Here are the 10 states with the most medical debt and the percent change that debt changed from 2012 to 2015:
1. Mississippi
- Percent of medical debt: 37.4 percent
- Percent change: -23.8 percent
2. Arkansas
- Percent of medical debt: 36.3 percent
- Percent change: -9.8 percent
3. West Virginia
- Percent of medical debt: 33 percent
- Percent change: -12.1 percent
4. Indiana
- Percent of medical debt: 32.5 percent
- Percent change: -0.6 percent
5. South Carolina
- Percent of medical debt: 32.4 percent
- Percent change: -11.9 percent
6. Kentucky
- Percent of medical debt: 30.9 percent
- Percent change: -26.7 percent
7. Missouri
- Percent of medical debt: 30.6 percent
- Percent change: -11.3 percent
8. Oklahoma
- Percent of medical debt: 30 percent
- Percent change: -21 percent
9. Alabama
- Percent of medical debt: 30 percent
- Percent change: -10 percent
10. Georgia
- Percent of medical debt: 29.2 percent
- Percent change: -5.9 percent
Here are the 10 states and city with the least medical debt and percent change from 2012 to 2015:
1. Hawaii
- Percent of medical debt: 5.9 percent
- Percent change: -59.9 percent
2. Minnesota
- Percent of medical debt: 13.3 percent
- Percent change: -46.8 percent
3. California
- Percent of medical debt: 16 percent
- Percent change: -2.6 percent
4. Massachusetts
- Percent of medical debt: 16.1 percent
- Percent change: -20.2 percent
5. Connecticut
- Percent of medical debt: 16.3 percent
- Percent change: -38.4 percent
6. Washington, D.C.
- Percent of medical debt: 18.1 percent
- Percent change: -18.2 percent
7. Utah
- Percent of medical debt: 18.2 percent
- Percent change: -28.5 percent
8. Maryland
- Percent of medical debt: 18.6 percent
- Percent change: -25 percent
9. New York
- Percent of medical debt: 18.8 percent
- Percent change: -21.2 percent
10. Nevada
- Percent of medical debt: 19.4 percent
- Percent change: -41.4 percent
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