States With the Highest and Lowest Percent of Uninsured Children

1. Texas — 21.8 percent
2. Florida — 19.5 percent
3. Nevada — 16.8 percent
4. New Mexico — 16.6 percent
5. Mississippi — 16.2 percent
6. Arizona — 16.0 percent
7. Louisiana — 14.5 percent
8. Colorado — 13.8 percent
9. Montana —  13.8 percent
10. New Jersey — 13.3 percent
11. North Carolina — 13.3 percent
12. Oklahoma — 13.3 percent

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the lowest percent of uninsured children (0-18 years-old) from 2006-2007:

1. Massachusetts — 5.0 percent
2. Wisconsin — 5.2 percent
3. Iowa — 5.5 percent
4. Maine — 5.6 percent
5. Hawaii — 5.8 percent
6. Michigan — 5.9 percent
7. Connecticut — 6.3 percent
8. West Virginia — 6.6 percent
9. Indiana — 6.7 percent
10. Rhode Island — 6.7 percent

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

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