Connecticut Health Insurance
ANALYSIS from HealthInsuranceRankings.com
Connecticut had a population of 3,492,987 in 2004, of whom 406,926 lacked health insurance for the entire calendar year.  This represents 11.6% of Connecticut's population.
In addition, Connecticut ranked number 13 out of the 50 states & DC in terms of its percent uninsured.  In the population, 74.3%
had private insurance such as employer provided health insurance, retiree health coverage, Medigap, and direct purchases such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
11.8% of the population received Medicaid through the state, while 14.7% and 2.5% received Medicare and Champus/Tricare coverage, respectively.
Connecticut ranked 12, 29, 19, and 41 in private coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, and Champus across the states.
In terms of the uninsured, Connecticut excelled in the following areas relative to other states for the following occupational groups, industries, and firm sizes:
Transportation and Utilities, Service occupations, Public Administration, Other services, Manufacturing,
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, Information, 500-999 employees, 25-99 employees, 100-499 employees.
In terms of the uninsured, Connecticut excelled in the following areas relative to other states for the following socioeconomic characteristics
Widowed, Under $10,000, Other race, High school dropout, Female,
Divorced, Black only, 65 plus, 35 to 44 years, 25 to 34 years,
$10,000 to $19,999.
On the other hand, Connecticut lagged in insurance coverage for the following socioeconomic groups:
$80,000 to $89,999, $50,000 to $59,999.
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  Population Uninsured Private Health Insurance Medicaid Health Insurance Medicare Health Insurance Champus/Tricare Health Insurance
Category   Number Percentage State rank Number Percentage State rank Number Percentage State rank Number Percentage State rank Number Percentage State rank
Connecticut 3,492,987 406,926 11.6 13 2,596,571 74.3 12 413,219 11.8 29 512,663 14.7 19 85,996 2.5 41
Family income: Under $10,000 293,957 48,583 16.5 1 83,540 28.4 16 155,840 53 3 56,410 19.2 26 5,857 2 29
Family income: $10,000 to $19,999 279,188 42,640 15.3 6 118,300 42.4 21 99,910 35.8 5 113,608 40.7 1 9,671 3.5 22
Family income: $20,000 to $29,999 290,931 51,800 17.8 17 161,394 55.5 26 38,297 13.2 42 97,165 33.4 1 12,331 4.2 22
Family income: $30,000 to $39,999 230,599 44,378 19.2 38 156,518 67.9 28 25,724 11.2 31 45,887 19.9 11 5,827 2.5 38
Family income: $40,000 to $49,999 289,911 44,325 15.3 35 213,367 73.6 31 27,107 9.4 21 45,843 15.8 8 11,311 3.9 26
Family income: $50,000 to $59,999 296,451 42,810 14.4 40 237,051 80 28 19,493 6.6 21 30,435 10.3 19 3,232 1.1 46
Family income: $60,000 to $69,999 223,324 20,260 9.1 26 188,406 84.4 27 13,290 6 10 27,785 12.4 5 2,828 1.3 40
Family income: $70,000 to $79,999 204,014 20,502 10 34 180,770 88.6 17 5,903 2.9 30 17,932 8.8 6 5,496 2.7 33
Family income: $80,000 to $89,999 200,026 22,922 11.5 43 167,285 83.6 38 7,264 3.6 17 24,442 12.2 3 10,596 5.3 22
Family income: $90,000 to $99,999 163,879 16,921 10.3 34 141,809 86.5 31 4,667 2.8 18 7,659 4.7 26 1,805 1.1 36
