US States With the Highest Went Without Care Over Costs

49 US states ranked by went without care over cost, from highest to lowest. First are Texas (18.8), Georgia (16.5) and Nevada (16.2). The middle one of the 49 has 11.3.

What this measures

Adults who needed to see a doctor in the past year but did not, because the cost stopped them. People report this themselves, so it records what they said held them back. 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	Texas	18.8
2	Georgia	16.5
3	Nevada	16.2
4	Tennessee	16.1
5	Arkansas	15.3
6	Mississippi	15.3
7	Florida	15.2
8	Alabama	14.8
9	South Carolina	14.4
10	Oklahoma	14.4
11	West Virginia	14.2
12	Wyoming	13.3
13	Arizona	13.3
14	Colorado	12.7
15	Missouri	12.5
16	Louisiana	12.4
17	Idaho	12.1
18	Kansas	12
19	New Jersey	11.9
20	New Mexico	11.7
21	South Dakota	11.6
22	Alaska	11.5
23	Utah	11.5
24	North Carolina	11.5
25	California	11.3
26	Oregon	11.3
27	Indiana	11.3
28	Illinois	11.1
29	Montana	11
30	Maine	10.5
31	New York	10.5
32	Maryland	10.4
33	Washington	10.3
34	Ohio	10.3
35	Delaware	10.1
36	Connecticut	10.1
37	Virginia	9.9
38	Michigan	9.88
39	Nebraska	9.48
40	Minnesota	9.42
41	Rhode Island	9.38
42	Wisconsin	9.33
43	District of Columbia	9.18
44	North Dakota	8.78
45	New Hampshire	8.61
46	Iowa	8.18
47	Vermont	7.93
48	Massachusetts	7.66
49	Hawaii	7.01

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