United States

27.6%

29.3%

22.2%

33.7%

27.1%

27.2%

New England:

Connecticut

22.9%

37.6%

24.5%

33.5%

20.7%

17.7%

Maine

30.7%

35.3%

*

26.1%

41.3%

32.6%

26.4%

Massachusetts

24.4%

23.5%

*

22.7%

30.2%

25.2%

21.9%

New Hampshire

28.9%

48.5%

39.1%

34.8%

21.9%

24.8%

Rhode Island

22.1%

22.6%

*

26.7%

32.3%

15.3%

27.1%

Vermont

26.2%

35.5%

22.4%

31.8%

25.8%

22.6%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

25.7%

25.5%

*

21.1%

29.2%

27.2%

24.5%

New York

26.3%

33.1%

26.7%

26.9%

24.1%

28.2%

Pennsylvania

24.1%

22.7%

21.3%

32.6%

21.4%

25.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

26.7%

25.4%

23.8%

28.8%

25.6%

27.8%

Indiana

18.3%

13.3%

*

9.8%

*

27.2%

21.9%

27.6%

Michigan

22.3%

21.1%

*

14.3%

25.8%

25.0%

25.4%

Ohio

23.1%

17.6%

*

16.7%

34.5%

26.1%

21.3%

Wisconsin

25.5%

28.6%

*

20.6%

29.7%

30.7%

24.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

23.1%

12.1%

*

21.0%

31.4%

30.4%

23.1%

Kansas

25.3%

18.0%

*

24.5%

*

35.9%

28.2%

21.6%

Minnesota

24.0%

30.8%

25.7%

30.3%

19.3%

25.2%

Missouri

25.9%

21.5%

*

26.9%

29.6%

27.7%

23.5%

Nebraska

27.2%

43.7%

28.1%

29.7%

23.7%

27.6%

North Dakota

30.3%

36.7%

*

27.3%

30.9%

33.3%

27.8%

South Dakota

30.8%

44.9%

27.2%

33.2%

29.5%

30.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

25.2%

27.6%

23.3%

30.2%

24.7%

23.1%

District of Columbia

28.6%

78.2%

.

22.4%

33.6%

19.0%

Florida

34.8%

49.5%

29.9%

35.9%

35.1%

31.4%

Georgia

32.7%

49.9%

25.9%

45.1%

26.9%

33.7%

Maryland

31.3%

44.3%

35.7%

29.3%

24.8%

37.0%

North Carolina

33.4%

42.6%

29.2%

48.6%

33.2%

25.9%

South Carolina

28.0%

36.5%

24.3%

32.8%

27.7%

29.6%

Virginia

32.3%

43.2%

24.6%

36.8%

30.7%

35.8%

West Virginia

23.7%

18.9%

*

14.1%

*

34.4%

27.6%

24.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

29.4%

33.1%

25.2%

43.0%

27.5%

28.2%

Kentucky

25.4%

31.3%

*

18.0%

36.6%

29.1%

24.5%

Mississippi

30.4%

41.9%

28.1%

35.0%

27.0%

33.9%

Tennessee

27.4%

35.8%

*

20.1%

36.7%

28.4%

29.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

27.5%

31.5%

16.2%

50.1%

35.1%

28.4%

Louisiana

32.2%

19.3%

28.4%

38.6%

32.5%

34.8%

Oklahoma

32.7%

43.6%

28.6%

31.1%

43.2%

30.1%

Texas

32.4%

34.6%

22.0%

34.5%

34.0%

35.1%

Mountain:

Arizona

33.6%

37.5%

21.8%

39.0%

37.9%

27.3%

Colorado

34.7%

36.9%

24.8%

*

48.0%

29.4%

30.5%

Idaho

23.6%

36.3%

21.9%

13.8%

*

31.4%

24.8%

Montana

33.4%

23.7%

*

29.5%

40.6%

42.7%

25.5%

Nevada

31.1%

29.7%

*

27.9%

32.8%

37.0%

26.1%

New Mexico

33.3%

10.6%

*

30.5%

47.6%

29.0%

25.9%

Utah

23.4%

25.5%

19.8%

25.6%

23.4%

24.2%

Wyoming

24.0%

30.2%

18.6%

37.0%

27.3%

20.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

24.3%

17.1%

*

25.5%

27.2%

30.1%

19.1%

California

27.7%

28.6%

24.1%

34.0%

26.0%

25.7%

Hawaii

23.5%

2.8%

*

32.5%

26.5%

16.8%

30.1%

Oregon

26.2%

18.0%

*

26.0%

*

31.0%

25.2%

26.4%

Washington

25.0%

12.4%

*

17.1%

*

40.9%

29.7%

21.5%

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

0.40%

1.48%

0.74%

0.47%

0.64%

0.64%

New England:

