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Uninsured rate for children under 6: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Uninsured rate for children under 6 (%). 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: 5.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 5.7 %
RI 1.2 %
DE 6.7 %
CT 1 %
NJ 3.5 %
MD 4.2 %
MA 1.9 %
VT 2.5 %
NH 4.3 %

Lowest: 1 to 3.4 %
Group 2: 3.4 to 4.4 %
Group 3: 4.4 to 6.2 %
Group 4: 6.2 to 7 %
Highest: 7 to 12.1 %

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	Montana	12.1
2	Alaska	11.9
3	Texas	11
4	South Dakota	9.8
5	Oklahoma	9.5
6	Arizona	9.3
7	Idaho	9
8	Kansas	7.7
9	Nevada	7.4
10	Missouri	7.2
11	Colorado	7
11	Utah	7
13	South Carolina	6.9
14	Florida	6.8
15	Delaware	6.7
15	Indiana	6.7
17	Ohio	6.6
17	Pennsylvania	6.6
17	Wyoming	6.6
20	North Dakota	6.4
21	Georgia	6.2
22	Tennessee	6.1
23	Arkansas	6
24	District of Columbia	5.7
25	Wisconsin	5.2
26	Nebraska	4.9
26	Virginia	4.9
28	Louisiana	4.7
28	Minnesota	4.7
28	Mississippi	4.7
31	Hawaii	4.4
32	New Hampshire	4.3
33	Kentucky	4.2
33	Maryland	4.2
33	North Carolina	4.2
36	Maine	4.1
36	New Mexico	4.1
38	West Virginia	3.8
39	Iowa	3.5
39	New Jersey	3.5
41	Michigan	3.4
41	Washington	3.4
43	Illinois	3.3
44	Oregon	3.1
45	Alabama	3
46	California	2.9
47	New York	2.7
48	Vermont	2.5
49	Massachusetts	1.9
50	Rhode Island	1.2
51	Connecticut	1

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 6 (%) (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-6/

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