Insurance Coverage Among People Age 65 or Older and Below 50% of Poverty, by Insurance Type and State, 2023
State
Health Insurance Coverage by Type
With Insurance
Employer-Based
Direct Market
Medicare
Medicaid/Means-Tested Public Coverage
Without Insurance
Alabama
96.9%
20.1%
24.9%
92.4%
26.2%
3.1%
Alaska
92.7%
28.7%
92.3%
46.9%
Arizona
94.5%
15.8%
29.5%
86.1%
23.8%
5.5%
Arkansas
97.7%
10.8%
29.2%
94.1%
25.2%
California
94.9%
16.7%
18.0%
89.4%
35.2%
5.1%
Colorado
97.0%
15.7%
23.6%
94.5%
26.0%
Connecticut
97.0%
20.8%
23.6%
95.1%
39.1%
Delaware
96.8%
22.0%
28.5%
93.1%
27.4%
District of Columbia
95.7%
32.8%
91.6%
54.6%
Florida
95.0%
16.5%
27.4%
87.7%
23.3%
5.0%
Georgia
95.3%
17.6%
24.3%
91.4%
30.4%
4.7%
Hawaii
93.5%
28.4%
24.2%
88.9%
29.4%
Idaho
99.4%
10.3%
32.2%
96.0%
20.0%
Illinois
97.4%
17.5%
27.2%
92.5%
28.0%
2.6%
Indiana
97.5%
15.0%
25.8%
94.3%
29.8%
Iowa
97.7%
10.7%
37.6%
94.2%
25.7%
2.3%
Kansas
96.4%
17.5%
37.0%
92.2%
22.9%
Kentucky
97.0%
21.3%
26.3%
93.1%
23.9%
Louisiana
97.6%
21.5%
18.9%
93.5%
33.7%
Maine
99.1%
16.5%
31.8%
96.2%
29.6%
Maryland
98.0%
32.8%
27.4%
92.0%
31.8%
2.0%
Massachusetts
97.3%
17.7%
28.4%
92.2%
39.8%
Michigan
97.8%
30.3%
28.8%
94.3%
28.1%
2.2%
Minnesota
98.3%
14.2%
43.2%
95.5%
20.3%
Mississippi
97.1%
14.8%
29.6%
95.0%
32.0%
Missouri
98.1%
17.2%
25.9%
92.5%
23.4%
Montana
96.2%
13.5%
29.3%
94.7%
13.1%
Nebraska
95.6%
15.2%
45.7%
92.3%
18.4%
Nevada
92.4%
15.6%
19.5%
86.4%
21.7%
7.6%
New Hampshire
99.0%
17.7%
31.5%
96.7%
16.3%
New Jersey
96.1%
17.3%
23.9%
92.9%
28.0%
3.9%
New Mexico
95.5%
18.0%
18.6%
94.2%
36.6%
New York
96.6%
20.3%
18.7%
93.6%
45.3%
3.4%
North Carolina
96.0%
16.8%
26.5%
92.9%
22.7%
4.0%
North Dakota
95.5%
32.9%
91.7%
22.6%
Ohio
97.8%
18.1%
25.9%
94.5%
25.8%
2.2%
Oklahoma
94.8%
16.8%
25.8%
91.6%
23.1%
5.2%
Oregon
98.2%
14.8%
25.7%
94.7%
33.4%
Pennsylvania
96.8%
20.4%
33.7%
92.3%
25.9%
3.2%
Puerto Rico
97.4%
3.5%
7.7%
96.1%
64.2%
2.6%
Rhode Island
95.5%
22.8%
28.5%
94.8%
34.4%
South Carolina
98.1%
21.7%
30.0%
95.5%
28.1%
South Dakota
96.4%
38.7%
94.4%
19.7%
Tennessee
96.8%
17.2%
28.5%
92.1%
21.2%
3.2%
Texas
91.7%
16.8%
21.9%
87.1%
22.3%
8.3%
Utah
96.9%
17.6%
28.5%
93.5%
18.6%
Vermont
98.4%
15.1%
25.0%
95.9%
44.4%
Virginia
97.2%
22.2%
32.3%
93.7%
21.9%
2.8%
Washington
95.8%
15.6%
27.1%
92.2%
27.0%
4.2%
West Virginia
97.6%
27.5%
19.5%
95.2%
26.3%
Wisconsin
96.9%
13.2%
33.4%
92.2%
24.3%
3.1%
Wyoming
98.5%
32.4%
91.1%
US
96.0%
18.2%
25.6%
91.6%
28.7%
4.0%
Source: 2023 American Community Survey data, Table B27016.
Note: Since people can have multiple types of insurance, the percentages do not add to 100%. We do not show health insurance coverage rates where the margin of error for the number of people with a particular type of insurance (or no insurance) is more than half as large as the estimated number of people in that insurance category.
