Change in Uninsured Rate
Definition
Percent change in uninsured rate, 2008-2011.
Description
Health insurance provides important protection for a household’s assets by reducing expenses incurred from a medical emergency or the treatment of a chronic illness that might otherwise require a family to spend down long-term savings, sell off assets or go into debt. This indicator tracks the change, over time, of the population under 65 years old without health insurance.
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Change in Uninsured Rate
| State | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| United States |
17.0% |
17.2% |
17.7% |
17.3% |
| Alabama |
16.1% |
15.9% |
16.8% |
16.5% |
| Alaska |
21.4% |
22.8% |
21.3% |
21.7% |
| Arizona |
21.2% |
19.8% |
19.4% |
19.9% |
| Arkansas |
20.8% |
19.7% |
20.3% |
19.9% |
| California |
19.7% |
20.1% |
20.7% |
20.2% |
| Colorado |
19.0% |
17.5% |
17.8% |
16.9% |
| Connecticut |
10.2% |
10.1% |
10.4% |
10.1% |
| Delaware |
11.8% |
11.8% |
11.3% |
10.9% |
| District of Columbia |
8.7% |
7.8% |
8.4% |
7.7% |
| Florida |
24.8% |
24.9% |
25.4% |
25.0% |
| Georgia |
20.7% |
21.2% |
21.9% |
21.8% |
| Hawaii |
7.8% |
8.0% |
9.0% |
8.2% |
| Idaho |
20.0% |
19.6% |
20.2% |
18.9% |
| Illinois |
14.2% |
15.0% |
15.5% |
14.8% |
| Indiana |
15.7% |
16.2% |
16.9% |
16.5% |
| Iowa |
10.5% |
10.0% |
10.8% |
10.4% |
| Kansas |
13.8% |
14.9% |
15.9% |
14.3% |
| Kentucky |
16.1% |
16.6% |
17.5% |
16.6% |
| Louisiana |
20.0% |
19.6% |
20.2% |
19.9% |
| Maine |
12.7% |
12.4% |
12.0% |
12.7% |
| Maryland |
12.3% |
12.5% |
12.6% |
11.7% |
| Massachusetts |
4.6% |
4.8% |
5.0% |
4.9% |
| Michigan |
13.1% |
14.0% |
14.3% |
13.6% |
| Minnesota |
9.8% |
10.3% |
10.3% |
10.1% |
| Mississippi |
20.2% |
20.3% |
20.8% |
20.3% |
| Missouri |
14.9% |
15.1% |
15.2% |
15.8% |
| Montana |
21.2% |
21.1% |
20.2% |
21.3% |
| Nebraska |
12.7% |
13.6% |
13.2% |
13.1% |
| Nevada |
23.8% |
24.5% |
25.4% |
24.7% |
| New Hampshire |
12.2% |
11.7% |
12.8% |
12.1% |
| New Jersey |
13.9% |
14.3% |
15.0% |
14.8% |
| New Mexico |
24.2% |
22.5% |
22.4% |
22.7% |
| New York |
13.3% |
12.9% |
13.5% |
13.0% |
| North Carolina |
18.0% |
18.3% |
19.1% |
18.7% |
| North Dakota |
12.1% |
11.2% |
11.3% |
11.3% |
| Ohio |
13.4% |
14.0% |
14.2% |
13.8% |
| Oklahoma |
22.3% |
21.5% |
21.7% |
21.5% |
| Oregon |
18.7% |
19.5% |
19.8% |
18.2% |
| Pennsylvania |
10.9% |
11.5% |
11.9% |
11.8% |
| Rhode Island |
12.0% |
13.0% |
14.0% |
12.5% |
| South Carolina |
19.9% |
19.4% |
20.2% |
19.4% |
| South Dakota |
13.5% |
15.1% |
14.4% |
13.8% |
| Tennessee |
15.5% |
16.3% |
16.5% |
16.9% |
| Texas |
26.5% |
26.3% |
26.2% |
25.4% |
| Utah |
16.9% |
15.9% |
16.8% |
16.7% |
| Vermont |
10.4% |
10.0% |
9.4% |
7.7% |
| Virginia |
13.4% |
13.4% |
14.7% |
14.1% |
| Washington |
14.7% |
15.1% |
16.1% |
16.1% |
| West Virginia |
18.6% |
16.7% |
17.3% |
17.7% |
| Wisconsin |
10.4% |
10.7% |
10.8% |
10.3% |
| Wyoming |
15.7% |
17.2% |
16.9% |
17.5% |
American Community Survey. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2008-2011.
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