Table II.A.2.f(2011) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2011
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 74.9%    53.2%    80.1%    87.1%    91.2%    84.4%    64.2%    86.6%   
New England:
Connecticut 74.3%    54.3%    88.5%    95.0%    85.6%    82.6%    67.1%    84.3%   
Maine 78.0%    57.0%    89.2%    89.3%    94.4%    74.8%    70.8%    84.6%   
Massachusetts 65.0%    52.3%    56.0%    74.0%    74.3%    84.9%    55.8%    79.5%   
New Hampshire 75.7%    55.4%    85.2%    86.7%    95.8%    77.3%    68.4%    84.5%   
Rhode Island 69.2%    48.6%    70.8%    84.5%    96.4%    86.6%    56.7%    91.0%   
Vermont 63.4%    37.5%    74.2%    82.9%    84.0%    81.6%    52.2%    82.7%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 66.0%    52.2%    77.0%    78.8%    87.4%    72.3%    60.3%    76.8%   
New York 63.6%    42.9%    77.0%    77.5%    90.8%    78.7%    53.7%    82.9%   
Pennsylvania 72.7%    49.0%    77.3%    81.3%    89.9%    88.4%    60.1%    87.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 73.1%    47.8%    83.5%    86.7%    90.9%    81.3%    61.8%    84.5%   
Indiana 81.3%    42.3%    91.4%    91.3%    97.4%    84.4%    68.9%    88.4%   
Michigan 73.5%    52.9%    77.9%    82.4%    94.2%    81.6%    63.9%    84.4%   
Ohio 76.8%    52.8%    73.2%    92.7%    93.6%    86.2%    63.4%    89.1%   
Wisconsin 79.8%    50.2%    79.8%    92.1%    94.9%    93.4%    64.8%    93.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    48.4%    86.4%    92.6%    93.1%    79.4%    63.3%    86.5%   
Kansas 72.8%    45.3%    68.7%    90.2%    90.7%    86.5%    59.0%    87.8%   
Minnesota 69.9%    36.4%    70.4%    87.0%    91.0%    90.0%    52.3%    90.3%   
Missouri 81.3%    62.7%    88.3%    87.5%    87.4%    90.3%    72.3%    89.6%   
Nebraska 70.5%    33.9%    93.7%    88.2%    92.2%    77.7%    54.3%    84.0%   
North Dakota 66.0%    41.2%    72.5%    72.2%    87.2%    81.8%    54.7%    82.7%   
South Dakota 80.2%    50.5%    92.1%    93.6%    96.0%    93.8%    67.6%    95.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 77.2%    52.0%    95.2%    88.8%    89.6%    82.4%    69.3%    85.0%   
District of Columbia 54.9%    35.8%    44.7%    69.3%    89.0%    55.9%    42.9%    66.3%   
Florida 75.6%    54.9%    83.4%    85.7%    87.9%    86.6%    64.2%    87.0%   
Georgia 74.9%    39.9%    80.5%    85.8%    88.3%    88.2%    56.4%    88.4%   
Maryland 67.7%    49.5%    81.1%    85.3%    87.9%    66.2%    63.0%    72.6%   
North Carolina 76.7%    49.9%    83.6%    90.2%    91.2%    84.7%    65.1%    86.6%   
South Carolina 83.5%    71.8%    92.9%    92.3%    91.1%    83.2%    80.3%    86.3%   
Virginia 70.9%    44.0%    63.3%    87.1%    94.7%    83.2%    55.4%    85.5%   
West Virginia 75.2%    56.9%    86.0%    81.2%    84.3%    77.5%    68.4%    80.4%   
East South Central:
Alabama 73.9%    52.5%    68.9%    78.4%    84.9%    87.8%    60.3%    86.5%   
Kentucky 77.3%    61.3%    84.5%    79.0%    92.3%    82.7%    67.6%    85.3%   
Mississippi 78.0%    55.4%    61.8%    97.5%    88.7%    86.3%    61.5%    88.5%   
