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Percentage Without Health Insurance by State ( 2021 )
% Uninsured
% Uninsured
Rank
Rank
2021
2010
2010
Change
Rank
1 Massachusetts
2.5 %
4.4 %
1
-1.9%
49
2 Vermont
3.7 %
8.0 %
3
-4.3%
41
3 Hawaii
3.9 %
7.9 %
2
-4.0%
42
4 Rhode Island
4.3 %
12.2 %
16
-7.9%
13
5 Minnesota
4.5 %
9.1 %
4
-4.6%
36
6 Iowa
4.8 %
9.3 %
6
-4.5%
37
7 Michigan
5.0 %
12.4 %
18
-7.4%
17
8 New Hampshire
5.1 %
11.1 %
12
-6.0%
28
9 Connecticut
5.2 %
9.1 %
4
-3.9%
45
9 New York
5.2 %
11.9 %
15
-6.7%
21
11 Wisconsin
5.4 %
9.4 %
7
-4.0%
43
12 Pennsylvania
5.5 %
10.2 %
11
-4.7%
35
13 Delaware
5.7 %
9.7 %
8
-4.0%
44
13 Kentucky
5.7 %
15.3 %
31
-9.6%
5
13 Maine
5.7 %
10.1 %
10
-4.4%
40
16 Maryland
6.1 %
11.3 %
13
-5.2%
31
16 Oregon
6.1 %
17.1 %
36
-11.0%
2
16 West Virginia
6.1 %
14.6 %
27
-8.5%
10
19 Washington
6.4 %
14.2 %
25
-7.8%
15
20 Ohio
6.5 %
12.3 %
17
-5.8%
29
21 Virginia
6.8 %
13.1 %
20
-6.3%
23
22 California
7.0 %
18.5 %
43
-11.5%
1
22 Illinois
7.0 %
13.8 %
23
-6.8%
20
24 Nebraska
7.1 %
11.5 %
14
-4.4%
38
25 New Jersey
7.2 %
13.2 %
21
-6.0%
27
26 Indiana
7.5 %
14.8 %
29
-7.3%
18
27 Louisiana
7.6 %
17.8 %
41
-10.2%
4
28 North Dakota
7.9 %
9.8 %
9
-1.9%
49
29 Colorado
8.0 %
15.9 %
33
-7.9%
13
30 Montana
8.2 %
17.3 %
37
-9.1%
8
31 Idaho
8.8 %
17.7 %
40
-8.9%
9
32 Utah
9.0 %
15.3 %
31
-6.3%
23
33 Arkansas
9.2 %
17.5 %
38
-8.3%
12
33 Kansas
9.2 %
13.9 %
24
-4.7%
33
35 Missouri
9.4 %
13.2 %
21
-3.8%
46
36 South Dakota
9.5 %
12.4 %
18
-2.9%
47
37 Alabama
9.9 %
14.6 %
27
-4.7%
33
38 New Mexico
10.0 %
19.6 %
45
-9.6%
5
38 South Carolina
10.0 %
17.5 %
38
-7.5%
16
38 Tennessee
10.0 %
14.4 %
26
-4.4%
38
41 North Carolina
10.4 %
16.8 %
34
-6.4%
22
42 Arizona
10.7 %
16.9 %
35
-6.2%
26
43 Alaska
11.4 %
19.9 %
47
-8.5%
11
44 Nevada
11.6 %
22.6 %
49
-11.0%
3
45 Mississippi
11.9 %
18.2 %
42
-6.3%
25
46 Florida
12.1 %
21.3 %
48
-9.2%
7
47 Wyoming
12.2 %
14.9 %
30
-2.7%
48
48 Georgia
12.6 %
19.7 %
46
-7.1%
19
49 Oklahoma
13.8 %
18.9 %
44
-5.1%
32
50 Texas
18.0 %
23.7 %
50
-5.7%
30
Dist . of Columbia
3.7 %
7.6 %
-3.9%
United States
8.60 %
15.50 %
-6.9%
TABLE 50
Source : U . S . Census Bureau
In 2021 , 6.4 % of Washington residents did not have health insurance , down from 14.2 % in 2010 . Eighteen states had lower uninsured percentages than Washington in 2021 .