STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] -------------------------------------- ---------------- Health Insurance-- persons not covered, 1995 STATE --------------- ---------------- 1,000 Rank Percent Rank -------------------------------------- ---------------- United States 40,582 X 15.4 X Alabama 595 22 13.5 25 Alaska 79 46 12.5 32 Arizona 885 12 20.4 5 Arkansas 454 28 17.9 10 California 6,601 1 20.6 3 Colorado 564 24 14.8 17 Connecticut 289 35 8.8 47 Delaware 112 43 15.7 13 District of Columbia 96 X 17.3 X Florida 2,628 4 18.3 9 Georgia 1,301 6 17.9 10 Hawaii 106 45 8.9 46 Idaho 161 39 14.0 24 Illinois 1,294 7 11.0 40 Indiana 716 18 12.6 31 Iowa 327 32 11.3 38 Kansas 316 33 12.4 34 Kentucky 567 23 14.6 19 Louisiana 885 12 20.5 4 Maine 166 38 13.5 25 Maryland 783 16 15.3 14 Massachusetts 671 20 11.1 39 Michigan 938 11 9.7 43 Minnesota 370 31 8.0 49 Mississippi 531 26 19.7 6 Missouri 756 17 14.6 19 Montana 111 44 12.7 30 Nebraska 149 40 9.0 45 Nevada 292 34 18.7 8 New Hampshire 114 42 10.0 41 New Jersey 1,121 9 14.2 23 New Mexico 463 27 25.6 1 New York 2,779 3 15.2 16 North Carolina 996 10 14.3 22 North Dakota 53 50 8.3 48 Ohio 1,336 5 11.9 36 Oklahoma 615 21 19.2 7 Oregon 403 29 12.5 32 Pennsylvania 1,195 8 9.9 42 Rhode Island 124 41 12.9 29 South Carolina 546 25 14.6 19 South Dakota 67 49 9.4 44 Tennessee 814 15 14.8 17 Texas 4,615 2 24.5 2 Utah 235 37 11.7 37 Vermont 79 46 13.2 28 Virginia 862 14 13.5 25 Washington 676 19 12.4 34 West Virginia 276 36 15.3 14 Wisconsin 391 30 7.3 50 Wyoming 77 48 15.9 12 -------------------------------------- ---------------- X Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-11.