Number of Persons Covered and Not Covered by Health Insurance, by State: 1995
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Standard Standard Not Standard Percent
State Total error Covered error covered error not Standard
(thous.) (thous.) (thous.) (thous.) (thous.) (thous.) covered error
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United States . . . . 264,315 (X) 223,733 (X) 40,582 436 15.4 0.2
Alabama. . . . . . . . . 4,399 145 3,804 135 595 54 13.5 1.1
Alaska . . . . . . . . . 631 21 552 20 79 8 12.5 1.1
Arizona. . . . . . . . . 4,346 141 3,461 126 885 64 20.4 1.3
Arkansas . . . . . . . . 2,533 84 2,079 76 454 36 17.9 1.3
California . . . . . . . 32,118 409 25,517 372 6,601 199 20.6 0.6
Colorado . . . . . . . . 3,812 129 3,248 120 564 50 14.8 1.2
Connecticut. . . . . . . 3,287 125 2,998 119 289 37 8.8 1.1
Delaware . . . . . . . . 714 27 602 25 112 11 15.7 1.4
District of
Columbia. . . . . . . . 555 21 459 19 96 9 17.3 1.4
Florida. . . . . . . . . 14,352 250 11,724 227 2,628 110 18.3 0.7
Georgia. . . . . . . . . 7,267 217 5,966 198 1,301 93 17.9 1.2
Hawaii . . . . . . . . . 1,188 45 1,082 43 106 13 8.9 1.1
Idaho. . . . . . . . . . 1,154 39 993 36 161 14 14.0 1.2
Illinois . . . . . . . . 11,798 231 10,504 219 1,294 79 11.0 0.6
Indiana. . . . . . . . . 5,688 192 4,972 180 716 69 12.6 1.1
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . 2,896 99 2,569 93 327 33 11.3 1.1
Kansas . . . . . . . . . 2,539 89 2,223 83 316 31 12.4 1.2
Kentucky . . . . . . . . 3,894 130 3,327 120 567 50 14.6 1.2
Louisiana. . . . . . . . 4,313 139 3,428 124 885 64 20.5 1.3
Maine. . . . . . . . . . 1,226 47 1,060 43 166 17 13.5 1.3
Maryland . . . . . . . . 5,133 182 4,350 168 783 72 15.3 1.3
Massachusetts. . . . . . 6,071 152 5,400 143 671 51 11.1 0.8
Michigan . . . . . . . . 9,644 203 8,706 193 938 65 9.7 0.6
Minnesota. . . . . . . . 4,630 156 4,260 149 370 44 8.0 0.9
Mississippi. . . . . . . 2,690 90 2,159 81 531 40 19.7 1.3
Missouri . . . . . . . . 5,172 182 4,416 169 756 71 14.6 1.3
Montana. . . . . . . . . 873 29 762 27 111 10 12.7 1.1
Nebraska . . . . . . . . 1,653 58 1,504 55 149 17 9.0 1.0
Nevada . . . . . . . . . 1,563 57 1,271 52 292 25 18.7 1.4
New Hampshire. . . . . . 1,141 46 1,027 43 114 14 10.0 1.2
New Jersey . . . . . . . 7,903 173 6,782 161 1,121 66 14.2 0.8
New Mexico . . . . . . . 1,807 59 1,344 51 463 30 25.6 1.4
New York . . . . . . . . 18,301 267 15,522 248 2,779 108 15.2 0.5
North Carolina . . . . . 6,947 174 5,951 162 996 67 14.3 0.9
North Dakota . . . . . . 638 22 585 21 53 6 8.3 1.0
Ohio . . . . . . . . . . 11,230 228 9,894 215 1,336 81 11.9 0.7
Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 3,206 105 2,591 95 615 46 19.2 1.3
Oregon . . . . . . . . . 3,220 115 2,817 107 403 41 12.5 1.2
Pennsylvania . . . . . . 12,044 229 10,849 218 1,195 74 9.9 0.6
Rhode Island . . . . . . 963 37 839 35 124 13 12.9 1.3
South Carolina . . . . . 3,751 134 3,205 124 546 51 14.6 1.3
South Dakota . . . . . . 716 24 649 23 67 7 9.4 1.0
Tennessee. . . . . . . . 5,483 186 4,669 172 814 72 14.8 1.2
Texas. . . . . . . . . . 18,805 315 14,190 277 4,615 162 24.5 0.8
Utah . . . . . . . . . . 2,002 64 1,767 60 235 22 11.7 1.0
Vermont. . . . . . . . . 598 23 519 21 79 8 13.2 1.3
Virginia . . . . . . . . 6,383 210 5,521 196 862 78 13.5 1.1
Washington . . . . . . . 5,435 194 4,759 181 676 69 12.4 1.2
West Virginia. . . . . . 1,799 58 1,523 53 276 23 15.3 1.2
Wisconsin. . . . . . . . 5,321 175 4,930 169 391 48 7.3 0.9
Wyoming. . . . . . . . . 483 17 406 15 77 7 15.9 1.3
(x)-Not applicable
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1996 Current Population Survey
Contact the Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
at 301-763-8576 (hhes-info@census.gov) for further information.
