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Children's share of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Children's share of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Medicaid and CHIP enrollment by state, June 2026, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: June 2026.

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Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 47.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 38.9 %
RI 40.5 %
DE 44.3 %
CT 40.2 %
NJ 46.3 %
MD 48 %
MA 42.9 %
VT 38.6 %
NH 49.9 %

Lowest: 36.6 to 40.5 %
Group 2: 40.5 to 44.9 %
Group 3: 44.9 to 48.1 %
Group 4: 48.1 to 52.4 %
Highest: 52.4 to 75.5 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Monthly enrollment reported by states to CMS; definitions of child and adult enrollment vary somewhat by state.


1	Texas	75.5
2	Alabama	71.7
3	Georgia	69.8
4	Kansas	69.5
5	Wyoming	67.5
6	Mississippi	66.2
7	Florida	64.1
8	South Carolina	62.2
9	Tennessee	59.3
10	South Dakota	54.6
11	Minnesota	52.4
12	Arkansas	51.4
13	Nebraska	51.3
14	Oklahoma	50.6
15	Louisiana	49.9
15	New Hampshire	49.9
17	Utah	49.6
18	Iowa	49.2
19	North Dakota	48.6
20	Idaho	48.4
21	North Carolina	48.1
22	Maryland	48
23	Virginia	47.8
24	Wisconsin	47.6
25	Indiana	47.5
26	Pennsylvania	46.9
27	New Jersey	46.3
28	Missouri	45.5
28	Washington	45.5
30	New Mexico	45.1
31	Illinois	44.9
32	Delaware	44.3
33	Colorado	44.2
34	Arizona	43.7
35	Nevada	43.5
36	Kentucky	43.4
36	Montana	43.4
38	Massachusetts	42.9
39	Ohio	42.5
40	Maine	41.8
41	Michigan	40.5
41	Rhode Island	40.5
43	Alaska	40.3
44	Connecticut	40.2
45	Hawaii	39.7
46	West Virginia	39.5
47	District of Columbia	38.9
48	Vermont	38.6
49	California	38.1
50	New York	38
51	Oregon	36.6

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State Medicaid and CHIP Applications, Eligibility Determinations, and Enrollment Data (Performance Indicator data), reporting period June 2026, updated reports
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator). Reference period: June 2026.

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U.S. states ranked by children's share of Medicaid and CHIP enrollment (%, derived) (June 2026). Data: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (with Census population), State Medicaid and CHIP Applications, Eligibility Determinations, and Enrollment Data (Performance Indicator data), reporting period June 2026, updated reports; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-childrens-share-of-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment/

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