US States With the Highest Has Health Insurance

49 US states ranked by has health insurance, from highest to lowest. First are Hawaii (97.2), Massachusetts (96.9) and District of Columbia (96.8). The middle one of the 49 has 92.

What this measures

Adults with any kind of health insurance. Neither end is marked as better here, just as for the county version of this measure. Source: .

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	Hawaii	97.2
2	Massachusetts	96.9
3	District of Columbia	96.8
4	Vermont	95.4
5	New Hampshire	95.2
6	North Dakota	95
7	Michigan	94.9
8	Louisiana	94.2
9	Minnesota	94
10	New York	93.7
11	West Virginia	93.7
12	Oregon	93.6
13	Iowa	93.6
14	Rhode Island	93.6
15	Ohio	93.1
16	Wisconsin	93
17	Maine	92.8
18	Missouri	92.8
19	Illinois	92.6
20	Delaware	92.5
21	California	92.3
22	Washington	92.3
23	Maryland	92.3
24	Alaska	92.1
25	Indiana	92
26	Connecticut	91.4
27	Utah	91.2
28	South Dakota	91.2
29	Virginia	91.1
30	Kansas	91
31	Montana	90.7
32	Alabama	90.5
33	Nebraska	90.4
34	Idaho	90.2
35	Colorado	90.1
36	New Jersey	89.8
37	Tennessee	89.7
38	North Carolina	89.6
39	Oklahoma	89.3
40	New Mexico	89.2
41	Arizona	88.5
42	Mississippi	88
43	South Carolina	88
44	Arkansas	87.9
45	Wyoming	87.8
46	Florida	86.4
47	Georgia	86.2
48	Nevada	85.5
49	Texas	80.9

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