Trade association AHIP published its state-by-state report on health coverage Nov. 12.
The organization identified 697,928 health plan employees and 1,301,167 insurance-related employees across the country based on U.S. Census Bureau 2022 data.
Here are how many health plan employees work in each state, plus the District of Columbia:
Alabama: 5,132
Alaska: 53
Arizona*: 15,149
Arkansas*: 4,438
California*: 170,700
Colorado*: 11,071
Connecticut: 13,841
Delaware*: 1,621
District of Columbia*: 1,702
Florida*: 37,278
Georgia*: 15,418
Hawaii*: 6,379
Idaho: 2,857
Illinois*: 23,984
Indiana: 14,632
Iowa: 3,766
Kansas*: 3,714
Kentucky: 9,767
Louisiana: 5,694
Maine: 1,331
Maryland*: 10,259
Massachusetts*: 17,323
Michigan*: 14,351
Minnesota*: 28,213
Mississippi: 1,591
Missouri*: 11,634
Montana: 664
Nebraska: 6,903
Nevada*: 3,489
New Hampshire: 1,873
New Jersey*: 9,821
New Mexico: 3,797
New York*: 25,956
North Carolina: 7,951
North Dakota: 2,014
Ohio: 17,457
Oklahoma: 3,967
Oregon*: 14,410
Pennsylvania*: 48,641
Rhode Island: 1,781
South Carolina*: 13,414
South Dakota: 825
Tennessee: 20,068
Texas*: 28,652
Utah*: 3,607
Vermont: 564
Virginia*: 18,419
Washington*: 12,632
West Virginia: 2,213
Wisconsin*: 16,509
Wyoming: 403
*The U.S. Census Bureau only had direct jobs data on HMO medical centers for these states.
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