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Share covered by Medicare: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share covered by Medicare (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Health insurance by type by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 19.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 14.3 %
RI 22 %
DE 23.3 %
CT 20.3 %
NJ 18.5 %
MD 18.4 %
MA 19.8 %
VT 24.9 %
NH 23.7 %

Lowest: 13.2 to 18.6 %
Group 2: 18.6 to 19.8 %
Group 3: 19.8 to 21 %
Group 4: 21 to 22.2 %
Highest: 22.2 to 25.7 %

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	Maine	25.7
2	West Virginia	25.3
3	Vermont	24.9
4	New Hampshire	23.7
5	Montana	23.4
6	Delaware	23.3
7	New Mexico	23.1
8	Florida	23
8	Hawaii	23
10	South Carolina	22.4
11	Pennsylvania	22.2
12	Rhode Island	22
13	Michigan	21.9
14	Wisconsin	21.8
15	Oregon	21.7
16	Mississippi	21.6
17	Wyoming	21.5
18	Alabama	21.2
18	Arizona	21.2
18	Arkansas	21.2
21	Kentucky	21
21	Ohio	21
23	Missouri	20.7
24	Iowa	20.5
24	Louisiana	20.5
26	Connecticut	20.3
27	North Carolina	20.2
28	South Dakota	19.9
28	Tennessee	19.9
30	Massachusetts	19.8
30	New York	19.8
32	Idaho	19.5
32	Indiana	19.5
32	Minnesota	19.5
35	Kansas	19.4
36	Oklahoma	19.3
37	Illinois	19.1
37	Virginia	19.1
39	Nevada	18.8
40	Washington	18.7
41	Nebraska	18.6
42	New Jersey	18.5
43	Maryland	18.4
44	North Dakota	18.3
45	California	17.9
46	Georgia	17.5
47	Colorado	17.3
48	Alaska	16.4
49	Texas	15.2
50	District of Columbia	14.3
51	Utah	13.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2703: Private Health Insurance Coverage by Type and Selected Characteristics
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2704: Public Health Insurance Coverage by Type and Selected Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share covered by Medicare (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Tables S2703 and S2704; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-medicare/

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