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Uninsured rate for children under 19: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Uninsured rate for children under 19 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Uninsured rate by age by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 6.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 5.5 %
RI 2.1 %
DE 7.3 %
CT 1.4 %
NJ 4.2 %
MD 4.3 %
MA 1.5 %
VT 1.7 %
NH 4.1 %

Lowest: 1.4 to 3.7 %
Group 2: 3.7 to 4.7 %
Group 3: 4.7 to 6.3 %
Group 4: 6.3 to 7.8 %
Highest: 7.8 to 13 %

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	13
2	Alaska	12.7
3	Montana	11
4	Arizona	10.7
5	Oklahoma	10.5
6	South Dakota	9.2
7	Kansas	8.5
8	Florida	8.2
9	Idaho	8.1
10	Nevada	8
11	Georgia	7.8
12	North Dakota	7.5
13	Delaware	7.3
13	South Carolina	7.3
13	Wyoming	7.3
16	Utah	7.1
17	Missouri	7
18	Colorado	6.7
19	Arkansas	6.6
20	Tennessee	6.4
21	Indiana	6.3
22	Mississippi	5.9
22	Nebraska	5.9
22	Ohio	5.9
25	New Mexico	5.6
26	District of Columbia	5.5
26	Pennsylvania	5.5
28	Virginia	5.3
29	North Carolina	5.1
30	Louisiana	4.8
31	Wisconsin	4.7
32	Maine	4.6
33	Kentucky	4.5
33	Minnesota	4.5
35	Maryland	4.3
36	New Jersey	4.2
37	Iowa	4.1
37	New Hampshire	4.1
39	Alabama	3.9
40	Illinois	3.8
41	Michigan	3.7
42	West Virginia	3.6
43	Washington	3.5
44	California	3.4
45	Hawaii	3.3
46	Oregon	2.8
47	New York	2.3
48	Rhode Island	2.1
49	Vermont	1.7
50	Massachusetts	1.5
51	Connecticut	1.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2701: Selected Characteristics of Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by uninsured rate for children under 19 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2701; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-uninsured-rate-for-children-under-19/

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