To calculate the change in the uninsured rate in each state, Gallup compared the states’ uninsured rates in 2013 to their uninsured rates in midyear 2014.
10 states with sharpest drop in uninsured rate this year
1. Arkansas — 10.1 percent decline
2. Kentucky — 8.5 percent decline
3. Delaware — 7.2 percent decline
4. Washington — 6.1 percent decline
5. Colorado — 6 percent decline
6. West Virginia — 5.7 percent decline
7. Oregon — 5.4 percent decline
8. California — 5.3 percent decline
9. New Mexico — 5 percent decline
10. Connecticut — 4.9 percent decline
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