Table II.B.3.b(2008) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2008

 

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

91.0%

51.7%

76.8%

89.4%

97.5%

99.7%

68.8%

98.4%

 

New England:

Connecticut

95.0%

65.3%

90.1%

99.1%

96.6%

100.0%

82.8%

99.1%

Maine

91.4%

51.8%

89.6%

93.4%

99.4%

100.0%

74.5%

99.5%

Massachusetts

96.7%

71.2%

95.3%

97.4%

99.9%

100.0%

85.3%

100.0%

New Hampshire

94.3%

71.9%

81.3%

97.7%

100.0%

100.0%

80.9%

100.0%

Rhode Island

94.3%

66.9%

82.9%

98.8%

99.9%

100.0%

80.3%

100.0%

Vermont

90.5%

56.2%

83.1%

94.2%

100.0%

100.0%

72.8%

100.0%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

95.1%

72.1%

90.2%

96.9%

99.7%

100.0%

83.7%

99.6%

New York

92.8%

59.6%

84.8%

92.2%

99.1%

99.3%

75.5%

99.1%

Pennsylvania

94.4%

57.4%

85.2%

97.1%

98.9%

99.9%

78.3%

99.5%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

91.9%

50.7%

76.4%

92.1%

99.4%

98.9%

69.2%

98.4%

Indiana

91.2%

44.0%

67.0%

92.1%

98.7%

100.0%

66.4%

98.9%

Michigan

89.5%

53.5%

81.7%

84.9%

94.7%

97.7%

71.5%

95.4%

Ohio

94.3%

54.7%

86.1%

95.3%

98.9%

100.0%

74.4%

99.6%

Wisconsin

90.9%

46.7%

82.5%

94.6%

93.1%

100.0%

67.7%

98.2%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

92.4%

45.4%

85.3%

95.7%

98.0%

99.9%

72.9%

99.1%

Kansas

90.8%

52.1%

85.9%

89.5%

97.0%

99.8%

68.7%

98.8%

Minnesota

91.4%

44.6%

86.1%

94.8%

92.6%

99.8%

73.4%

97.5%

Missouri

92.0%

56.5%

73.1%

86.3%

100.0%

99.9%

68.6%

99.2%

Nebraska

88.2%

29.0%

72.9%

92.4%

93.0%

100.0%

60.6%

97.9%

North Dakota

90.2%

51.2%

75.3%

96.6%

98.8%

100.0%

70.9%

99.5%

South Dakota

86.4%

41.0%

76.5%

85.8%

95.0%

100.0%

65.6%

96.0%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

92.9%

57.3%

76.2%

94.1%

95.3%

100.0%

72.8%

98.7%

District of Columbia

95.8%

70.7%

82.3%

93.5%

99.3%

99.9%

81.5%

99.2%

Florida

90.3%

48.0%

81.1%

87.5%

98.8%

99.2%

64.7%

98.6%

Georgia

89.0%

43.2%

58.9%

90.9%

94.9%

100.0%

58.3%

98.1%

