5 places with the highest rates of insured children

In 2015, 95 percent of the nation’s children were insured, according to a Kids Count annual survey released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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Among individual states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, the survey showed Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and Vermont had some of the highest rates of insured children that year.

Here are five places with the highest rates of insured children.

1. Massachusetts — 99 percent

2. Vermont — 99 percent

3. District of Columbia — 98 percent

4. Hawaii — 98 percent

5. New York state — 98 percent

 

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