Medicaid and CHIP enrollment increased by 22.1 percent between February 2020 and January 2022, according to a May 2 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
States ranked from highest to lowest percentage increase in Medicaid and CHIP enrollees between February 2020 and January 2022:
1. Oklahoma: 60 percent
2. Nebraska: 43.3
3. Utah: 41.5
4. Missouri: 37.3
5. Nevada: 34.9
6. Colorado: 32.7
7. Hawaii: 31.3
8. New Hampshire: 30.4
9. Maine: 29.7
10. Virginia: 29.6
t-11. Wyoming: 29.3
t-11. North Dakota: 29.3
13. Idaho: 28.6
14. Oregon: 26.9
t-15. Wisconsin: 26.4
t-15. Arizona: 26.4
17. Florida: 26.1
18. Illinois: 25.9
19. Georgia: 25.6
20. Texas: 25.4
21. North Carolina: 24.1
22. South Dakota: 23.6
t-23. Michigan: 23.4
t-23. Kansas: 23.4
t-25. Ohio: 22.8
t-25. Vermont: 22.8
27. Minnesota: 22.7
28. Delaware: 21.9
29. Massachusetts: 21.7
t-30. New Jersey: 21.4
t-30. Louisiana: 21.4
t-32. Arkansas: 20.4
t-32. West Virginia: 20.4
34. Montana: 20.2
35. Indiana: 19.9
36. Washington: 19.8
37. Maryland: 19.6
38. Iowa: 19.5
t-39. Pennsylvania: 19.1
t-39. Rhode Island: 19.1
41. Alabama: 18.8
42. Kentucky: 18.7
43. New York: 18.6
44. Mississippi: 18
45. South Carolina: 17.1
46. Tennessee: 16.9
47. New Mexico: 16.6
48. California: 15
49. Alaska: 14.9
50. Connecticut: 14.7