| TOP TEN HIGHEST AND LOWEST STATES BASED ON ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED MOTORISTS, 2009 (1) |
|
| Rank |
Highest |
Percent uninsured |
Rank |
Lowest |
Percent uninsured |
| 1 |
Mississippi |
28.0% |
1 |
Massachusetts |
4.5% |
| 2 |
New Mexico |
25.7 |
2 |
Maine |
4.5 |
| 3 |
Tennessee |
23.9 |
3 |
New York |
5.4 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma |
23.9 |
4 |
Pennsylvania |
6.6 |
| 5 |
Florida |
23.5 |
5 |
Vermont |
7.1 |
| 6 |
Alabama |
21.8 |
6 |
Nebraska |
7.8 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
19.5 |
7 |
Idaho |
7.9 |
| 8 |
Kentucky |
17.8 |
8 |
Utah |
8.2 |
| 9 |
Rhode Island |
17.6 |
9 |
South Dakota |
8.6 |
| 10 |
Indiana |
16.3 |
10 |
North Dakota |
9.1 |
(1) Percentage of uninsured drivers, as measured by the ratio of uninsured motorists (UM) claims to bodily injury (BI) claims frequencies.
Source: Insurance Research Council. |
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