Family income: $100,000 and over 1,020,707 51,785 5.1 18 948,131 92.9 10 15,724 1.5 33 45,497 4.5 36 17,042 1.7 42
Education: Children 685,683 56,732 8.3 25 506,635 73.9 8 148,220 21.6 41 3,848 0.6 28 16,477 2.4 30
Education: High school dropout 437,499 69,511 15.9 10 250,366 57.2 17 101,845 23.3 13 88,866 20.3 36 7,580 1.7 41
Education: High school graduate - high school diploma or equivalent 794,561 134,925 17 17 540,441 68 17 77,450 9.7 14 186,697 23.5 10 24,224 3 39
Education: Some college but no degree 675,797 76,261 11.3 11 533,028 78.9 12 49,595 7.3 13 97,295 14.4 9 29,208 4.3 35
Education: Bachelor's degree or higher 899,447 69,497 7.7 25 766,101 85.2 35 36,109 4 6 135,957 15.1 6 8,507 0.9 50
Race: White only 3,011,755 344,421 11.4 16 2,301,665 76.4 16 292,627 9.7 25 459,159 15.2 22 76,857 2.6 40
Race: Black only 334,761 45,505 13.6 7 191,110 57.1 15 101,353 30.3 7 36,065 10.8 23 4,208 1.3 35
Race: Other 146,471 17,000 11.6 8 103,796 70.9 9 19,239 13.1 30 17,439 11.9 6 4,931 3.4 27
Marital Status: Married 1,492,425 125,296 8.4 13 1,246,016 83.5 11 56,952 3.8 30 274,987 18.4 25 44,898 3 45
Marital Status: Widowed 133,467 2,839 2.1 6 76,637 57.4 19 29,401 22 1 111,064 83.2 7 3,990 3 32
Marital Status: Divorced 264,131 44,038 16.7 9 186,846 70.7 3 27,945 10.6 22 43,023 16.3 33 4,418 1.7 42
Marital Status: Never married 1,567,404 229,084 14.6 13 1,065,648 68 17 292,419 18.7 36 75,463 4.8 1 31,784 2 30
Sex: Male 1,711,841 231,199 13.5 17 1,259,040 73.5 13 171,313 10 33 232,739 13.6 13 53,772 3.1 39
Sex: Female 1,781,146 175,727 9.9 9 1,337,531 75.1 9 241,906 13.6 24 279,924 15.7 24 32,224 1.8 43
Age: Under 15 685,683 56,732 8.3 25 506,635 73.9 8 148,220 21.6 41 3,848 0.6 28 16,477 2.4 30
Age: 15 to 24 years 428,601 92,784 21.6 24 289,611 67.6 17 51,247 12 35 2,076 0.5 36 10,346 2.4 31
Age: 25 to 34 years 394,237 71,477 18.1 9 280,925 71.3 12 42,614 10.8 10 7,823 2 9 12,025 3.1 18
Age: 35 to 44 years 589,552 65,081 11 4 476,145 80.8 8 47,360 8 13 10,505 1.8 27 11,206 1.9 34
Age: 45 to 54 years 558,129 75,044 13.4 22 455,744 81.7 13 32,891 5.9 21 11,243 2 47 2,614 0.5 51
Age: 55 to 64 years 380,159 45,808 12 26 293,427 77.2 28 35,664 9.4 11 36,600 9.6 17 7,424 2 51
Age: 65 plus 456,626 0 0 1 294,084 64.4 21 55,223 12.1 10 440,568 96.5 21 25,904 5.7 39
Class of worker: Not in universe or children and Armed Forces 1,637,342 136,507 8.3 10 1,092,159 66.7 16 332,544 20.3 27 432,700 26.4 22 62,848 3.8 38
Class of worker: Private 1,398,083 208,007 14.9 13 1,122,667 80.3 10 66,530 4.8 27 50,117 3.6 14 14,562 1 46
Class of worker: Government 251,515 8,817 3.5 4 239,709 95.3 1 5,656 2.2 33 14,553 5.8 3 6,978 2.8 36
Class of worker: Self-employed 193,472 48,180 24.9 32 136,293 70.4 21 6,024 3.1 23 15,293 7.9 24 1,608 0.8 42
Union membership: Not in universe or children and Armed Forces 3,085,599 342,848 11.1 7 2,267,350 73.5 10 403,455 13.1 24 500,241 16.2 21 83,422 2.7 41
Union membership: Union member 67,848 5,725 8.4 16 61,651 90.9 16 472 0.7 15 2,101 3.1 7 0 0 13
Union membership: Not Union member 339,540 58,353 17.2 28 267,570 78.8 27 9,292 2.7 40 10,321 3 19 2,574 0.8 48
Industry: Not in universe, or children 1,649,128 141,133 8.6 13 1,097,902 66.6 16 335,009 20.3 28 432,700 26.2 22 62,848 3.8 38
