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New Jersey Ranks Third in the Nation in Employment Based Insurance Percentage of Privately Insured Persons, 2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Delaware 93.2
26 Wisconsin 87.5
2 New Hampshire 92.3   27 Vermont 87.4
3 NEW JERSEY 92.1   28 Kentucky 87.3
4 Hawaii 91.8   29 Washington 87.2
5 Ohio 91.4   30 California 86.9
6 Connecticut 91.0   31 Missouri 86.3
6 Georgia 91.0   32 Tennessee 86.3
8 Alaska 90.9   33 Minnesota 86.2
9 Maryland 90.6   34 Oklahoma 86.1
10 Michigan 90.5   35 Oregon 86.0
10 Texas 90.5   35 Louisiana 86.0
12 New York 90.0   37 North Carolina 85.8
13 Nevada 89.9   38 Arizona 85.7
14 West Virginia 89.8   39 Pennsylvania 85.6
15 Rhode Island 89.4   40 Idaho 85.4
15 Alabama 89.4   41 Maine 84.9
17 Indiana 89.2   42 Arkansas 84.2
18 Virginia 89.0   43 Kansas 83.8
19 Mississippi 88.9   44 Florida 83.7
20 Massachusetts 88.7   45 Wyoming 82.6
21 Utah 88.6   46 Iowa 82.2
21 New Mexico 88.6   47 Nebraska 80.6
23 Illinois 88.2   48 North Dakota 78.3
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South Carolina 87.8   49 Montana 77.8
25 Colorado 87.7   50 South Dakota 77.7
             
          50 State Average
87.2%
          N.J. % Above Average 6%

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