With the national rate of people without health insurance on the rise in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Uninsured Rates by State.
WalletHub compared the rates for 548 U.S. cities and the 50 states, in addition to a breakdown by age, race/ethnicity and income level.
North Carolina came in at #41 in the nation and South Carolina came in at #40.
Uninsured Rates by State
| Overall Rank* (1 = Lowest) |
State | Change in Uninsured Rate Between 2010 & 2019 | 2019 Children’s Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 Adults’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 Whites’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 Blacks’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 Hispanics’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 Low-Income Households’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
2019 High-Income Households’ Uninsured Rate (Rank) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | -1.42% | 1.52% (1) |
3.39% (1) |
2.33% (1) |
4.89% (2) |
5.81% (2) |
4.49% (1) |
1.87% (1) |
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| 2 | Rhode Island | -8.08% | 1.90% (2) |
4.68% (3) |
2.57% (2) |
9.24% (26) |
9.47% (5) |
6.15% (4) |
2.42% (3) |
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| 3 | Hawaii | -3.73% | 2.80% (5) |
4.57% (2) |
4.51% (13) |
1.66% (1) |
4.68% (1) |
5.71% (2) |
3.28% (9) |
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| 4 | Vermont | -3.56% | 2.09% (3) |
5.09% (4) |
4.16% (10) |
17.07% (47) |
11.26% (7) |
5.78% (3) |
2.35% (2) |
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| 5 | Minnesota | -4.18% | 3.08% (7) |
5.48% (5) |
3.54% (5) |
9.38% (27) |
16.65% (23) |
8.30% (9) |
2.46% (4) |
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| 6 | Iowa | -4.30% | 2.92% (6) |
5.70% (6) |
3.92% (8) |
11.27% (34) |
13.91% (15) |
7.62% (6) |
3.04% (7) |
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| 7 | New York | -6.66% | 2.36% (4) |
6.06% (7) |
3.15% (4) |
5.59% (3) |
10.07% (6) |
6.66% (5) |
3.70% (15) |
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| 8 | Wisconsin | -3.71% | 3.77% (16) |
6.31% (9) |
4.18% (11) |
8.39% (20) |
19.26% (29) |
8.90% (13) |
2.86% (6) |
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| 9 | Pennsylvania | -4.40% | 4.56% (22) |
6.11% (8) |
4.92% (17) |
6.90% (9) |
12.47% (9) |
8.19% (8) |
3.69% (14) |
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| 10 | Michigan | -6.59% | 3.42% (10) |
6.49% (10) |
5.07% (18) |
6.44% (7) |
13.58% (14) |
8.46% (11) |
2.82% (5) |
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| 11 | Connecticut | -3.20% | 3.48% (12) |
6.58% (11) |
3.74% (6) |
6.62% (8) |
13.52% (13) |
8.87% (12) |
3.27% (8) |
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| 12 | Maryland | -5.27% | 3.39% (9) |
6.81% (13) |
2.99% (3) |
5.83% (5) |
21.44% (35) |
9.02% (14) |
3.98% (20) |
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| 13 | New Hampshire | -4.88% | 3.68% (15) |
6.92% (14) |
5.66% (23) |
11.60% (36) |
15.38% (17) |
10.20% (18) |
3.62% (13) |
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| 14 | Kentucky | -8.81% | 4.26% (19) |
7.14% (17) |
5.71% (25) |
7.44% (11) |
19.95% (30) |
8.39% (10) |
3.71% (16) |
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| 15 | Delaware | -3.13% | 4.82% (24) |
7.07% (15) |
4.87% (15) |
7.63% (12) |
15.42% (18) |
9.33% (16) |
4.26% (26) |
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| 16 | Ohio | -5.74% | 4.79% (23) |
7.14% (16) |
5.82% (26) |
8.14% (15) |
16.00% (21) |
9.19% (15) |
3.52% (11) |
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| 17 | Washington | -7.63% | 3.08% (8) |
7.70% (19) |
4.48% (12) |
8.29% (16) |
18.24% (25) |
10.56% (21) |
3.83% (18) |
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| 18 | West Virginia | -7.92% | 3.52% (13) |
7.55% (18) |
6.58% (29) |
7.41% (10) |
12.70% (11) |
7.94% (7) |
3.85% (19) |
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| 19 | North Dakota | -2.87% | 7.77% (42) |
6.60% (12) |
4.91% (16) |
24.70% (50) |
13.08% (12) |
10.43% (20) |
5.35% (37) |
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| 20 | Oregon | -9.98% | 4.10% (18) |
8.03% (20) |
5.61% (20) |
7.81% (13) |
16.55% (22) |
9.69% (17) |
4.29% (27) |
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| 21 | Illinois | -6.38% | 4.03% (17) |
8.45% (21) |
4.70% (14) |
8.89% (23) |
15.93% (20) |
11.25% (24) |
3.77% (17) |
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| 22 | California | -10.84% | 3.55% (14) |
9.02% (27) |
4.05% (9) |
5.67% (4) |
12.66% (10) |
10.75% (22) |
4.71% (32) |
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| 23 | New Jersey | -5.35% | 4.32% (20) |
8.97% (26) |
3.85% (7) |
9.42% (28) |
18.63% (27) |
13.32% (31) |
4.23% (25) |
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| 24 | Virginia | -5.14% | 4.89% (25) |
