Table II.A.2.b(1998) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and State: United States, 1998
Division and State Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 49.2%    72.7%    58.2%    45.7%    28.8%    13.4%    66.4%    21.5%   
New England:
Connecticut 49.8%    74.1%    53.6%    19.1% * --    --    64.8%    17.4%   
Massachusetts 42.5%    66.2%    46.5%    30.3%    --    --    58.6%    10.6%   
New Hampshire 49.0%    78.0%    29.9% * 32.8%    --    --    64.5%    9.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 57.2%    78.3%    62.4%    41.7%    --    --    72.5%    20.1%   
New York 51.1%    67.5%    61.8%    47.6%    --    --    64.7%    17.7%   
Pennsylvania 56.4%    74.9%    66.2%    47.5%    --    --    69.7%    28.4%   
East North Central:
Illinois 51.6%    76.7%    58.3%    41.0%    --    --    67.3%    25.5%   
Indiana 39.9%    59.3%    55.0%    35.9%    --    --    54.6%    22.3%   
Michigan 57.0%    81.5%    63.3%    55.5%    --    --    72.8%    27.1%   
Ohio 39.8%    65.2%    54.0%    41.5%    --    --    58.9%    16.6%   
Wisconsin 44.5%    71.8%    48.7%    30.6%    --    --    59.0%    19.3%   
West North Central:
Iowa 51.2%    77.4%    48.5%    39.2%    --    --    67.7%    25.7%   
Kansas 52.1%    78.1%    54.3%    61.6%    --    --    71.6%    21.6%   
Minnesota 49.0%    76.7%    50.4%    43.6%    --    --    66.7%    15.5%   
Missouri 52.8%    77.6%    69.7%    34.5%    --    --    71.8%    25.4%   
Nebraska 49.1%    71.6%    50.8%    37.9%    --    --    64.7%    21.3%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 51.4%    76.4%    59.4%    52.8%    --    --    70.1%    16.6%   
Florida 41.9%    70.0%    42.1%    30.8%    --    --    61.2%    13.0%   
Georgia 47.3%    76.6%    56.7%    45.0%    --    --    68.5%    20.3%   
Maryland 38.3%    58.8%    46.1%    36.4%    --    --    53.7%    15.0%   
North Carolina 50.4%    79.2%    59.4%    48.1%    --    --    71.6%    19.1%   
South Carolina 48.0%    77.6%    64.7%    38.5%    --    --    69.7%    21.3%   
Virginia 47.7%    73.9%    65.7%    33.7%    --    --    67.4%    16.9%   
West Virginia 43.1%    71.1%    60.8%    37.2%    --    --    64.4%    14.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 44.4%    65.6%    53.6%    41.5%    --    --    59.6%    24.9%   
Kentucky 44.0%    57.1%    50.7%    42.5%    --    --    52.9%    30.8%   
Tennessee 41.5%    80.6%    50.8%    42.6%    --    --    66.2%    17.1%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 46.3%    67.2%    64.2%    54.3%    --    --    65.7%    23.2%   
Louisiana 44.5%    68.8%    66.1%    48.6%    --    --    67.2%    17.5%   
Oklahoma 50.7%    73.8%    70.0%    46.1%    --    --    68.9%    28.2%   
Texas 46.9%    69.7%    57.0%    57.8%    --    --    65.6%    24.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 43.3%    73.2%    53.0%    39.5%    --    --    64.7%    17.3%   
Colorado 52.8%    74.4%    58.4%    50.2%    --    --    69.8%    16.1%   
Idaho 59.0%    78.1%    74.5%    61.2%    --    --    74.4%    30.2%   
New Mexico 39.3%    58.7%    60.7%    46.0%    --    --    58.8%    13.4%   
Utah 40.3%    49.3%    54.1%    40.3%    --    --    49.0%    25.4%   
Wyoming 53.0%    79.4%    61.6%    44.2%    --    --    72.6%    23.2%   
Pacific:
California 51.6%    77.4%    60.1%    53.3%    --    --    70.3%    22.7%   
Oregon 63.8%    76.0%    80.6%    72.8%    --    --    77.3%    38.8%   
Washington 61.3%    79.9%    71.8%    61.0%    --    --    76.3%    31.9%   
States not shown separately 53.3%    69.1%    63.1%    55.4%    --    --    66.2%    30.6%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

 

