The List: Cheapest states for auto insurance

April 28, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated April 27, 2015 at 11:21 p.m.

by Staff Report

Michael McNabb talks on his phone while Cain Wrecker Company picks up his car Thursday, Mar. 5, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. McNabb was headed home from his job at TVA when his car suffered two flat tires and bent wheels after hitting a pothole on Highway 27 northbound in between the MLK Boulevard exit and the Fourth Street exit. Several cars suffered flat tires before TDOT workers arrived to patch the hole.
Michael McNabb talks on his phone while Cain Wrecker Company picks up his car Thursday, Mar. 5, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. McNabb was headed home from his job at TVA when his car suffered two flat tires and bent wheels after hitting a pothole on Highway 27 northbound in between the MLK Boulevard exit and the Fourth Street exit. Several cars suffered flat tires before TDOT workers arrived to patch the hole.

The average cost of automobile insurance varies widely among states, based upon local laws, repair costs, accident rates and driving patterns. The lowest-cost states for auto insurance policies are:

1. North Carolina, 41.3 percent below the U.S. average

2. Idaho, 36.7 percent below the U.S. average

3. Ohio, 33.4 percent below the U.S. average

4. Maine, 32.8 percent below the U.S. average

5. Wisconsin, 27.6 percent below the U.S. average

6. Tennessee, 27.6 percent below the U.S. average

7. Missouri, 25.7 percent below the U.S. average

8. Iowa, 25.4 percent below the U.S. average

9. Wyoming, 25.1 percent below the U.S. average

10. New Hampshire, 24.1 percent below the U.S. average

Source: Quadrant Information Services, InsuranceQuotes, 2015

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