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Health Insurance<br />

TABLE 6B — POPULATION NOT COVERED BY HEALTH INSURANCE<br />

MIDWEST STATES 2001<br />

<strong>State</strong>/Nation <strong>State</strong> Percent Midwest Rank<br />

Illinois United <strong>State</strong>s 13.6 14.6% 1-<br />

Kansas 11.4 2<br />

Missouri Illinois 10.2 13.6 31<br />

North Dakota 9.6 4<br />

Kansas 11.4 2<br />

Nebraska 9.5 5<br />

South Missouri Dakota 9.3 10.2 63<br />

Minnesota 8.0 7<br />

Wisconsin North Dakota 7.7 9.6 84<br />

<strong>Iowa</strong><br />

Nebraska<br />

7.5<br />

9.5<br />

9<br />

5<br />

U.S.<br />

South Dakota<br />

14.6<br />

9.3<br />

-<br />

6<br />

Minnesota 8.0 7<br />

Wisconsin 7.7 8<br />

<strong>Iowa</strong> 7.5 9<br />

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002.<br />

• <strong>Iowa</strong> reported the lowest percentage (7.5) <strong>of</strong> uninsured persons in the midwest<br />

and nation for 2001.<br />

• Nationally 14.6 percent <strong>of</strong> the population lacked insurance coverage in 2001.<br />

• Texas showed the highest level <strong>of</strong> uninsured at 23.4 percent.<br />

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