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Share of people without health insurance, 2024

Percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. Select a state on the map or in the table for its profile.

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Share of people without health insurance, 2024, by state

Percent of people. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.

Percent of people

  • Step 1 of 5, lightest: 2.0% to under 5.5%
  • Step 2 of 5, shade: 5.5% to under 6.5%
  • Step 3 of 5, shade: 6.5% to under 8.0%
  • Step 4 of 5, shade: 8.0% to under 9.5%
  • Step 5 of 5, strongest: 9.5% to 17.0%

United States: 8.20%, plus or minus 0.03%

Data table

All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The Z statistic is Census’s test against the state ranked directly above; a value between -1.645 and 1.645 means the two are not statistically different.

State2024Margin of error (90%)Rank (1 = highest)Not statistically different from the next higher stateZ vs. next higher
Alabama8.24%±0.26%19yes0.24
Alaska10.99%±0.69%5yes0.76
Arizona10.27%±0.26%8yes0.02
Arkansas9.39%±0.35%12yes1.16
California5.94%±0.08%35yes0.33
Colorado7.91%±0.24%21yes0.53
Connecticut5.83%±0.24%37yes0.06
Delaware6.90%±0.55%28yes0.11
District of Columbia4.49%±0.62%47yes0.27
Florida10.89%±0.15%6yes0.23
Georgia11.96%±0.22%2no28.84
Hawaii3.46%±0.29%50no2.34
Idaho9.19%±0.40%13yes0.62
Illinois6.87%±0.15%29yes0.09
Indiana7.51%±0.20%25yes1.34
Iowa5.45%±0.22%40yes0.37
Kansas8.53%±0.31%17yes0.14
Kentucky6.85%±0.24%30yes0.12
Louisiana7.73%±0.27%22yes0.82
Maine5.54%±0.34%39yes0.88
Maryland6.34%±0.22%33yes1.04
Massachusetts2.81%±0.13%51no3.36
Michigan5.06%±0.13%44yes0.08
Minnesota5.07%±0.17%43yes0.69
Mississippi9.71%±0.34%10yes1.12
Missouri7.73%±0.21%22yes0.00
Montana8.75%±0.50%15yes0.61
Nebraska7.07%±0.36%26no1.76
Nevada11.35%±0.37%4yes0.63
New Hampshire4.47%±0.32%48yes0.05
New Jersey7.73%±0.18%22yes0.00
New Mexico10.10%±0.46%9yes0.53
New York4.95%±0.10%45yes1.10
North Carolina8.56%±0.19%16yes0.58
North Dakota6.06%±0.59%34yes0.73
Ohio6.68%±0.15%31yes0.99
Oklahoma11.52%±0.24%3no2.22
Oregon5.19%±0.23%42yes0.47
Pennsylvania5.84%±0.13%36yes1.08
Rhode Island4.62%±0.49%46yes1.09
South Carolina8.96%±0.27%14yes0.78
South Dakota8.11%±0.57%20yes0.34
Tennessee9.69%±0.24%11yes0.08
Texas16.73%±0.16%1n/a (rank 1)
Utah8.30%±0.31%18yes0.86
Vermont4.22%±0.45%49yes0.74
Virginia6.94%±0.18%27yes0.53
Washington6.52%±0.18%32yes1.12
West Virginia5.79%±0.32%38yes0.16
Wisconsin5.27%±0.16%41yes1.09
Wyoming10.28%±0.78%7yes1.26

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table-based Summary File. ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B27001 (B27001_E005, B27001_E008, B27001_E011, B27001_E014, B27001_E017, B27001_E020, B27001_E023, B27001_E026, B27001_E029, B27001_E033, B27001_E036, B27001_E039, B27001_E042, B27001_E045, B27001_E048, B27001_E051, B27001_E054, B27001_E057; B27001_E001) · retrieved Oct. 2, 2026 · 51 rows · as of 2024 · annual. File: ACS 2024 1-year detailed table B27001 (B27001_E005, B27001_E008, B27001_E011, B27001_E014, B27001_E017, B27001_E020, B27001_E023, B27001_E026, B27001_E029, B27001_E033, B27001_E036, B27001_E039, B27001_E042, B27001_E045, B27001_E048, B27001_E051, B27001_E054, B27001_E057; B27001_E001). Download CSV

