Online Extra...Databank USA: Uninsured Adults
By: Compiled by Jade Olubayo; Source: AARP Bulletin Date Posted: 2007-01-01 08:54:00-05:00
With health insurance premiums rapidly on the rise, 47 million Americans are uninsured and seven million of those are between the ages of 50 to 64. Here is how it breaks down by state (with the state’s national ranking in parentheses):
| STATE |
Percentage of Underinsured Adults Age 50-64, 2004 |
Persons Under Age 65 Without Health Insurance Percentage, 2004 |
| Alabama | 9.9 (43) | 15.2 (30) |
| Alaska | 12.3 (26) | 18.0 (16) |
| Arizona | 16.1 (6) | 19.7 (8) |
| Arkansas | 18.3 (4) | 19.1 (12) |
| California | 16.0 (7) | 20.8 (6) |
| Colorado | 15.4 (9) | 18.5 (15) |
| Connecticut | 12.0 (28) | 13.4 (37) |
| Delaware | 14.9 (12) | 16.5 (21) |
| District of Columbia | 12.1 (27) | 14.9 (32) |
| Florida | 18.2 (5) | 23.6 (3) |
| Georgia | 13.9 (14) | 19.1 (12) |
| Hawaii | 9.6 (47) | 11.2 (49) |
| Idaho | 15.6 (8) | 16.8 (20) |
| Illinois | 11.9 (29) | 15.8 (29) |
| Indiana | 11.3 (33) | 15.9 (27) |
| Iowa | 8.2 (51) | 10.9 (50) |
| Kansas | 10.8 (37) | 12.5 (46) |
| Kentucky | 13.4 (18) | 16.3 (23) |
| Louisiana | 20.9 (1) | 19.6 (9) |
| Maine | 11.4 (30) | 11.7 (48) |
| Maryland | 13.1 (21) | 16.4 (22) |
| Massachusetts | 9.9 (43) | 13.2 (38) |
| Michigan | 11.1 (35) | 13.2 (38) |
| Minnesota | 9.0 (49) | 9.9 (51) |
| Mississippi | 12.4 (25) | 19.4 (10) |
| Missouri | 11.2 (34) | 14.4 (34) |
| Montana | 13.5 (17) | 22.3 (5) |
| Nebraska | 12.8 (23) | 13.0 (41) |
| Nevada | 13.6 (16) | 20.8 (6) |
| New Hampshire | 9.8 (46) | 13.2 (38) |
| New Jersey | 10.9 (36) | 17.1 (18) |
| New Mexico | 15.4 (9) | 23.8 (2) |
| New York | 13.4 (18) | 16.1 (25) |
| North Carolina | 13.7 (15) | 17.5 (17) |
| North Dakota | 9.6 (47) | 13.0 (41) |
| Ohio | 10.5 (38) | 13.0 (41) |
| Oklahoma | 18.6 (3) | 23.1 (4) |
| Oregon | 11.4 (30) | 18.9 (14) |
| Pennsylvania | 10.2 (39) | 14.0 (35) |
| Rhode Island | 9.9 (43) | 12.9 (44) |
| South Carolina | 13.1 (21) | 16.9 (19) |
| South Dakota | 10.0 (40) | 13.8 (36) |
| Tennessee | 10.0 (40) | 16.3 (23) |
| Texas | 19.3 (2) | 27.6 (1) |
| Utah | 10.0 (40) | 15.2 (30) |
| Vermont | 15.2 (11) | 12.9 (44) |
| Virginia | 12.7 (24) | 16.0 (26) |
| Washington | 11.4 (30) | 14.6 (33) |
| West Virginia | 14.9 (12) | 19.3 (11) |
| Wisconsin | 8.3 (50) | 11.9 (47) |
| Wyoming | 13.2 (20) | 15.9 (27) |
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