States by Uninsured Rate
The uninsured rate is the share of the population with no health insurance coverage — influenced heavily by Medicaid eligibility and employer coverage.
All 52 states ranked by Uninsured Rate, from lowest to highest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.
| # | States | Uninsured Rate ↑ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | 2.6% |
| 2 | District of Columbia | 3.4% |
| 3 | Hawaii | 3.7% |
| 4 | Vermont | 3.9% |
| 5 | Rhode Island | 4.3% |
| 6 | Minnesota | 4.6% |
| 7 | Iowa | 4.9% |
| 8 | Michigan | 5.0% |
| 9 | New York | 5.1% |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 5.3% |
| 11 | Connecticut | 5.3% |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 5.5% |
| 13 | Pennsylvania | 5.6% |
| 14 | Kentucky | 5.9% |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 6.2% |
| 16 | Maryland | 6.2% |
| 17 | Delaware | 6.2% |
| 18 | West Virginia | 6.2% |
| 19 | Oregon | 6.2% |
| 20 | Washington | 6.4% |
| 21 | Ohio | 6.4% |
| 22 | Maine | 6.6% |
| 23 | North Dakota | 6.7% |
| 24 | California | 6.9% |
| 25 | Illinois | 7.0% |
| 26 | Virginia | 7.1% |
| 27 | New Jersey | 7.4% |
| 28 | Nebraska | 7.4% |
| 29 | Indiana | 7.6% |
| 30 | Colorado | 7.7% |
| 31 | Louisiana | 8.1% |
| 32 | Montana | 8.4% |
| 33 | Utah | 8.7% |
| 34 | Kansas | 8.9% |
| 35 | Arkansas | 9.0% |
| 36 | Missouri | 9.2% |
| 37 | Idaho | 9.3% |
| 38 | South Dakota | 9.3% |
| 39 | Alabama | 9.4% |
| 40 | New Mexico | 9.5% |
| 41 | South Carolina | 10.0% |
| 42 | Tennessee | 10.1% |
| 43 | North Carolina | 10.4% |
| 44 | Arizona | 10.6% |
| 45 | Alaska | 11.2% |
| 46 | Nevada | 11.3% |
| 47 | Wyoming | 11.6% |
| 48 | Mississippi | 11.6% |
| 49 | Florida | 11.9% |
| 50 | Georgia | 12.6% |
| 51 | Oklahoma | 13.4% |
| 52 | Texas | 17.4% |