermont

20.1%

24.1%

18.1%

22.7%

17.7%

22.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

21.5%

26.6%

12.7%

25.8%

18.8%

23.7%

New York

20.4%

30.7%

22.0%

20.7%

17.6%

22.6%

Pennsylvania

18.9%

21.0%

20.6%

22.0%

16.7%

18.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

20.5%

8.8%

*

19.4%

23.6%

22.1%

18.0%

Indiana

21.1%

20.2%

*

17.9%

23.5%

22.0%

21.6%

Michigan

16.8%

14.4%

13.8%

18.8%

16.4%

18.0%

Ohio

21.6%

19.9%

*

24.5%

27.9%

19.1%

15.6%

Wisconsin

22.4%

23.5%

20.8%

26.6%

21.2%

21.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

18.2%

12.8%

15.4%

22.2%

20.1%

18.2%

Kansas

19.2%

21.7%

22.7%

21.4%

16.2%

18.2%

Minnesota

20.1%

12.0%

*

28.6%

23.7%

15.0%

19.9%

Missouri

23.2%

14.8%

*

19.4%

22.1%

18.0%

30.7%

Nebraska

23.0%

17.7%

*

23.1%

28.6%

21.0%

22.4%

North Dakota

19.7%

17.9%

*

24.1%

22.5%

16.3%

19.6%

South Dakota

21.0%

24.2%

19.3%

22.6%

21.2%

19.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

18.7%

20.1%

17.8%

22.8%

14.9%

*

18.8%

District of Columbia

20.3%

12.8%

*

.

14.7%

24.3%

14.9%

Florida

23.6%

21.0%

25.5%

25.7%

20.4%

23.4%

Georgia

23.4%

34.0%

21.0%

21.9%

22.8%

24.0%

Maryland

22.1%

22.0%

21.4%

25.7%

20.3%

20.6%

North Carolina

18.5%

13.4%

*

17.8%

29.2%

13.2%

15.6%

South Carolina

19.0%

25.7%

*

16.6%

22.6%

14.8%

20.0%

Virginia

23.5%

29.2%

21.7%

26.2%

21.1%

21.5%

West Virginia

21.4%

17.3%

10.5%

*

31.9%

20.9%

17.7%

East South Central:

Alabama

23.2%

25.6%

*

22.8%

28.5%

23.5%

17.1%

Kentucky

20.1%

25.3%

*

18.6%

25.5%

17.4%

18.3%

Mississippi

18.2%

1.7%

*

18.8%

20.0%

14.9%

22.5%

Tennessee

21.4%

18.2%

*

17.9%

29.2%

20.1%

20.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.9%

20.6%

*

16.9%

33.6%

15.5%

20.1%

Louisiana

21.4%

29.9%

22.9%

21.9%

21.1%

19.3%

Oklahoma

19.3%

14.2%

*

19.0%

18.5%

20.6%

20.7%

Texas

20.1%

20.4%

18.0%

27.5%

14.0%

18.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

19.2%

15.9%

17.3%

26.8%

14.1%

17.9%

Colorado

23.2%

24.3%

21.9%

26.0%

23.6%

18.9%

Idaho

11.6%

13.7%

21.6%

7.1%

*

14.0%

15.0%

Montana

13.4%

11.2%

*

12.5%

15.6%

10.7%

16.3%

Nevada

22.0%

4.5%

*

26.6%

26.0%

21.5%

21.1%

New Mexico

23.3%

36.7%

17.6%

27.6%

18.2%

19.2%

Utah

17.9%

17.0%

*

15.4%

24.1%

11.9%

20.5%

Wyoming

15.5%

9.0%

*

15.1%

19.2%

13.6%

19.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.4%

8.1%

*

12.7%

20.9%

10.0%

17.2%

California

17.3%

17.9%

*

18.5%

22.0%

13.8%

16.6%

Hawaii

11.8%

9.2%

*

13.3%

14.2%

4.6%

*

15.0%

Oregon

14.0%

5.5%

*

11.2%

18.5%

9.1%

17.5%

Washington

12.9%

8.7%

5.3%

*

19.1%

12.0%

13.5%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

United States

0.16%

1.45%

0.44%

0.22%

0.33%

0.48%

New England:

Connecticut

1.72%

8.29%

*

2.29%

2.11%

2.38%

1.80%

Maine

1.96%

6.45%

3.60%

3.06%

2.57%

5.73%

Massachusetts

1.21%

6.51%

2.90%

2.10%

2.12%

3.03%

New Hampshire

1.67%

5.33%

1.71%

4.21%

2.28%

3.57%

Rhode Island

0.98%

4.34%

*

4.29%

2.71%

1.26%

2.95%

Vermont

1.07%

5.61%

2.30%

4.21%

1.31%

4.88%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.43%

6.42%

2.38%

5.10%

2.68%

3.59%

New York

1.12%

6.83%

2.00%

2.63%

2.06%

1.56%

Pennsylvania

1.02%

3.85%

2.02%

2.10%

2.70%

1.84%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.67%

4.33%

*

0.85%

2.22%

1.61%

1.16%

Indiana

0.99%

9.96%

*

2.93%

3.43%

1.67%

3.42%

Michigan

0.91%

4.02%

1.23%

1.67%

2.52%

2.50%

Ohio

0.78%

9.13%

*

6.09%

2.71%

0.84%

2.20%

Wisconsin

0.83%

5.27%

0.89%

1.84%

2.19%

1.62%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.12%

3.73%

1.80%

2.81%

1.63%

2.72%

Kansas

1.46%

4.60%

3.58%

2.68%

2.15%

2.36%

Minnesota

1.64%

9.94%

*

2.87%

2.62%

2.59%

1.48%

Missouri

2.23%

9.42%

*

2.03%

1.55%

1.65%

4.94%

Nebraska

0.89%

9.89%

*

1.82%

2.39%

1.57%

2.29%

North Dakota

1.06%

6.69%

*

3.68%

2.64%

2.23%

2.50%

South Dakota

0.95%

4.51%

2.60%

1.93%

3.20%

3.47%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.94%

3.61%

2.78%

3.01%

4.97%

*

1.97%

District of Columbia

1.33%

6.25%

*

.

1.48%

2.20%

2.84%

Florida

1.14%

5.45%

3.19%

1.31%

1.43%

3.03%

Georgia

1.89%

7.79%

2.37%

2.33%

2.80%

3.97%

Maryland

0.98%

3.48%

2.20%

2.65%

2.17%

2.60%

North Carolina

2.01%

6.31%

*

2.70%

4.47%

1.74%

1.93%

South Carolina

0.77%

9.28%

*

1.98%

1.34%

2.15%

2.57%

Virginia

0.96%

5.88%

3.15%

2.38%

1.64%

3.41%

West Virginia

2.94%

4.90%

3.32%

*

3.10%

5.21%

2.47%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.93%

9.55%

*

2.76%

2.74%

1.55%

2.59%

Kentucky

0.78%

9.38%

*

3.01%

2.09%

1.74%

2.40%

Mississippi

2.00%

1.00%

*

2.88%

2.98%

2.77%

3.60%

Tennessee

0.71%

6.52%

*

1.54%

3.98%

1.62%

1.93%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.09%

7.54%

*

2.53%

3.19%

1.65%

2.76%

Louisiana

1.51%

7.05%

1.90%

4.04%

3.03%

2.16%

Oklahoma

1.70%

6.03%

*

3.49%

2.17%

2.24%

4.80%

Texas

0.84%

4.49%

2.19%

1.21%

1.59%

2.10%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.80%

4.65%

3.23%

1.78%

3.55%

4.06%

Colorado

1.13%

5.12%

4.65%

2.80%

1.80%

2.66%

Idaho

2.34%

4.07%

3.36%

3.55%

*

3.91%

1.88%

Montana

1.12%

5.30%

*

3.25%

2.88%

2.03%

2.46%

Nevada

2.31%

3.66%

*

7.43%

3.59%

5.37%

1.61%

New Mexico

2.57%

10.21%

4.54%

2.75%

2.68%

2.84%

Utah

0.62%

5.18%

*

1.93%

1.74%

1.22%

2.40%

Wyoming

1.83%

4.27%

*

3.48%

3.07%

2.26%

2.02%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.23%

4.43%

*

3.69%

1.95%

1.46%

2.09%

California

0.87%

6.21%

*

2.24%

0.57%

1.25%

0.81%

Hawaii

1.22%

5.48%

*

3.45%

1.68%

1.56%

*

3.31%

Oregon

1.13%

2.86%

*

2.01%

1.72%

1.89%

3.01%

Washington

1.07%

1.74%

1.96%

*

1.71%

2.16%

1.84%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.