Table III.A.2.h(2012) Percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2012
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 43.2%    29.8%   
Census division:
New England 52.5%    47.5%   
Middle Atlantic 55.5%    54.8%   
East North Central 37.8%    20.2%   
West North Central 31.1%    9.9%   
South Atlantic 49.6%    35.6%   
East South Central 46.1%    27.9%   
West South Central 36.9%    24.7%   
Mountain 34.9%    26.4%   
Pacific 55.9%    38.4%   
Government type and size:
State governments 79.9%    67.0%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 34.6%    23.7%   
   250-999 employees 69.4%    45.6%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 76.9%    57.1%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 78.0%    61.3%   
   10,000 or more employees 89.3%    77.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.

 

Table III.A.2.h(2012) Standard error for percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2012
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 1.47%    1.41%   
Census division:
New England 3.56%    4.07%   
Middle Atlantic 3.29%    3.92%   
East North Central 4.61%    2.77%   
West North Central 4.17%    1.88%   
South Atlantic 6.44%    5.13%   
East South Central 4.36%    4.13%   
West South Central 4.26%    2.90%   
Mountain 5.24%    3.75%   
Pacific 6.20%    5.09%   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.00%    0.00%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 1.84%    1.81%   
   250-999 employees 1.84%    1.70%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 2.89%    3.59%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.13%    3.04%   
   10,000 or more employees 0.00%    0.00%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.