A list of states and their uninsured population, grouped according to the progress they have made in establishing health insurance exchanges, a linchpin for expanding coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul law.
ADOPTED A PLAN
States, and estimated numbers of uninsured:
California — 7,471,382
Colorado — 817,264
Connecticut — 390,862
Washington, D.C. — 65,253
Hawaii — 102,115
Maryland — 734,044
Massachusetts — 214,894
Nevada — 555,193
Oregon — 677,599
Rhode Island — 121,675
Utah — 424,220
Vermont — 61,152
Washington — 812,012
West Virginia — 265,677
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
Alabama — 696,118
Arizona — 1,305,846
Delaware — 114,609
Illinois — 1,794,685
Indiana — 855,635
Iowa — 291,718
Maine — 146,161
Michigan — 1,336,484
Minnesota — 453,310
Mississippi — 529,703
Nebraska — 225,830
New Jersey — 1,333,880
New Mexico — 506,466
New York — 2,780,202
North Carolina — 1,583,235
Pennsylvania — 1,319,094
Virginia — 1,023,247
OUTLOOK UNCLEAR
Alaska — 128,074
Georgia — 1,992,002
Idaho — 239,073
Kansas — 361,310
Kentucky — 726,674
Missouri — 780,077
Montana — 178,785
North Dakota — 74,092
Ohio — 1,578,061
Oklahoma — 596,817
South Carolina — 753,650
South Dakota — 108,011
Tennessee — 981,670
Texas — 6,654,183
Wisconsin — 562,376
Wyoming — 83,587
NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS
Arkansas — 545,192
Florida — 3,951,924
Louisiana — 810,894
New Hampshire — 136,023
Sources: Associated Press, Urban Institute
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