Connecticut

2.09%

8.84%

1.98%

5.04%

3.09%

1.96%

Maine

1.68%

12.15%

*

2.65%

4.53%

3.82%

5.29%

Massachusetts

1.00%

7.45%

*

2.78%

3.39%

1.35%

1.50%

New Hampshire

1.65%

9.69%

6.61%

4.13%

2.20%

1.82%

Rhode Island

1.90%

7.18%

*

5.05%

4.13%

2.07%

2.34%

Vermont

1.96%

8.87%

3.10%

5.11%

2.88%

7.83%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.91%

11.40%

*

4.29%

5.00%

3.85%

4.58%

New York

1.91%

6.05%

2.07%

2.42%

2.97%

1.87%

Pennsylvania

1.03%

5.48%

1.20%

2.72%

1.58%

2.05%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.86%

7.07%

5.77%

2.48%

2.53%

4.16%

Indiana

1.97%

9.39%

*

4.21%

*

3.91%

2.25%

3.23%

Michigan

1.38%

7.21%

*

1.54%

4.02%

3.33%

1.42%

Ohio

1.96%

6.00%

*

2.77%

2.83%

2.93%

1.87%

Wisconsin

1.56%

8.90%

*

1.48%

5.92%

3.33%

1.80%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.83%

8.05%

*

1.79%

3.04%

4.04%

2.58%

Kansas

1.49%

7.14%

*

7.79%

*

3.10%

4.32%

3.23%

Minnesota

1.78%

6.62%

4.70%

2.38%

5.09%

1.10%

Missouri

0.90%

9.27%

*

3.90%

3.16%

1.92%

2.71%

Nebraska

1.00%

10.85%

1.84%

2.72%

2.47%

1.99%

North Dakota

1.53%

11.09%

*

6.67%

3.15%

3.77%

7.02%

South Dakota

1.36%

9.69%

2.54%

3.13%

3.69%

6.95%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.56%

6.74%

3.76%

2.61%

5.60%

2.11%

District of Columbia

1.88%

22.31%

.

2.90%

2.02%

2.51%

Florida

1.97%

10.37%

2.36%

2.43%

4.18%

4.22%

Georgia

2.50%

8.42%

4.82%

6.42%

3.43%

4.06%

Maryland

2.12%

7.93%

6.56%

4.61%

2.27%

4.92%

North Carolina

2.26%

9.60%

3.79%

6.94%

2.17%

3.56%

South Carolina

1.31%

6.41%

3.55%

2.20%

4.48%

4.48%

Virginia

1.42%

6.59%

2.81%

3.42%

3.57%

5.25%

West Virginia

2.99%

7.41%

*

4.88%

*

5.80%

6.40%

2.13%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.74%

8.38%

2.97%

3.58%

1.02%

4.50%

Kentucky

1.88%

11.44%

*

2.85%

4.06%

3.89%

3.07%

Mississippi

2.00%

11.44%

3.21%

6.12%

5.92%

5.20%

Tennessee

1.53%

10.89%

*

1.99%

5.16%

3.18%

2.02%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.53%

6.53%

3.33%

6.24%

4.14%

2.66%

Louisiana

2.27%

5.48%

3.94%

4.69%

5.10%

3.64%

Oklahoma

3.25%

12.60%

5.64%

4.37%

5.13%

4.26%

Texas

1.62%

8.02%

2.51%

3.29%

2.70%

3.58%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.03%

5.49%

3.65%

3.68%

3.18%

3.70%

Colorado

2.56%

7.50%

7.93%

*

5.86%

4.07%

4.40%

Idaho

2.85%

8.15%

3.40%

5.55%

*

6.56%

3.50%

Montana

2.73%

9.50%

*

6.58%

4.26%

4.33%

2.56%

Nevada

2.61%

10.10%

*

7.53%

4.47%

6.15%

2.75%

New Mexico

3.68%

7.36%

*

6.42%

4.82%

1.99%

3.67%

Utah

1.64%

6.79%

2.43%

2.88%

5.29%

2.38%

Wyoming

1.80%

8.28%

2.87%

5.05%

7.85%

2.72%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.19%

9.73%

*

6.90%

3.18%

3.75%

2.91%

California

1.08%

3.89%

1.79%

1.71%

2.23%

1.49%

Hawaii

2.22%

6.23%

*

8.69%

4.37%

3.16%

3.23%

Oregon

1.43%

8.90%

*

9.33%

*

5.54%

5.60%

3.48%

Washington

2.40%

7.15%

*

6.83%

*

4.83%

2.64%

2.11%

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.