Tennessee 83.6%    69.0%    81.8%    87.2%    88.1%    92.1%    75.3%    90.4%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 81.2%    60.9%    80.0%    94.0%    93.9%    85.0%    71.4%    88.3%   
Louisiana 76.2%    45.3%    80.7%    90.6%    89.5%    85.5%    64.5%    88.1%   
Oklahoma 79.7%    65.7%    86.8%    89.9%    95.9%    79.3%    75.2%    84.4%   
Texas 80.8%    64.3%    85.5%    92.4%    91.6%    82.4%    74.2%    85.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 76.6%    43.8%    81.6%    93.3%    95.8%    83.7%    60.3%    87.7%   
Colorado 76.9%    56.1%    85.5%    95.7%    89.7%    86.2%    67.4%    88.2%   
Idaho 83.4%    59.9%    100.0%    98.6%    93.0%    91.8%    72.9%    93.1%   
Montana 74.5%    55.4%    84.9%    95.1%    96.8%    86.9%    64.0%    91.9%   
Nevada 88.3%    78.0%    85.7%    87.8%    93.8%    94.2%    82.4%    93.0%   
New Mexico 79.4%    65.5%    81.8%    88.3%    92.6%    81.4%    72.9%    85.0%   
Utah 73.9%    54.6%    80.1%    89.6%    83.8%    79.4%    65.4%    81.6%   
Wyoming 81.6%    66.3%    90.5%    94.1%    85.6%    86.8%    76.0%    88.7%   
Pacific:
Alaska 77.2%    59.6%    84.5%    83.8%    97.2%    75.0%    68.9%    84.2%   
California 79.5%    61.8%    87.6%    90.4%    94.3%    89.0%    71.5%    90.7%   
Hawaii 63.2%    52.2%    64.0%    88.0%    95.3%    61.0%    56.7%    77.6%   
Oregon 81.0%    64.3%    81.0%    92.9%    96.7%    91.2%    70.9%    93.5%   
Washington 78.6%    56.2%    82.2%    87.7%    97.2%    90.3%    66.9%    91.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.A.2.f(2011) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2011
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 0.33%    0.57%    0.83%    0.74%    0.55%    0.72%    0.42%    0.44%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.52%    5.91%    10.46%    2.78%    6.63%    4.85%    4.44%    3.68%   
Maine 3.01%    9.24%    4.94%    6.36%    2.27%    5.49%    5.87%    1.99%   
Massachusetts 3.67%    5.98%    6.85%    4.71%    5.27%    3.61%    4.03%    4.15%   
New Hampshire 3.04%    7.96%    4.99%    6.00%    1.60%    5.05%    4.76%    2.39%   
Rhode Island 1.74%    4.91%    9.03%    4.85%    2.76%    4.86%    2.15%    3.20%   
Vermont 3.36%    6.08%    5.56%    5.10%    4.73%    6.60%    5.02%    3.94%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 4.10%    7.76%    6.43%    6.26%    6.20%    5.33%    5.29%    4.30%   
New York 2.26%    3.39%    4.26%    3.91%    2.61%    4.10%    2.72%    2.82%   
Pennsylvania 2.66%    5.09%    4.02%    5.63%    2.46%    2.05%    3.79%    1.41%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.13%    5.01%    5.33%    4.57%    3.67%    2.96%    4.07%    1.54%   
Indiana 2.84%    9.69%    10.17%    2.38%    1.75%    4.46%    3.86%    3.09%   
Michigan 3.34%    8.12%    5.91%    6.78%    2.88%    4.16%    4.85%    3.59%   
Ohio 2.64%    7.08%    5.12%    3.52%    2.51%    4.55%    5.07%    3.89%   
Wisconsin 3.49%    9.43%    8.77%    3.56%    2.39%    1.98%    6.44%    1.73%   
West North Central:
Iowa 5.06%    10.73%    6.99%    4.51%    3.16%    6.71%    6.75%    4.05%   
Kansas 2.36%    5.43%    9.46%    3.29%    2.61%    2.77%    4.67%    2.23%   
