- New Mexico — 28.9 percent
- Texas — 28.2 percent
- Louisiana — 24.8 percent
- Florida — 23.6 percent
- Mississippi — 23.6 percent
- Oklahoma — 23.1 percent
- Arizona — 22.8 percent
- Arkansas — 22.5 percent
- California — 21.0 percent
- Alaska — 20.3 percent
Here is a list of the bottom 10 states with the lowest percentages of uninsured adult women (19-64 years-old) from 2006-2007.
- Massachusetts — 8.1 percent
- District of Columbia — 9.8 percent
- Minnesota — 9.8 percent
- Wisconsin — 9.8 percent
- Hawaii — 9.9 percent
- Maine — 9.9 percent
- Rhode Island — 10.5 percent
- Pennsylvania — 10.9 percent
- Connecticut — 11.1 percent
- North Dakota — 11.5 percent
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured report (pdf).
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