Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 40
Increase in Proportion of Residents With No Health Insurance, 1987-97
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	New Jersey	108.9%	27	Mississippi	17.5%
2	Massachusetts	100.0%	28	New Hampshire	16.8%
3	North Dakota	97.4%	29	North Carolina	16.5%
4	Connecticut	87.5%	30	Texas	16.1%
5	Maine	77.4%	31	Idaho	15.7%
6	Iowa	64.4%	32	Kansas	13.6%
7	South Carolina	51.4%	33	Florida	12.6%
8	NEW YORK	50.9%	34	Nebraska	12.5%
9	Rhode Island	50.0%	35	Alaska	11.7%
10	Pennsylvania	40.3%	36	Nevada	10.1%
11	Minnesota	39.4%	37	Colorado	9.4%
12	Michigan	38.1%	38	Utah	8.1%
13	Maryland	36.7%	39	Hawaii	0.0%
14	Wyoming	36.0%	40	New Mexico	-0.4%
15	Georgia	35.4%	41	Kentucky	-1.3%
16	Arizona	33.2%	42	Oklahoma	-1.7%
17	California	28.0%	43	Alabama	-1.9%
18	Illinois	27.8%	44	Vermont	-3.1%
19	West Virginia	27.4%	45	Tennessee	-6.2%
20	Montana	25.8%	46	Oregon	-11.3%
21	Ohio	25.0%	47	Washington	-12.3%
22	Delaware	24.8%	48	Louisiana	-12.9%
23	Wisconsin	23.1%	49	South Dakota	-13.9%
24	Virginia	21.2%	50	Indiana	-14.9%
25	Missouri	20.0%	U.S. average		24.8%
26	Arkansas	17.9%	N.Y.S. % above		105.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
In 1987, and into the mid-1990s, New York's proportion of uninsured residents was lower than the national average.