How do states rank for uninsured population? Massachusetts boasts lowest rate at 2.82%

The CDC found the national uninsured rate to be 8.6 percent. Wallethub compared the uninsured rates for 548 U.S. cities in addition to the rates for all 50 states.

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Here are the states with the lowest uninsured rates:

1. Massachusetts — 2.82 percent
2. Vermont — 3.82 percent
3. Hawaii — 3.97 percent
4. Minnesota — 4.51 percent
5. Iowa — 5.03 percent
6. Wisconsin — 5.66 percent
7. Rhode Island — 5.71 percent
8. Delaware — 5.85 percent
9. Connecticut — 5.95 percent
10. West Virginia — 5.95 percent

Here are the states with the highest uninsured rates:

1. Texas — 17.10 percent
2. Alaska — 14.86 percent
3. Oklahoma — 13.90 percent
4. Georgia — 13.85 percent
5. Florida — 13.33 percent
6. Mississippi — 12.69 percent
7. Nevada — 12.28 percent
8. Louisiana — 11.95 percent
9. Montana — 11.65 percent
10. Wyoming — 11.53 percent

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