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Public coverage: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Public coverage. 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

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table S2703) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Table S2704) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 35.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 34 %
RI 37.2 %
DE 36.1 %
CT 37.7 %
NJ 32.1 %
MD 33.7 %
MA 34.8 %
VT 41.1 %
NH 34.3 %

Lowest: 21.3 to 32.6 %
Group 2: 32.6 to 34.6 %
Group 3: 34.6 to 36.9 %
Group 4: 36.9 to 39.5 %
Highest: 39.5 to 48.1 %

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	New Mexico	48.1
2	West Virginia	45.5
3	Louisiana	44.2
4	Kentucky	43.1
5	New York	42.7
6	Oregon	41.1
6	Vermont	41.1
8	Arkansas	40
9	Maine	39.9
10	Hawaii	39.6
11	Mississippi	39.5
12	Michigan	38.5
13	California	38.4
14	Connecticut	37.7
15	Oklahoma	37.5
15	Pennsylvania	37.5
17	Montana	37.4
18	North Carolina	37.3
19	Rhode Island	37.2
20	Ohio	37
21	South Carolina	36.9
22	Alaska	36.6
23	Alabama	36.1
23	Delaware	36.1
25	Indiana	35.9
26	Iowa	35.7
27	Arizona	35.3
28	Missouri	34.9
29	Massachusetts	34.8
30	Nevada	34.6
30	Washington	34.6
32	Florida	34.5
33	New Hampshire	34.3
33	Wisconsin	34.3
35	Tennessee	34.1
36	District of Columbia	34
37	Illinois	33.9
38	Maryland	33.7
39	South Dakota	32.9
40	Idaho	32.7
41	Virginia	32.6
42	Wyoming	32.3
43	Minnesota	32.2
44	New Jersey	32.1
45	Colorado	31.1
46	Georgia	30.7
47	Nebraska	30.4
48	Kansas	29.8
49	North Dakota	26.9
50	Texas	26.8
51	Utah	21.3

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 public coverage (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-public-coverage/

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