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Table
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Average Premium for Personal Auto Insurance, 1998 |
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Rank |
State |
Amt. |
Rank |
State |
Amt. |
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1 |
New Jersey |
$1,306 |
27 |
Illinois |
$729 |
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2 |
NEW YORK |
$1,112 |
28 |
Alabama |
720 |
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3 |
Rhode Island |
982 |
29 |
Utah |
715 |
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4 |
Connecticut |
970 |
30 |
Oklahoma |
710 |
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5 |
Louisiana |
962 |
31 |
Oregon |
708 |
|
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6 |
Nevada |
958 |
32 |
Arkansas |
701 |
|
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7 |
Alaska |
921 |
33 |
Missouri |
697 |
|
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8 |
Hawaii |
916 |
34 |
New Hampshire |
692 |
|
|
9 |
Delaware |
907 |
35 |
Tennessee |
670 |
|
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10 |
Arizona |
902 |
36 |
North Carolina |
664 |
|
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11 |
Massachusetts |
889 |
37 |
Indiana |
660 |
|
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12 |
Colorado |
874 |
38 |
Kansas |
653 |
|
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13 |
Michigan |
868 |
39 |
Montana |
644 |
|
|
14 |
West Virginia |
841 |
40 |
Wyoming |
642 |
|
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15 |
Maryland |
836 |
41 |
Ohio |
641 |
|
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16 |
California |
823 |
42 |
Virginia |
630 |
|
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17 |
New Mexico |
821 |
43 |
Nebraska |
627 |
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18 |
Florida |
815 |
44 |
South Dakota |
612 |
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19 |
Texas |
813 |
45 |
Vermont |
611 |
|
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20 |
Georgia |
803 |
46 |
Wisconsin |
609 |
|
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21 |
Pennsylvania |
800 |
47 |
Idaho |
592 |
|
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22 |
Washington |
782 |
48 |
North Dakota |
572 |
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23 |
South Carolina |
766 |
49 |
Maine |
560 |
|
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24 |
Mississippi |
762 |
50 |
Iowa |
531 |
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25 |
Minnesota |
742 |
U.S. average |
$797 |
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26 |
Kentucky |
736 |
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
39.5% |
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Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
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New Yorkers' premiums for liability coverage rose 10.7% from 1994 to 1998, compared to a national average increase of 1.4%. |
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