State-by-state glance of Americans who have health insurance

By AP
Thursday, September 10, 2009

State-by-state glance of those insured

Here is a list of the percentage of insured people by type and state in 2008. The private insurance category includes both employer-sponsored and directly purchased plans; the government category includes Medicaid, Medicare and military plans.

State Private Government Not Covered
U.S. 66.7 29.0 15.4
Ala. 67.8 32.6 11.9
Alaska 62.1 30.2 19.8
Ariz. 59.5 31.3 19.5
Ark. 57.9 34.5 17.9
Calif. 62.3 28.0 18.6
Colo. 69.6 23.4 15.9
Conn. 74.9 27.0 10.0
Del. 72.5 29.5 10.9
DC 68.2 30.9 10.0
Fla. 61.7 30.6 20.1
Ga. 64.5 26.5 17.8
Hawaii 71.5 36.6 7.8
Idaho 71.1 25.8 15.5
Ill. 71.7 26.1 12.9
Ind. 70.6 28.4 12.3
Iowa 78.0 26.6 9.5
Kan. 72.7 26.4 12.1
Ky. 63.5 32.3 16.0
La. 58.6 29.7 20.0
Maine 67.9 37.9 10.4
Md. 75.3 24.4 12.1
Mass. 76.3 31.1 5.5
Mich. 72.6 29.0 11.7
Minn. 76.8 27.1 8.7
Miss. 56.7 36.6 17.9
Mo. 68.5 30.5 12.6
Mont. 66.4 31.3 16.2
Neb. 74.8 27.3 11.9
Nev. 66.3 21.9 18.8
N.H. 77.6 22.5 10.2
N.J. 72.7 23.7 14.1
N.M. 53.5 33.0 23.7
N.Y. 65.0 32.0 14.1
N.C. 64.6 32.4 15.4
N.D. 76.7 24.2 11.8
Ohio 71.2 28.5 11.5
Okla. 66.4 33.7 14.0
Ore. 69.7 26.4 16.3
Pa. 74.1 29.5 9.9
R.I. 70.7 30.2 11.8
S.C. 64.5 31.1 15.8
S.D. 72.3 31.0 12.5
Tenn. 60.9 35.1 15.1
Texas 55.7 27.3 25.1
Utah 78.1 17.0 13.2
Vt. 70.9 35.6 9.3
Va. 71.3 28.8 12.4
Wash. 69.1 30.4 12.4
W.Va. 66.3 36.1 15.1
Wis. 74.4 29.3 9.6
Wyo. 70.8 28.5 13.6

Note: Numbers will exceed 100 percent because many people have both private and government health insurance, such as supplemental private coverage for costs that Medicare does not cover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Filed under: Government, Politics, Society

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