2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 64

Source: U. S. Census Bureau TABLE 53
Percent of Privately Insured Persons with Employment-Based Insurance( 2024)
Rank
2024
2023
Change
Rank
1 Connecticut
86.1 %
85.1 %
1.0 %
1
2 New Jersey
86.0 %
85.9 %
0.1 %
13
3 West Virginia
85.4 %
85.5 %
-0.2%
21
4 Illinois
85.2 %
85.4 %
-0.1%
18
5 Michigan
85.2 %
85.5 %
-0.2%
24
6 Ohio
85.0 %
85.3 %
-0.3%
26
7 Massachusetts
84.4 %
85.1 %
-0.7%
36
8 New York
84.2 %
84.2 %
0.0 %
15
9 Maryland
84.2 %
84.6 %
-0.4%
27
10 Indiana
84.1 %
84.3 %
-0.2%
20
11 Kentucky
83.9 %
84.2 %
-0.3%
25
12 California
83.1 %
83.0 %
0.1 %
11
13 Washington
83.0 %
83.2 %
-0.2%
23
14 Alaska
82.8 %
81.9 %
0.9 %
2
15 Pennsylvania
82.6 %
82.5 %
0.1 %
12
16 Nevada
82.5 %
83.0 %
-0.5%
31
17 Missouri
82.0 %
82.7 %
-0.6%
34
18 Wisconsin
82.0 %
82.5 %
-0.5%
30
19 Hawaii
81.9 %
81.8 %
0.1 %
10
20 Delaware
81.8 %
84.7 %
-2.9%
50
21 New Hampshire
81.6 %
82.1 %
-0.5%
32
22 Utah
81.5 %
82.4 %
-0.9%
41
23 Oregon
81.4 %
81.6 %
-0.2%
22
24 Louisiana
81.4 %
82.1 %
-0.7%
37
25 Minnesota
81.3 %
82.1 %
-0.8%
40
26 Arizona
80.9 %
81.7 %
-0.7%
38
27 Rhode Island
80.9 %
82.3 %
-1.4%
45
28 Virginia
80.8 %
79.9 %
0.9 %
3
29 Iowa
80.7 %
81.1 %
-0.5%
29
30 Texas
80.6 %
81.3 %
-0.6%
35
31 New Mexico
80.4 %
79.9 %
0.5 %
4
32 Colorado
80.0 %
81.4 %
-1.4%
46
33 Georgia
79.9 %
80.0 %
-0.1%
17
34 Kansas
79.7 %
79.3 %
0.5 %
5
35 Oklahoma
79.7 %
79.6 %
0.0 %
14
36 Maine
79.5 %
79.2 %
0.3 %
6
37 Tennessee
79.4 %
79.5 %
0.0 %
16
38 Alabama
79.2 %
80.0 %
-0.7%
39
39 Arkansas
78.4 %
78.6 %
-0.2%
19
40 North Carolina
78.2 %
78.0 %
0.3 %
9
41 Nebraska
78.2 %
79.4 %
-1.2%
43
42 Vermont
78.1 %
80.4 %
-2.3%
49
43 Idaho
77.7 %
78.3 %
-0.6%
33
44 South Carolina
77.0 %
76.8 %
0.3 %
8
45 North Dakota
76.8 %
78.3 %
-1.5%
48
46 Wyoming
76.4 %
76.2 %
0.3 %
7
47 Mississippi
75.8 %
76.2 %
-0.5%
28
48 South Dakota
74.6 %
76.1 %
-1.4%
47
49 Montana
73.0 %
74.3 %
-1.4%
44
50 Florida
70.0 %
71.2 %
-1.2%
42
Dist. of Columbia
87.3 %
87.8 %
-0.5%
United States
81.3 %
81.6 %
-0.3%
83.0 % of Washingtonians with private health insurance got that insurance through an employer.