The data is from 2021 and is based on KFF estimates from the 2008 to 2021 American Community Survey.
The nation’s uninsured rate hit a record low of 7.7 percent in the first quarter of 2023, according to data published Aug. 3 by the CDC. The data below does not reflect the children affected by the Medicaid/CHIP redeterminations process, which began in April.
States with the highest rates of children enrolled in Medicaid:
New Mexico: 58.3 percent
Louisiana: 53.4 percent
Arkansas: 52.2 percent
Mississippi: 49.2 percent
Kentucky: 47.7 percent
West Virginia: 47 percent
Oklahoma: 46.6 percent
South Carolina: 45.8 percent
Vermont: 45.4 percent
Alabama: 43.6 percent
Alaska: 43.3 percent
New York: 43 percent
California: 42.9 percent
District of Columbia: 41.8 percent
Oregon: 41.7 percent
North Carolina: 41.2 percent
Florida: 40.5 percent
Tennessee: 40.3 percent
Georgia: 39.7 percent
Rhode Island: 39.5 percent
Washington: 39.4 percent percent
Delaware: 39.2 percent
Michigan: 39.2 percent
United States: 39 percent
Arizona: 38.4 percent
Texas: 38.3 percent
Nevada: 38.2 percent
Ohio: 38.2 percent
Pennsylvania: 37.8 percent
Connecticut: 37.4 percent
Iowa: 37 percent
Illinois: 36.9 percent
Maryland: 36.6 percent
Idaho: 36 percent
Indiana: 35.8 percent
Hawaii: 35.7 percent
Massachusetts: 35.3 percent
Montana: 35.3 percent
Colorado: 34.5 percent
New Jersey: 33.7 percent
Wisconsin: 33 percent
Missouri: 32.7 percent
Kansas: 32.2 percent
Minnesota: 31.4 percent
Maine: 31 percent
Virginia: 29.5 percent
South Dakota: 29.4 percent
Nebraska: 28.4 percent
New Hampshire: 27.5 percent
Wyoming: 23.8 percent
North Dakota: 16.8 percent
Utah: 16.7 percent
