Number: 96-979
Title: Health Insurance: Uninsured by State, 2005-2007
Authors: Chris L. Peterson and April Grady, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Based on data from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS), an estimated 45.7 million people lacked health insurance coverage in 2007, representing 15.3% of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. When comparing state-level health insurance estimates, a three-year average is used to increase their reliability. During 2005-2007, the estimated average percentage uninsured was 15.5% nationally, ranging from a low of 8.3% in Massachusetts to a high of 24.5% in Texas. States in the Midwest and Northeast generally had lower uninsured rates than those in the South and West.
Pages: 6
Date: September 5, 2008