8.88% (24) |
5.33% (19) |
8.37% (19) |
24.70% (39) |
12.72% (30) |
4.05% (21) |
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| 25 | Colorado | -7.91% | 5.45% (28) |
8.79% (23) |
5.70% (24) |
9.15% (25) |
14.89% (16) |
12.28% (28) |
4.32% (28) |
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| 26 | Maine | -2.11% | 5.60% (29) |
8.62% (22) |
7.80% (37) |
8.36% (17) |
9.28% (4) |
10.83% (23) |
4.46% (29) |
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| 27 | Montana | -9.05% | 6.22% (37) |
8.88% (25) |
6.87% (32) |
8.37% (18) |
7.72% (3) |
10.42% (19) |
5.66% (39) |
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| 28 | Nebraska | -3.23% | 5.66% (30) |
9.24% (28) |
5.64% (22) |
16.86% (46) |
21.04% (34) |
14.65% (34) |
3.52% (12) |
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| 29 | Indiana | -6.11% | 7.14% (39) |
9.25% (29) |
7.71% (36) |
10.33% (30) |
17.46% (24) |
12.20% (27) |
5.18% (36) |
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| 30 | Louisiana | -8.91% | 4.36% (21) |
10.45% (33) |
6.94% (33) |
8.91% (24) |
27.47% (44) |
11.27% (25) |
5.14% (35) |
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| 31 | Arkansas | -8.31% | 5.86% (35) |
10.24% (30) |
7.21% (34) |
8.67% (21) |
26.10% (41) |
12.43% (29) |
3.46% (10) |
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| 32 | Kansas | -4.69% | 5.82% (33) |
10.39% (32) |
6.50% (28) |
13.19% (39) |
23.34% (36) |
15.99% (40) |
4.13% (23) |
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| 33 | Utah | -5.69% | 8.31% (45) |
10.26% (31) |
6.70% (31) |
18.71% (48) |
23.38% (37) |
17.14% (44) |
5.43% (38) |
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| 34 | Alabama | -4.88% | 3.48% (11) |
11.69% (37) |
8.17% (40) |
11.03% (32) |
25.02% (40) |
14.36% (32) |
4.07% (22) |
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| 35 | New Mexico | -9.64% | 5.75% (31) |
11.32% (36) |
5.63% (21) |
8.85% (22) |
11.32% (8) |
12.14% (26) |
6.00% (40) |
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| 36 | Missouri | -3.13% | 6.55% (38) |
11.13% (35) |
9.16% (44) |
11.97% (38) |
20.86% (33) |
16.13% (41) |
4.17% (24) |
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| 37 | Tennessee | -4.21% | 5.03% (27) |
11.74% (38) |
8.13% (38) |
10.84% (31) |
34.22% (49) |
15.30% (36) |
4.63% (31) |
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| 38 | South Dakota | -2.20% | 7.80% (43) |
11.03% (34) |
6.61% (30) |
19.12% (49) |
24.27% (38) |
16.26% (42) |
4.51% (30) |
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| 39 | Idaho | -6.92% | 4.96% (26) |
12.99% (44) |
9.15% (43) |
10.04% (29) |
20.53% (31) |
15.54% (38) |
6.22% (43) |
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| 40 | South Carolina | -6.68% | 5.82% (34) |
12.38% (40) |
8.68% (41) |
11.88% (37) |
30.54% (46) |
15.56% (39) |
4.82% (33) |
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| 41 | North Carolina | -5.51% | 5.77% (32) |
12.98% (43) |
8.16% (39) |
11.53% (35) |
31.30% (47) |
16.61% (43) |
5.03% (34) |
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| 42 | Arizona | -5.60% | 9.25% (47) |
11.94% (39) |
6.43% (27) |
11.05% (33) |
18.57% (26) |
15.47% (37) |
6.14% (41) |
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| 43 | Nevada | -11.20% | 8.00% (44) |
12.49% (41) |
7.22% (35) |
7.93% (14) |
20.62% (32) |
15.29% (35) |
7.12% (45) |
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| 44 | Alaska | -7.64% | 9.40% (48) |
13.25% (45) |
8.81% (42) |
6.10% (6) |
15.74% (19) |
14.60% (33) |
10.15% (50) |
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| 45 | Wyoming | -2.61% | 10.64% (49) |
12.88% (42) |
10.01% (46) |
15.32% (44) |
26.19% (42) |
18.63% (47) |
7.45% (47) |
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| 46 | Mississippi | -5.22% | 6.14% (36) |
15.33% (47) |
10.96% (50) |
13.95% (42) |
35.47% (50) |
17.55% (45) |
6.17% (42) |
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| 47 | Florida | -8.10% | 7.65% (41) |
14.64% (46) |
9.63% (45) |
15.66% (45) |
18.95% (28) |
17.68% (46) |
7.47% (48) |
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| 48 | Georgia | -6.29% | 7.41% (40) |
15.48% (48) |
10.23% (47) |
13.32% (40) |
32.35% (48) |
20.43% (49) |
6.44% (44) |
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| 49 | Oklahoma | -4.58% | 8.58% (46) |
16.28% (49) |
10.71% (49) |
13.36% (41) |
26.76% (43) |
19.94% (48) |
7.17% (46) |
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| 50 | Texas | -5.36% | 12.75% (50) |
20.47% (50) |
10.57% (48) |
15.03% (43) |
28.64% (45) |
27.18% (50) |
9.26% (49) |
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| National | -6.25% | 5.66% | 10.28% | 6.25% | 10.13% |
18.66% | 13.71% | 4.82% |
*Note: Overall rank based on 2019 uninsured rates
Here are the rankings over the past decade:
