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VA health care: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: VA health care. 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: 1.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0.9 %
RI 1.2 %
DE 1.7 %
CT 1 %
NJ 0.7 %
MD 1.5 %
MA 1 %
VT 2.1 %
NH 2.1 %

Lowest: 0.7 to 1.5 %
Group 2: 1.5 to 1.8 %
Group 3: 1.8 to 2.1 %
Group 4: 2.1 to 2.4 %
Highest: 2.4 to 3.2 %

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	Wyoming	3.2
2	Alaska	3.1
3	South Dakota	3
4	Montana	2.9
5	West Virginia	2.8
6	Arkansas	2.6
6	Maine	2.6
6	South Carolina	2.6
9	Oklahoma	2.5
10	Nevada	2.4
10	New Mexico	2.4
10	North Carolina	2.4
13	Alabama	2.3
13	Florida	2.3
13	Nebraska	2.3
13	Virginia	2.3
17	Arizona	2.2
17	Hawaii	2.2
17	North Dakota	2.2
20	Georgia	2.1
20	Idaho	2.1
20	Mississippi	2.1
20	Missouri	2.1
20	New Hampshire	2.1
20	Vermont	2.1
26	Colorado	2
26	Kentucky	2
26	Tennessee	2
29	Oregon	1.9
29	Texas	1.9
31	Washington	1.8
31	Wisconsin	1.8
33	Delaware	1.7
33	Indiana	1.7
33	Iowa	1.7
33	Kansas	1.7
33	Minnesota	1.7
33	Ohio	1.7
39	Louisiana	1.6
40	Maryland	1.5
40	Michigan	1.5
40	Pennsylvania	1.5
43	California	1.2
43	Illinois	1.2
43	Rhode Island	1.2
43	Utah	1.2
47	Connecticut	1
47	Massachusetts	1
49	District of Columbia	0.9
50	New York	0.8
51	New Jersey	0.7

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.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by VA health care (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-va-health-care/

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