The data is from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota and was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
High-deductible health plans are defined as plans that meet the minimum deductible amount required for health savings account eligibility — $1,400 for an individual and $2,800 for a family in 2021.
States ranked from the highest to lowest percentage of private-sector employees with a high-deductible health plan:
1. Maine: 76.2 percent
2. Tennessee: 68.7 percent
3. Nebraska: 67.6 percent
4. Kentucky: 67.1 percent
5. Colorado: 66.4 percent
6. North Carolina: 66.1 percent
7. Arizona: 66 percent
8. New Hampshire: 65.3 percent
9. Ohio: 64.7 percent
10. Utah: 64.1 percent
11. Wisconsin: 63.1 percent
12. Idaho: 62.9 percent
13. Minnesota: 62.6 percent
14. South Dakota: 62.4 percent
15. Florida: 62.3 percent
16. Vermont: 62.1 percent
17. Louisiana: 61.8 percent
18. Indiana: 61.5 percent
19. Georgia: 60.9 percent
20. South Carolina: 60.7 percent
21. Iowa: 60.2 percent
22. Wyoming: 59.9 percent
23. Missouri: 59.5 percent
24. Michigan: 59.1 percent
25. Virginia: 58.9 percent
26. Oregon: 58.7 percent
27. Arkansas: 58 percent
T-28. Washington: 56.2 percent
T-28. Kansas: 56.2 percent
30. Montana: 55.8 percent
T-31. New Mexico: 55.5 percent
T-31. Texas: 55.5 percent
33. Connecticut: 54.4 percent
34. West Virginia: 54 percent
35. North Dakota: 53.3 percent
36. Maryland: 52.5 percent
37. New Jersey: 51.6 percent
T-38. Oklahoma: 51.5 percent
T-38. Pennsylvania: 51.5 percent
40: Massachusetts: 51.1 percent
T-41. New York: 50.8 percent
T-41. Delaware: 50.8 percent
43. Illinois: 49.6 percent
44. Rhode Island: 49.5 percent
45. Mississippi: 47.6 percent
46. Nevada: 44.9 percent
47. California: 43.6 percent
T-48. Alabama: 42.8 percent
T-48. Alaska: 42.8 percent
50: Hawaii: 11.6 percent