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Could not see a doctor due to cost: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Could not see a doctor due to cost. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Self-rated health and cost barriers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 8.7 %
RI 10 %
DE 9.5 %
CT 9.9 %
NJ 12.9 %
MD 10.1 %
MA 8.2 %
VT 7.9 %
NH 8.6 %

Lowest: 6.4 to 9.6 %
Group 2: 9.6 to 11.3 %
Group 3: 11.3 to 11.9 %
Group 4: 11.9 to 14.1 %
Highest: 14.1 to 17.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Texas	17.4
2	Nevada	16.7
3	Georgia	16.4
4	Arkansas	15.3
5	Oklahoma	14.9
6	Louisiana	14.8
7	Mississippi	14.7
8	Florida	14.3
9	Alabama	14.1
9	Colorado	14.1
11	South Carolina	13.8
12	Arizona	13.1
12	Utah	13.1
12	West Virginia	13.1
15	New Jersey	12.9
16	New Mexico	12.5
17	Kentucky	12.2
18	Wyoming	12.1
19	Montana	12
20	Alaska	11.9
21	Idaho	11.7
21	Illinois	11.7
23	California	11.6
24	Indiana	11.5
24	Kansas	11.5
24	Oregon	11.5
27	Nebraska	11.4
28	Michigan	11.3
28	Missouri	11.3
28	New York	11.3
28	North Carolina	11.3
32	Washington	10.5
33	Ohio	10.2
34	Maryland	10.1
34	Wisconsin	10.1
36	Rhode Island	10
37	Connecticut	9.9
38	Pennsylvania	9.8
39	Minnesota	9.7
40	Virginia	9.6
41	Delaware	9.5
42	Maine	9.2
43	South Dakota	8.9
44	District of Columbia	8.7
45	New Hampshire	8.6
46	Massachusetts	8.2
46	North Dakota	8.2
48	Iowa	8
49	Vermont	7.9
50	Hawaii	6.4

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by could not see a doctor due to cost (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-could-not-see-a-doctor-due-to-cost/

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