Minnesota 3.57%    8.82%    12.24%    5.31%    3.23%    3.93%    5.48%    2.14%   
Missouri 2.95%    6.65%    10.08%    7.12%    6.21%    2.59%    4.77%    1.93%   
Nebraska 2.91%    7.46%    4.78%    4.73%    2.49%    5.38%    4.75%    3.92%   
North Dakota 3.17%    6.24%    6.13%    6.25%    2.52%    6.09%    4.66%    2.76%   
South Dakota 3.27%    7.97%    3.53%    3.99%    2.34%    2.89%    5.05%    2.02%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.83%    9.88%    2.22%    6.60%    6.03%    5.06%    4.82%    3.53%   
District of Columbia 2.42%    5.06%    7.22%    4.25%    3.80%    6.21%    2.57%    3.97%   
Florida 2.74%    5.33%    3.56%    4.68%    4.46%    3.59%    3.63%    1.98%   
Georgia 2.76%    8.67%    11.67%    5.67%    5.29%    3.63%    5.40%    2.28%   
Maryland 1.57%    6.44%    6.39%    6.60%    4.04%    5.83%    4.77%    3.72%   
North Carolina 3.02%    6.32%    4.81%    3.52%    4.54%    4.83%    4.76%    2.95%   
South Carolina 2.36%    7.85%    3.39%    2.60%    3.72%    3.33%    5.45%    2.34%   
Virginia 2.63%    5.83%    7.91%    4.81%    2.18%    5.72%    4.02%    3.95%   
West Virginia 2.50%    9.69%    5.11%    5.71%    5.13%    4.27%    5.81%    2.62%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.63%    7.93%    11.52%    6.50%    2.54%    3.15%    5.42%    2.12%   
Kentucky 2.28%    4.57%    5.93%    10.96%    2.15%    3.38%    4.11%    2.34%   
Mississippi 2.10%    7.06%    12.19%    2.44%    3.14%    3.56%    3.73%    2.24%   
Tennessee 2.80%    8.94%    3.99%    3.96%    4.63%    2.46%    4.79%    2.42%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.44%    10.49%    10.47%    2.83%    4.74%    4.07%    8.53%    3.10%   
Louisiana 2.94%    9.33%    5.43%    4.87%    2.79%    4.08%    5.73%    2.08%   
Oklahoma 2.04%    7.74%    3.70%    2.39%    2.20%    5.49%    3.39%    3.40%   
Texas 1.51%    4.55%    5.16%    3.21%    2.98%    3.31%    3.11%    2.18%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.84%    8.39%    10.74%    3.16%    2.79%    5.46%    5.94%    4.07%   
Colorado 2.82%    5.02%    7.24%    2.08%    4.97%    6.82%    3.56%    4.67%   
Idaho 3.59%    8.98%    10.54%    2.04%    4.20%    4.11%    6.38%    2.42%   
Montana 4.15%    9.38%    6.04%    2.85%    1.62%    5.89%    6.90%    3.06%   
Nevada 1.77%    7.61%    6.39%    5.66%    3.31%    1.99%    4.55%    1.22%   
New Mexico 1.91%    6.92%    6.05%    4.20%    2.71%    3.40%    4.60%    2.24%   
Utah 2.56%    5.49%    10.21%    4.72%    5.96%    3.58%    3.80%    2.68%   
Wyoming 3.01%    7.28%    4.41%    2.79%    3.79%    3.58%    4.16%    2.37%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.61%    12.29%    7.95%    4.48%    1.93%    5.18%    6.60%    2.73%   
California 0.73%    2.86%    2.74%    2.12%    1.40%    1.73%    1.53%    0.85%   
Hawaii 2.59%    5.04%    6.45%    2.86%    3.47%    8.22%    4.15%    4.36%   
Oregon 3.18%    6.15%    10.17%    4.37%    1.89%    4.01%    4.83%    2.12%   
Washington 3.49%    8.33%    5.67%    3.96%    1.27%    3.83%    5.76%    2.54%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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