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U.S. states ranked by health insurance coverage: Uninsured

All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Health insurance coverage by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 8.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 4.5 %
RI 4.6 %
DE 6.9 %
CT 5.8 %
NJ 7.7 %
MD 6.3 %
MA 2.8 %
VT 4.2 %
NH 4.5 %

Lowest: 2.8 to 5.3 %
Group 2: 5.3 to 6.7 %
Group 3: 6.7 to 7.9 %
Group 4: 7.9 to 9.7 %
Highest: 9.7 to 16.7 %

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. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Texas	16.7
2	Georgia	12
3	Oklahoma	11.5
4	Nevada	11.4
5	Alaska	11
6	Florida	10.9
7	Arizona	10.3
7	Wyoming	10.3
9	New Mexico	10.1
10	Mississippi	9.7
10	Tennessee	9.7
12	Arkansas	9.4
13	Idaho	9.2
14	South Carolina	9
15	Montana	8.8
16	North Carolina	8.6
17	Kansas	8.5
18	Utah	8.3
19	Alabama	8.2
20	South Dakota	8.1
21	Colorado	7.9
22	Louisiana	7.7
22	Missouri	7.7
22	New Jersey	7.7
25	Indiana	7.5
26	Nebraska	7.1
27	Delaware	6.9
27	Illinois	6.9
27	Virginia	6.9
30	Kentucky	6.8
31	Ohio	6.7
32	Washington	6.5
33	Maryland	6.3
34	North Dakota	6.1
35	California	5.9
36	Connecticut	5.8
36	Pennsylvania	5.8
36	West Virginia	5.8
39	Maine	5.5
40	Iowa	5.4
41	Wisconsin	5.3
42	Oregon	5.2
43	Michigan	5.1
43	Minnesota	5.1
45	New York	5
46	Rhode Island	4.6
47	District of Columbia	4.5
47	New Hampshire	4.5
49	Vermont	4.2
50	Hawaii	3.5
51	Massachusetts	2.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2701: Selected Characteristics of Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by health insurance coverage: Uninsured (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2701; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-health-insurance-coverage-uninsured/

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