Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the country and Massachusetts has the lowest, according to American Community Survey data released Sept. 15 by the Census Bureau.
The ACS estimates are based on data collected from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021.
States ranked by the total uninsured rate of their noninstitutionalized population:
Texas: 18 percent
Oklahoma: 13.8 percent
Georgia: 12.6 percent
Wyoming: 12.2 percent
Florida: 12.1 percent
Mississippi: 11.9 percent
Nevada: 11.6 percent
Alaska: 11.4 percent
Arizona: 10.7 percent
North Carolina: 10.4 percent
South Carolina: 10 percent
New Mexico: 10 percent
Tennessee: 10 percent
Alabama: 9.9 percent
South Dakota: 9.5 percent
Missouri: 9.4 percent
Arkansas: 9.2 percent
Kansas: 9.2 percent
Utah: 9 percent
Idaho: 8.8 percent
Montana: 8.2 percent
Colorado: 8 percent
North Dakota: 7.9 percent
Louisiana: 7.6 percent
Indiana: 7.5 percent
New Jersey: 7.2 percent
Nebraska: 7.1 percent
California: 7 percent
Illinois: 7 percent
Virginia: 6.8 percent
Ohio: 6.5 percent
Washington: 6.4 percent
West Virginia: 6.1 percent
Maryland: 6.1 percent
Oregon: 6.1 percent
Maine: 5.7 percent
Delaware: 5.7 percent
Kentucky: 5.7 percent
Pennsylvania: 5.5 percent
Wisconsin: 5.4 percent
Connecticut: 5.2 percent
New York: 5.2 percent
New Hampshire: 5.1 percent
Michigan: 5 percent
Iowa: 4.8 percent
Minnesota: 4.5 percent
Rhode Island: 4.3 percent
Hawaii: 3.9 percent
Vermont: 3.7 percent
District of Columbia: 3.7 percent
Massachusetts: 2.5 percent