The Census Bureau has come out with estimates from the American Community Survey of national and state level uninsured rates for 2013. County level estimates are due out in early 2015. Pennsylvania’s rate has decreased from 12.0% in 2012 to 9.7% in 2013 (when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) came into effect in October of 2013). The state and national rates are now comparable to pre-recession levels in 2008.
Below is a table with the rates for all states plus DC in 2013 in order of highest to lowest rates. Pennsylvania ranks 42nd, Vermont (which is backtracking on it’s commitment to single payer) ranks 48th with a rate of 7.2%. As in previous estimates, Texas leads the nation with a rate of 22.1% but it is down from a high of 25.5% 2009.
| State | Percent of Uninsured 2013 | Margin of Error | State Rank in Uninsured |
| UNITED STATES | 14.5 | 0.1 | |
| TEXAS | 22.1 | 0.2 | 1 |
| NEVADA | 20.7 | 0.6 | 2 |
| FLORIDA | 20.0 | 0.2 | 3 |
| GEORGIA | 18.8 | 0.3 | 4 |
| NEW MEXICO | 18.6 | 0.6 | 5 |
| ALASKA | 18.5 | 1.0 | 6 |
| OKLAHOMA | 17.7 | 0.3 | 7 |
| CALIFORNIA | 17.2 | 0.2 | 8 |
| ARIZONA | 17.1 | 0.4 | 9 |
| MISSISSIPPI | 17.1 | 0.5 | 10 |
| LOUISIANA | 16.6 | 0.4 | 11 |
| MONTANA | 16.5 | 0.8 | 12 |
| IDAHO | 16.2 | 0.8 | 13 |
| ARKANSAS | 16.0 | 0.5 | 14 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 15.8 | 0.4 | 15 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 15.6 | 0.3 | 16 |
| OREGON | 14.7 | 0.4 | 17 |
| KENTUCKY | 14.3 | 0.3 | 18 |
| COLORADO | 14.1 | 0.3 | 19 |
| INDIANA | 14.0 | 0.3 | 20 |
| UTAH | 14.0 | 0.5 | 21 |
| WASHINGTON | 14.0 | 0.3 | 22 |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 14.0 | 0.5 | 23 |
| TENNESSEE | 13.9 | 0.3 | 24 |
| ALABAMA | 13.6 | 0.4 | 25 |
| WYOMING | 13.4 | 0.9 | 26 |
| NEW JERSEY | 13.2 | 0.2 | 27 |
| MISSOURI | 13.0 | 0.3 | 28 |
| ILLINOIS | 12.7 | 0.2 | 29 |
| KANSAS | 12.3 | 0.4 | 30 |
| VIRGINIA | 12.3 | 0.3 | 31 |
| RHODE ISLAND | 11.6 | 0.7 | 32 |
| NEBRASKA | 11.3 | 0.5 | 33 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 11.3 | 0.7 | 34 |
| MAINE | 11.2 | 0.5 | 35 |
| MICHIGAN | 11.0 | 0.2 | 36 |
| OHIO | 11.0 | 0.2 | 37 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 10.7 | 0.5 | 38 |
| NEW YORK | 10.7 | 0.2 | 39 |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 10.4 | 0.8 | 40 |
| MARYLAND | 10.2 | 0.3 | 41 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 9.7 | 0.2 | 42 |
| CONNECTICUT | 9.4 | 0.4 | 43 |
| DELAWARE | 9.1 | 0.7 | 44 |
| WISCONSIN | 9.1 | 0.2 | 45 |
| MINNESOTA | 8.2 | 0.3 | 46 |
| IOWA | 8.1 | 0.3 | 47 |
| VERMONT | 7.2 | 0.6 | 48 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 6.7 | 0.6 | 49 |
| HAWAII | 6.7 | 0.4 | 50 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 3.7 | 0.2 | 51 |
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