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Table 1

State Demographics

GAMARIWV
State population     
Census 20201 10,711,908 7,029,917 1,097,379 1,793,716 
Urban 2010, %2 75.1 92.0 90.7 48.7 
Insurance dept. demographics     
Stand-alone dept. or division of other dept. Stand-alone Division Division Stand-alone 
Change in staffing 2015–2019, %3 −13.6 −13.1 −38.3 
Change in proportion of state budget 2015–2019, %3,4 −15.5 −6.5 −26.4 −15.1 
Insurance enrollment6     
Private 55.0 61.0 60.0 47.0 
Medicare 13.0 13.0 15.0 19.0 
Medicaid 17.0 22.0 21.0 27.0 
Other public 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 
Uninsured 13.0 3.0 4.0 7.0 
Population in plans where MHPAEA compliance is overseen by state, % 13.9 21.2 15.0 9.0 
GAMARIWV
State population     
Census 20201 10,711,908 7,029,917 1,097,379 1,793,716 
Urban 2010, %2 75.1 92.0 90.7 48.7 
Insurance dept. demographics     
Stand-alone dept. or division of other dept. Stand-alone Division Division Stand-alone 
Change in staffing 2015–2019, %3 −13.6 −13.1 −38.3 
Change in proportion of state budget 2015–2019, %3,4 −15.5 −6.5 −26.4 −15.1 
Insurance enrollment6     
Private 55.0 61.0 60.0 47.0 
Medicare 13.0 13.0 15.0 19.0 
Medicaid 17.0 22.0 21.0 27.0 
Other public 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 
Uninsured 13.0 3.0 4.0 7.0 
Population in plans where MHPAEA compliance is overseen by state, % 13.9 21.2 15.0 9.0 

Note: MHPAEA = Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

1. Data retrieved from the 2020 US census apportionment results released April 2021 (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html).

2. Data retrieved from 2010 US census data (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=2010%20census%20rural).

3. Data retrieved from volume 1 of the 2019 Insurance Department Resource Report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (https://content.naic.org/sites/default/files/publication-sta-hb-volume-one.pdf).

4. State budgets retrieved from the National Association of State Budget Officers (https://www.nasbo.org/reports-data/state-expenditure-report).

6. Data retrieved from America's Health Insurance Plans report “Health Coverage: State-to-State 2021” (https://www.ahip.org/resources/health-coverage-state-to-state-2021).

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