Uninsured Rates By State
The United States Census Bureau regularly conducts the Current Population Survey (CPS), which includes estimates on health insurance coverage in the United States. The data is published annually in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). The data from 1999 to 2009 are reproduced below. As of 2009, the five states with the highest estimated percentage of uninsured are, in order, Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, and Georgia. The five states with the lowest estimated percentage of uninsured for the same year are, in order, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Vermont. These rankings for each year are highlighted below.
| Division | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14.0 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| Alabama | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 16.9 |
| Alaska | 18.3 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 17.7 |
| Arizona | 19.6 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 19.5 | 19.6 |
| Arkansas | 13.6 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 19.2 |
| California | 19.1 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 20.0 |
| Colorado | 15.3 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 15.3 |
| Connecticut | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Delaware | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 13.4 |
| District of Columbia | 14.0 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 12.4 |
| Florida | 17.8 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 22.4 |
| Georgia | 14.5 | 14.1 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 20.5 |
| Hawaii | 9.9 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 |
| Idaho | 18.0 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 15.2 |
| Illinois | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 14.8 |
| Indiana | 9.0 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 14.2 |
| Iowa | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.4 |
| Kansas | 11.4 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 13.3 |
| Kentucky | 12.3 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 |
| Louisiana | 21.1 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 20.1 | 16.0 |
| Maine | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 |
| Maryland | 10.4 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 14.0 |
| Massachusetts | 8.9 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| Michigan | 9.7 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 13.8 |
| Minnesota | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Mississippi | 15.2 | 12.9 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 17.6 |
| Missouri | 6.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 15.3 |
| Montana | 17.5 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 15.4 |
| Nebraska | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 |
| Nevada | 18.3 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 19.6 | 17.2 | 18.8 | 20.8 |
| New Hampshire | 8.6 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| New Jersey | 11.7 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 15.8 |
| New Mexico | 24.1 | 23.7 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 23.7 | 21.7 |
| New York | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| North Carolina | 13.5 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 17.9 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 18.0 |
| North Dakota | 10.8 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 10.7 |
| Ohio | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 14.3 |
| Oklahoma | 15.5 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 18.1 |
| Oregon | 13.3 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 17.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 11.4 |
| Rhode Island | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.3 |
| South Carolina | 14.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 17.0 |
| South Dakota | 10.1 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| Tennessee | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| Texas | 22.1 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 25.4 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 26.1 |
| Utah | 12.9 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
| Vermont | 10.3 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 9.9 |
| Virginia | 12.1 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 13.0 |
| Washington | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
| West Virginia | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 14.0 |
| Wisconsin | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
| Wyoming | 14.4 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 15.8 |
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