Industry: Construction 114,728 30,495 26.6 12 79,983 69.7 10 3,178 2.8 28 3,696 3.2 9 1,349 1.2 27
Industry: Manufacturing 243,854 21,064 8.6 5 215,934 88.6 7 8,826 3.6 16 9,523 3.9 3 2,023 0.8 33
Industry: Wholesale and Retail Trade 260,458 54,186 20.8 35 192,978 74.1 30 12,898 5 25 13,205 5.1 21 4,949 1.9 37
Industry: Transportation and Utilities 77,904 7,972 10.2 4 67,595 86.8 5 3,507 4.5 10 3,031 3.9 10 0 0 32
Industry: Information 54,814 5,840 10.7 10 47,123 86 9 0 0 19 3,470 6.3 4 1,759 3.2 7
Industry: Financial activities 195,318 25,615 13.1 26 165,782 84.9 21 6,457 3.3 13 4,034 2.1 33 0 0 35
Industry: Professional and business services 183,711 31,325 17.1 19 142,072 77.3 18 6,932 3.8 27 11,109 6 4 1,854 1 42
Industry: Educational and health services 404,171 33,078 8.2 12 357,298 88.4 7 11,088 2.7 37 18,245 4.5 10 6,070 1.5 38
Industry: Leisure and hospitality 153,910 38,746 25.2 12 102,351 66.5 8 13,313 8.6 18 5,374 3.5 19 588 0.4 39
Industry: Other services 78,719 14,830 18.8 7 55,095 70 16 7,954 10.1 5 4,934 6.3 19 627 0.8 25
Industry: Public Administration 63,878 843 1.3 4 63,035 98.7 1 2,885 4.5 3 2,102 3.3 11 3,929 6.2 14
Occupation: Not in universe or children 1,649,128 141,133 8.6 13 1,097,902 66.6 16 335,009 20.3 28 432,700 26.2 22 62,848 3.8 38
Occupation: Management, business, and financial occupations 307,707 22,438 7.3 13 281,356 91.4 9 2,062 0.7 41 10,510 3.4 34 2,858 0.9 44
Occupation: Professional and related occupations 439,970 37,286 8.5 32 392,319 89.2 27 6,589 1.5 34 22,154 5 5 5,395 1.2 42
Occupation: Service occupations 282,816 58,042 20.5 8 200,065 70.7 5 24,727 8.7 23 12,789 4.5 22 3,237 1.1 42
Occupation: Sales and related occupations 227,060 49,970 22 34 162,984 71.8 32 12,750 5.6 20 5,701 2.5 39 2,536 1.1 40
Occupation: Office and administrative support occupations 223,377 22,153 9.9 13 193,101 86.4 8 11,140 5 15 14,232 6.4 2 2,598 1.2 42
Occupation: Construction and extraction occupations 106,148 33,039 31.1 13 70,467 66.4 11 1,570 1.5 35 2,518 2.4 12 1,349 1.3 23
Occupation: Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 58,867 5,810 9.9 5 50,793 86.3 5 3,248 5.5 3 557 0.9 17 627 1.1 27
Occupation: Production occupations 113,220 17,849 15.8 12 90,136 79.6 11 5,416 4.8 17 5,154 4.6 4 2,023 1.8 17
Occupation: Transportation and material moving occupations 75,977 17,407 22.9 17 51,702 68 22 9,536 12.6 1 6,348 8.4 3 2,525 3.3 15
Firm size: Not in universe 1,580,838 144,299 9.1 13 1,034,670 65.5 15 335,337 21.2 26 425,263 26.9 21 51,787 3.3 40
Firm size: Under 10 employees 401,711 102,880 25.6 20 275,370 68.5 17 17,402 4.3 29 28,446 7.1 32 2,331 0.6 51
Firm size: 10-24 employees 154,087 34,043 22.1 20 108,719 70.6 23 10,595 6.9 9 4,868 3.2 31 1,311 0.9 41
Firm size: 25-99 employees 259,025 30,885 11.9 8 215,784 83.3 9 12,643 4.9 14 13,266 5.1 11 4,311 1.7 31
Firm size: 100-499 employees 237,993 19,239 8.1 6 212,151 89.1 4 3,998 1.7 40 12,463 5.2 7 6,761 2.8 23
Firm size: 500-999 employees 115,329 8,306 7.2 6 100,611 87.2 12 4,691 4.1 13 4,965 4.3 10 454 0.4 31
Firm size: 1000+ employees 744,004 67,274 9 13 649,266 87.3 7 28,553 3.8 27 23,392 3.1 16 19,041 2.6 38