Table II.A.2.b(1998) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and State: United States, 1998
Division and State Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.61%    0.94%    1.23%    0.50%    0.86%    0.80%    0.76%    0.58%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.35%    3.63%    4.96%    6.61% * --    --    2.38%    4.82%   
Massachusetts 1.79%    3.83%    5.96%    4.00%    --    --    3.17%    1.55%   
New Hampshire 3.50%    3.93%    9.49% * 6.62%    --    --    3.53%    2.49%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.23%    4.66%    9.07%    7.41%    --    --    3.97%    3.42%   
New York 2.49%    4.07%    6.69%    3.61%    --    --    3.58%    2.38%   
Pennsylvania 2.73%    4.94%    4.24%    6.00%    --    --    3.40%    2.76%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.86%    5.35%    7.21%    4.23%    --    --    3.69%    4.85%   
Indiana 3.36%    6.19%    6.73%    7.68%    --    --    5.24%    3.90%   
Michigan 3.66%    5.48%    4.33%    7.51%    --    --    4.52%    4.72%   
Ohio 2.91%    4.73%    6.96%    5.53%    --    --    3.63%    3.41%   
Wisconsin 2.70%    6.48%    5.12%    6.14%    --    --    3.79%    3.68%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.88%    3.74%    12.47%    4.70%    --    --    3.63%    4.64%   
Kansas 4.88%    7.06%    7.99%    7.60%    --    --    5.22%    4.92%   
Minnesota 4.13%    5.74%    5.98%    8.31%    --    --    5.02%    1.98%   
Missouri 2.49%    5.42%    6.82%    4.34%    --    --    2.69%    3.98%   
Nebraska 2.81%    5.36%    12.18%    5.70%    --    --    4.55%    4.00%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.66%    5.68%    8.41%    5.91%    --    --    4.33%    3.04%   
Florida 3.50%    5.45%    7.68%    6.54%    --    --    4.43%    3.09%   
Georgia 3.07%    6.65%    12.36%    6.37%    --    --    4.11%    4.13%   
Maryland 3.31%    5.11%    6.85%    8.11%    --    --    3.74%    2.68%   
North Carolina 3.16%    4.89%    7.38%    9.28%    --    --    4.45%    3.35%   
South Carolina 4.74%    7.02%    7.47%    5.74%    --    --    5.33%    5.20%   
Virginia 2.99%    5.67%    7.37%    5.80%    --    --    4.25%    3.70%   
West Virginia 3.19%    7.02%    8.83%    9.66%    --    --    5.15%    3.94%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.07%    7.15%    6.84%    4.67%    --    --    4.97%    2.96%   
Kentucky 3.45%    7.28%    2.97%    6.26%    --    --    4.09%    5.02%   
Tennessee 3.97%    3.97%    7.73%    7.30%    --    --    3.65%    3.60%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.44%    9.02%    6.64%    8.84%    --    --    5.29%    2.24%   
Louisiana 2.14%    5.66%    7.89%    8.03%    --    --    3.03%    3.28%   
Oklahoma 3.51%    5.74%    11.45%    6.52%    --    --    3.40%    3.15%   
Texas 3.14%    4.83%    7.45%    4.70%    --    --    4.34%    2.77%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.55%    7.24%    5.00%    6.09%    --    --    5.26%    2.75%   
Colorado 2.55%    2.41%    6.24%    4.03%    --    --    2.36%    2.08%   
Idaho 4.15%    4.96%    5.34%    6.50%    --    --    3.99%    4.97%   
New Mexico 4.03%    7.24%    8.20%    7.93%    --    --    5.45%    1.76%   
Utah 3.67%    10.79%    9.53%    6.91%    --    --    6.30%    5.00%   
Wyoming 3.68%    4.77%    9.52%    4.08%    --    --    5.02%    5.41%   
Pacific:
California 2.24%    3.11%    3.52%    5.55%    --    --    2.27%    2.39%   
Oregon 2.41%    2.46%    4.45%    8.48%    --    --    2.12%    4.96%   
Washington 2.21%    2.79%    4.57%    3.57%    --    --    2.25%    3.23%   
States not shown separately 2.18%    4.32%    7.44%    5.79%    --    --    2.64%    3.10%   
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.