Highest to lowest

An equals sign (equals sign) marks a state that is not statistically different from the next higher state: the gap between them is too small, given their margins of error, to say which is higher. The test is the Census Bureau’s: two estimates differ at the 90 percent confidence level when their difference, divided by the square root of the sum of their squared standard errors, is above 1.645 or below -1.645. Census cautions that overlapping confidence intervals are not a valid test, so the marks come from the test itself (U.S. Census Bureau, “Instructions for Applying Statistical Testing to American Community Survey Data” (2024)). The test compares neighbors only and does not adjust for making many comparisons; a run of marks is a group of states that cannot be put in order with confidence. Here 45 of the 50 neighboring pairs are not statistically different.

Share of people without health insurance, 2024, highest to lowest
RankStateValueMargin of errorNot statistically different from the next higher state
1Texas16.73%±0.16%Not applicable, rank 1
2Georgia11.96%±0.22%No
3Oklahoma11.52%±0.24%No
4Nevada11.35%±0.37%Yes
5Alaska10.99%±0.69%Yes
6Florida10.89%±0.15%Yes
7Wyoming10.28%±0.78%Yes
8Arizona10.27%±0.26%Yes
9New Mexico10.10%±0.46%Yes
10Mississippi9.71%±0.34%Yes
11Tennessee9.69%±0.24%Yes
12Arkansas9.39%±0.35%Yes
13Idaho9.19%±0.40%Yes
14South Carolina8.96%±0.27%Yes
15Montana8.75%±0.50%Yes
16North Carolina8.56%±0.19%Yes
17Kansas8.53%±0.31%Yes
18Utah8.30%±0.31%Yes
19Alabama8.24%±0.26%Yes
20South Dakota8.11%±0.57%Yes
21Colorado7.91%±0.24%Yes
22Louisiana7.73%±0.27%Yes
22Missouri7.73%±0.21%Yes
22New Jersey7.73%±0.18%Yes
25Indiana7.51%±0.20%Yes
26Nebraska7.07%±0.36%No
27Virginia6.94%±0.18%Yes
28Delaware6.90%±0.55%Yes
29Illinois6.87%±0.15%Yes
30Kentucky6.85%±0.24%Yes
31Ohio6.68%±0.15%Yes
32Washington6.52%±0.18%Yes
33Maryland6.34%±0.22%Yes
34North Dakota6.06%±0.59%Yes
35California5.94%±0.08%Yes
36Pennsylvania5.84%±0.13%Yes
37Connecticut5.83%±0.24%Yes
38West Virginia5.79%±0.32%Yes
39Maine5.54%±0.34%Yes
40Iowa5.45%±0.22%Yes
41Wisconsin5.27%±0.16%Yes
42Oregon5.19%±0.23%Yes
43Minnesota5.07%±0.17%Yes
44Michigan5.06%±0.13%Yes
45New York4.95%±0.10%Yes
46Rhode Island4.62%±0.49%Yes
47District of Columbia4.49%±0.62%Yes
48New Hampshire4.47%±0.32%Yes
49Vermont4.22%±0.45%Yes
50Hawaii3.46%±0.29%No
51Massachusetts2.81%±0.13%No
Not rankedUnited States For reference, not ranked8.20%±0.03%

About this measure

Period
2024 (ACS 1-year estimates, interviews from January through December 2024)
As of
, retrieved
Units
Percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population
Uncertainty
Approximated, at the 90 percent confidence level. Census publishes margins of error for the table cells this rate is built from, not for the rate itself, so the site computes one with Census’s approximation formulas, which leave out the correlation between cells. It will not match a figure published on data.census.gov exactly. This rate adds up 18 cells, the case Census warns about: the more estimates a sum includes, the further its approximation drifts from a margin computed directly from the survey’s records. Read this margin with extra caution. (Census’s formulas (pages 3 and 4))
Data
Download the CSV (all 50 states and DC, with the rank, the test and every input column)
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