Maryland

90.4%

54.1%

78.1%

86.7%

100.0%

98.6%

67.6%

98.5%

North Carolina

90.4%

42.3%

75.8%

89.1%

100.0%

100.0%

63.8%

99.4%

South Carolina

89.1%

43.1%

69.7%

85.6%

95.7%

100.0%

63.7%

97.9%

Virginia

93.9%

50.8%

85.2%

96.1%

100.0%

100.0%

73.5%

99.7%

West Virginia

89.5%

46.7%

73.2%

86.7%

97.5%

100.0%

64.5%

98.2%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

90.6%

58.9%

79.2%

80.9%

99.9%

99.1%

69.6%

98.3%

Kentucky

91.7%

52.2%

71.4%

90.8%

98.0%

100.0%

67.6%

99.1%

Mississippi

86.3%

28.9%

60.5%

83.9%

99.4%

99.6%

57.1%

96.7%

Tennessee

89.2%

48.6%

58.7%

85.4%

93.8%

99.8%

61.9%

97.1%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

87.3%

27.5%

62.7%

85.6%

98.9%

99.7%

49.4%

99.0%

Louisiana

87.9%

41.3%

68.8%

90.9%

94.7%

99.8%

61.8%

97.9%

Oklahoma

85.6%

44.7%

62.8%

84.2%

91.3%

99.5%

60.0%

95.6%

Texas

87.2%

38.3%

58.1%

78.7%

96.3%

99.6%

55.9%

97.1%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

89.9%

46.3%

77.4%

77.1%

99.6%

99.9%

61.8%

98.3%

Colorado

89.0%

45.3%

70.5%

90.9%

97.9%

100.0%

62.5%

99.5%

Idaho

84.2%

37.7%

69.8%

90.4%

96.7%

100.0%

60.9%

98.3%

Montana

77.2%

36.5%

58.4%

80.6%

98.4%

99.6%

49.5%

98.7%

Nevada

93.6%

59.4%

73.4%

92.3%

99.3%

99.2%

70.5%

99.3%

New Mexico

87.0%

39.3%

62.4%

84.1%

98.3%

99.4%

58.6%

97.7%

Utah

89.1%

43.4%

72.2%

85.1%

96.9%

100.0%

64.0%

98.0%

Wyoming

83.0%

39.9%

68.6%

85.4%

95.7%

99.9%

58.6%

97.9%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

84.5%

33.5%

67.4%

86.4%

99.1%

98.8%

54.7%

98.7%

California

90.3%

58.8%

75.0%

85.1%

94.9%

99.9%

69.5%

97.5%

Hawaii

98.8%

89.2%

98.8%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

95.7%

100.0%

Oregon

88.9%

41.6%

80.0%

87.9%

98.9%

100.0%

66.2%

98.4%

Washington

92.8%

61.9%

77.9%

98.3%

100.0%

99.7%

76.3%

99.6%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

 

Table II.B.3.b(2008) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2008

 

