Governing Magazine/February 2004

THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE PROJECT
A Case of Neglect

INSECURITY BLANKET

States ranked by uninsured rates among children age 18 and under,
2001-02 (1=lowest)

RANK  STATE
 1    Vermont         LESS THAN 5%
 2    Wisconsin

 3    Rhode Island    5-9.9%
 4    Iowa
 5    Missouri
 6    Massachusetts
 7    Minnesota
 8    New Hampshire
 9    Nebraska
10    Tennessee
11    Maine
12    Michigan
13    North Dakota
14    Kansas
15    Connecticut
16    Ohio
17    South Dakota
18    Hawaii
19    South Carolina
20    Pennsylvania
21    Delaware
22    West Virginia
23    Maryland

24    Alabama         10-14.9%
25    New York
26    Utah
27    Virginia
28    Indiana
29    New Jersey
30    Illinois
31    Kentucky
32    Washington
33    Mississippi
34    Arkansas
35    Oregon
36    Alaska
37    North Carolina
38    Louisiana	38
39    Idaho
40    Wyoming
41    Montana
42    Colorado
43    Georgia
44    Oklahoma

45    California      15% OR MORE
46    Florida
47    New Mexico
48    Arizona
49    Nevada
50    Texas

Source: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

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