Top 10 States With the Highest and Lowest Percentages of Uninsured Adult Men

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percentages of uninsured adult men (19-64 years-old) from 2006-2007.

1. Texas — 32.2 percent
2. New Mexico — 30.7 percent
3. Louisiana — 29.2 percent
4. Florida — 29.1 percent
5. California — 26.9 percent
6. Arizona — 26.0 percent
7. Mississippi — 26.0 percent
8. Oklahoma — 25.9 percent
9. Oregon — 25.7 percent
10. Nevada — 25.0 percent

Here is a list of the bottom 10 states with the lowest percentages of uninsured adult men (19-64 years-old) from 2006-2007.

1. Hawaii — 11.3 percent
2. Minnesota — 12.1 percent
3. Massachusetts — 12.9 percent
4. Wisconsin — 13.1 percent
5. Connecticut — 13.9 percent
6. Pennsylvania — 14.5 percent
7. Rhode Island — 14.7 percent
8. Maine — 14.8 percent
9. Iowa — 14.9 percent
10. Vermont — 15.0 percent

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured report (pdf).

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