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MA-4%, ME-4%, VT-7%,CT-10%, NH-11%, RI-18%; from the chart above; new england is relatively small in area compared to the rest of the 48-states, and here in new england, Rhode Island stands out with a relatively very high rate at 18%. Sure, I have heard that Rhode Island is sometimes called "the big hair state", but I gotta wonder why it is also the big uninsured & licensed-to-drive state? Why, why, why ...... anybody know why so high in Rhode Island and does it have anything to do with all that big hair?

With a population of about 1,050,000 people, 2012-wikipedia, Rhode Island has fewer people than Maine-1,329,000 and New Hampshire-1,320,000, and more than Vermont-626,000, so how come R.I. has so many uninsured? What's the problem down there in Rhode Island? ....say-hey....are there too many drunken sailors.....all three sheets to the wind....down in Newport on Narragansett Bay....that they cannot afford some car insurance coverage cause they is too busy drinking and sailing?

While it is pretty easy to go figure the New Hampshire number at 11% ....what the heck.....people just throw their arms up in the air and scream that this is the live free or die state..here in New Hampshire...car insurance is optional for you unless you have a bad driving history or something....so's the 11% is probably due to it being optional and many cannot afford it or something? After all, here in New Hampshire it is not too unusual to occasionally see a vehicle that's been all smashed up but still being driven on a regular basis......a sure sign of no insurance coverage.