Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Percent of People Without Health Insurance Coverage by State
1996-2000
1996 1997 1998r 1999r 2000
State Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
Alabama 12.9 15.5 15.8 13.2 13.6
Alaska 13.5 18.1 16.7 18.3 19.3
Arizona 24.1 24.5 22.5 20.0 16.0
Arkansas 21.7 24.4 17.6 14.5 13.7
California 20.1 21.5 20.5 19.0 17.9
Colorado 16.6 15.1 13.7 15.2 13.3
Connecticut 11.0 12.0 10.9 9.0 8.5
Delaware 13.4 13.1 13.2 9.9 10.6
District of Columbia 14.8 16.2 15.2 13.7 14.5
Florida 18.9 19.6 16.4 18.0 17.2
Georgia 17.8 17.6 16.3 15.0 14.4
Hawaii 8.6 7.5 8.8 10.3 10.2
Idaho 16.5 17.7 16.1 18.1 15.5
Illinois 11.3 12.4 13.6 13.0 13.4
Indiana 10.6 11.4 12.7 9.4 11.9
Iowa 11.6 12.0 8.2 7.6 8.8
Kansas 11.4 11.7 9.8 11.7 11.7
Kentucky 15.4 15.0 13.2 13.2 13.0
Louisiana 20.9 19.5 17.9 21.7 18.9
Maine 12.1 14.9 11.7 10.9 11.8
Maryland 11.4 13.4 14.7 10.9 9.9
Massachusetts 12.4 12.6 8.9 9.1 9.5
Michigan 8.9 11.6 12.0 10.1 9.8
Minnesota 10.2 9.2 8.3 7.3 9.0
Mississippi 18.5 20.1 18.5 15.6 12.9
Missouri 13.2 12.6 9.2 6.9 10.8
Montana 13.6 19.5 18.6 17.8 18.4
Nebraska 11.4 10.8 8.3 10.1 10.0
Nevada 15.6 17.5 18.5 18.3 15.7
New Hampshire 9.5 11.8 9.8 9.2 6.8
New Jersey 16.7 16.5 14.5 11.9 12.5
New Mexico 22.3 22.6 20.0 24.1 23.8
New York 17.0 17.5 15.7 15.1 15.1
North Carolina 16.0 15.5 13.9 14.3 12.9
North Dakota 9.8 15.2 13.5 11.4 11.5
Ohio 11.5 11.5 9.6 10.2 10.8
Oklahoma 17.0 17.8 17.3 16.4 19.3
Oregon 15.3 13.3 13.5 13.9 13.8
Pennsylvania 9.5 10.1 9.2 8.3 7.5
Rhode Island 9.9 10.2 8.5 6.1 6.2
South Carolina 17.1 16.8 13.8 15.6 12.0
South Dakota 9.5 11.8 13.4 10.8 11.7
Tennessee 15.2 13.6 11.8 10.3 10.3
Texas 24.3 24.5 23.2 22.0 21.4
Utah 12.0 13.4 13.0 13.2 13.4
Vermont 11.1 9.5 8.9 11.1 11.0
Virginia 12.5 12.6 13.0 13.0 12.7
Washington 13.5 11.4 10.9 13.8 13.7
West Virginia 14.9 17.2 15.7 15.6 14.3
Wisconsin 8.4 8.0 10.5 10.0 7.4
Wyoming 13.5 15.5 15.8 15.1 14.4
United States 15.6 16.1 15.0 14.3 14.0
r - revised.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Health Insurance Coverage: 1998 , (P60-208), October 1999; Health Insurance
Coverage: 1999, (P60-211), October 10, 2000; Health Insurance Coverage: 2000, (P60-215), September 2001.