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

0.21%

0.87%

0.87%

0.74%

0.22%

0.11%

0.41%

0.14%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.44%

3.88%

4.30%

0.80%

1.49%

0.00%

1.63%

0.45%

Maine

1.20%

4.33%

9.91%

5.33%

1.50%

0.00%

3.68%

0.50%

Massachusetts

0.30%

2.93%

1.94%

1.72%

0.09%

0.00%

2.20%

0.04%

New Hampshire

0.86%

3.55%

6.70%

1.24%

0.06%

0.00%

2.19%

0.01%

Rhode Island

0.97%

3.36%

7.88%

1.16%

0.09%

0.00%

2.75%

0.03%

Vermont

1.10%

3.67%

6.49%

2.99%

0.00%

0.00%

2.08%

0.00%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

0.44%

1.80%

3.51%

1.84%

0.22%

0.00%

1.25%

0.25%

New York

0.57%

1.54%

4.69%

2.37%

0.83%

0.40%

2.41%

0.41%

Pennsylvania

0.46%

2.49%

5.61%

1.31%

0.55%

0.15%

1.95%

0.33%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

0.80%

4.30%

3.85%

3.02%

0.76%

1.00%

3.60%

0.71%

Indiana

0.53%

3.32%

8.89%

3.32%

0.86%

0.00%

2.55%

0.43%

Michigan

1.77%

5.31%

4.91%

4.82%

3.98%

1.84%

3.66%

2.06%

Ohio

0.38%

1.51%

3.44%

2.55%

0.63%

0.00%

1.77%

0.17%

Wisconsin

1.18%

3.83%

7.48%

2.09%

5.81%

0.00%

3.48%

1.33%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

0.84%

3.98%

5.27%

4.44%

1.63%

0.07%

3.19%

0.33%

Kansas

1.45%

4.98%

6.64%

4.41%

1.22%

0.22%

5.35%

0.52%

Minnesota

1.50%

5.48%

6.54%

6.21%

2.44%

0.29%

3.56%

0.87%

Missouri

1.30%

3.28%

7.46%

5.02%

0.00%

0.08%

3.00%

0.53%

Nebraska

1.70%

3.76%

5.68%

4.31%

4.30%

0.00%

3.96%

0.82%

North Dakota

1.00%

4.27%

5.64%

1.17%

0.72%

0.00%

2.75%

0.23%

South Dakota

2.29%

2.49%

7.63%

9.93%

3.70%

0.00%

3.37%

1.88%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.19%

5.90%

9.89%

2.64%

4.00%

0.00%

3.49%

0.88%

District of Columbia

0.95%

4.09%

4.95%

3.01%

0.46%

0.34%

2.07%

0.46%

Florida

0.84%

3.26%

4.64%

2.87%

0.73%

0.51%

2.55%

0.52%

Georgia

1.67%

3.67%

11.79%

2.39%

3.11%

0.00%

4.80%

0.94%

Maryland

1.57%

4.15%

7.06%

4.14%

0.00%

1.54%

3.53%

1.26%

North Carolina

1.02%

3.35%

6.84%

3.75%

0.00%

0.00%

3.78%

0.31%

South Carolina

1.10%

4.89%

8.46%

4.77%

2.74%

0.03%

2.14%

1.00%

Virginia

0.64%

3.99%

3.27%

1.99%

0.00%

0.00%

2.37%

0.27%

West Virginia

1.66%

5.50%

6.24%

5.28%

1.74%

0.00%

2.25%

1.75%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.33%

3.87%

4.43%

2.92%

0.09%

1.60%

2.72%

1.13%

Kentucky

0.80%

4.03%

6.21%

5.40%

0.88%

0.00%

3.83%

0.52%

Mississippi

1.19%

4.74%

5.61%

5.27%

0.44%

0.65%

3.51%

0.93%

Tennessee

1.28%

4.95%

8.61%

5.23%

2.89%

0.17%

4.10%

1.06%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.06%

3.59%

8.66%

4.69%

1.18%

0.32%

3.12%

0.30%

Louisiana

1.21%

2.93%

6.18%

3.72%

3.86%

0.21%

2.97%

1.22%

Oklahoma

1.16%

4.66%

6.93%

5.81%

6.84%

0.40%

1.37%

1.39%

Texas

1.09%

2.25%

4.96%

3.64%

1.07%

0.21%

2.69%

0.57%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

1.32%

4.55%

4.96%

8.31%

0.54%

0.06%

3.57%

1.11%

Colorado

1.27%

3.46%

9.00%

4.06%

3.75%

0.00%

4.34%

0.49%

Idaho

1.92%

5.46%

10.02%

4.68%

2.14%

0.00%

4.60%

0.39%

Montana

2.41%

5.06%

7.91%

4.25%

1.04%

0.60%

4.14%

0.60%

Nevada

0.84%

3.97%

9.99%

3.70%

0.56%

0.64%

4.09%

0.56%

New Mexico

1.68%

3.92%

7.45%

6.56%

0.91%

0.31%

3.63%

1.04%

Utah

1.01%

7.18%

8.39%

6.26%

1.37%

0.09%

3.27%

0.47%

Wyoming

2.05%

5.46%

7.32%

5.59%

1.62%

0.06%

3.66%

0.60%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.64%

3.56%

7.24%

5.09%

0.84%

0.88%

3.94%

0.65%

California

0.72%

2.81%

4.12%

2.80%

1.81%

0.06%

1.67%

0.77%

Hawaii

0.40%

3.19%

0.78%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

1.37%

0.00%

Oregon

1.07%

3.97%

5.12%

3.87%

0.66%

0.00%

3.25%

0.80%

Washington

0.86%

3.28%

6.65%

0.97%

0.00%

0.19%

1.86%

0.18%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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