States With the Highest and Lowest Percent Change in Rate of Uninsured Children

Here is a list of the 10 states with the highest percent change in the rate of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96:

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  1. Vermont — +46.4 percent
  2. Utah — +37.9 percent
  3. Florida — +22.5 percent
  4. Nebraska — +20.7 percent
  5. New Jersey — +10.1 percent
  6. North Dakota — +10.1 percent
  7. Montana — +6.3 percent
  8. Virginia — +6.3 percent
  9. Minnesota — +6.2 percent
  10. Colorado — +5.1 percent

Here is a list of the 10 states with the lowest percentage change in the rate of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96:

  1. Maine — -57.8 percent
  2. California — -52.7 percent
  3. Iowa — -49.1 percent
  4. District of Columbia — -46.9 percent
  5. Alabama — -44.4 percent
  6. Massachusetts — -41.9 percent
  7. Tennessee — -39.6 percent
  8. Oklahoma — -36.9 percent
  9. Connecticut — -33.3 percent
  10. Kentucky — -31.9 percent

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

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