Texas has the highest rate of uninsured individuals in the nation, followed by Mississippi and Oklahoma, according to a Gallup-Healthways poll.
According to the poll, the average national uninsured rate was 10.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, down from 17.3 percent in 2013.
The rates are based on telephone interviews conducted by researchers Jan. 2 through Dec. 30, 2016, as a part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The poll contains a random sample of 177,192 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Here are the 2016 uninsured rates by state, from highest to lowest.
Texas — 20.5 percent
Mississippi — 17.2
Oklahoma — 16.3
Georgia — 15.6
Florida — 14.6
Idaho — 14
Alabama — 13.6
North Carolina — 13.6
South Carolina — 13.1
Wyoming — 12.9
Louisiana — 12.5
Kansas — 12.3
Tennessee — 11.8
Alaska — 11.7
Montana — 11.3
Nebraska — 11.2
Nevada — 11.2
Arizona — 11
California — 10.5
Missouri — 10.4
Arkansas — 10.2
South Dakota — 9.9
Virginia — 9.8
Utah — 9.7
Colorado — 9.3
New Jersey — 9.3
Maine — 9.1
Oregon — 9.1
New Mexico — 9
Indiana — 8.6
Delaware — 8
Kentucky — 7.8
Illinois — 7.7
New Hampshire — 7.6
Ohio — 7.4
Maryland — 7.3
Washington — 7.2
Michigan — 7
New York — 7
Rhode Island — 7
North Dakota — 6.9
Pennsylvania — 6.3
Connecticut — 6.2
Wisconsin — 6.2
Vermont — 6.1
West Virginia — 6.1
Minnesota — 5.6
Iowa — 3.9
Hawaii — 3.2
Massachusetts — 3.2