Table II.A.2.f(2013) 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, 2013
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 73.8%    52.0%    80.7%    85.8%    90.7%    83.7%    62.7%    86.1%   
New England:
Connecticut 74.8%    66.0%    76.4%    83.1%    92.1%    73.1%    70.0%    80.2%   
Maine 78.7%    61.2%    84.3%    89.7%    96.9%    84.6%    70.2%    90.0%   
Massachusetts 55.7%    26.4%    65.1%    74.8%    66.7%    80.1%    41.3%    76.7%   
New Hampshire 74.2%    49.8%    82.0%    92.1%    96.0%    75.7%    65.4%    82.6%   
Rhode Island 63.7%    38.7%    75.3%    80.3%    87.6%    78.5%    52.7%    82.5%   
Vermont 63.4%    36.5%    70.6%    84.5%    88.6%    89.3%    49.9%    89.3%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 73.3%    60.3%    72.2%    84.9%    98.9%    84.9%    64.6%    89.8%   
New York 65.9%    49.5%    77.0%    75.7%    85.7%    85.0%    57.6%    83.1%   
Pennsylvania 71.8%    45.8%    81.0%    81.3%    90.9%    83.6%    57.6%    85.9%   
East North Central:
Illinois 74.0%    47.3%    77.0%    87.8%    95.4%    83.3%    60.9%    88.3%   
Indiana 80.3%    40.4%    82.5%    89.0%    93.7%    93.2%    61.3%    92.8%   
Michigan 68.6%    43.1%    75.0%    83.9%    97.4%    82.4%    53.6%    88.4%   
Ohio 73.6%    46.1%    77.9%    88.2%    89.4%    83.4%    61.0%    85.5%   
Wisconsin 85.8%    69.8%    81.2%    90.3%    90.7%    95.6%    76.2%    94.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 68.3%    31.6%    76.3%    92.2%    85.3%    89.6%    49.6%    88.9%   
Kansas 65.3%    42.1%    73.0%    83.2%    88.1%    75.8%    53.2%    81.1%   
Minnesota 68.7%    46.8%    83.5%    81.3%    80.4%    83.8%    59.0%    82.2%   
Missouri 70.7%    39.7%    74.3%    85.7%    91.1%    85.1%    55.5%    86.4%   
Nebraska 68.5%    36.0%    72.4%    75.9%    83.3%    87.3%    50.5%    84.4%   
North Dakota 62.1%    40.8%    66.4%    70.1%    86.3%    79.7%    50.9%    78.5%   
South Dakota 75.2%    46.1%    75.6%    84.1%    98.5%    93.5%    59.0%    93.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 77.2%    60.7%    76.1%    89.9%    94.2%    78.6%    71.1%    82.4%   
District of Columbia 60.9%    38.0%    56.8%    62.5%    75.2%    75.1%    47.3%    73.1%   
Florida 78.4%    55.3%    91.0%    89.8%    96.8%    88.7%    65.9%    90.5%   
Georgia 74.9%    54.5%    73.4%    82.7%    94.1%    78.0%    63.0%    82.5%   
Maryland 71.9%    55.0%    70.9%    82.6%    85.9%    78.8%    62.0%    82.1%   
North Carolina 72.1%    35.8%    84.2%    91.3%    91.1%    83.5%    54.9%    86.4%   
South Carolina 77.7%    55.2%    86.7%    91.3%    89.8%    81.7%    67.8%    84.5%   
Virginia 69.5%    52.4%    78.3%    77.8%    83.4%    73.0%    62.8%    75.8%   
West Virginia 71.4%    52.4%    92.6%    89.4%    88.9%    71.6%    62.7%    79.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 74.7%    47.2%    64.2%    77.8%    86.0%    89.7%    55.7%    87.8%   
Kentucky 77.2%    52.3%    75.5%    87.8%    89.0%    91.6%    61.6%    91.1%   
Mississippi 82.9%    68.0%    84.4%    92.3%    90.4%    85.4%    76.9%    87.3%   
Tennessee 78.6%    60.5%    91.0%    80.5%    89.0%    82.1%    70.6%    83.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 77.2%    62.1%    77.4%    93.8%    80.2%    82.2%    69.4%    83.3%   
Louisiana 72.5%    43.2%    88.8%    85.7%    89.1%    78.2%    61.3%    82.3%   
Oklahoma 78.3%    51.6%    79.4%    90.9%    95.2%    86.6%    64.5%    89.5%   
Texas 79.8%    61.3%    89.2%    87.9%    89.5%    83.3%    71.7%    85.7%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.8%    50.5%    82.7%    91.2%    93.9%    86.9%    63.5%    89.7%   
Colorado 71.5%    47.8%    92.1%    88.5%    89.2%    87.0%    59.6%    88.4%   
Idaho 78.2%    57.3%    89.5%    92.3%    88.0%    85.2%    71.4%    86.8%   
Montana 68.3%    47.8%    53.3%    96.3%    94.4%    93.3%    53.4%    94.5%   
Nevada 85.0%    73.4%    100.0%    81.5%    91.5%    86.7%    81.5%    88.6%   
New Mexico 83.6%    71.3%    93.7%    77.9%    96.8%    84.2%    80.3%    86.3%   
Utah 73.0%    49.4%    88.7%    91.3%    94.5%    76.1%    64.1%    83.0%   
Wyoming 75.8%    62.0%    83.4%    87.3%    90.7%    81.6%    69.4%    84.6%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.3%    53.0%    96.4%    89.2%    90.9%    77.1%    72.3%    82.3%   
California 77.5%    62.4%    83.9%    91.3%    97.1%    83.2%    70.4%    88.2%   
Hawaii 64.1%    47.0%    73.3%    87.6%    87.7%    82.0%    54.7%    84.8%   
Oregon 78.6%    54.8%    91.8%    88.3%    94.9%    90.6%    68.2%    90.8%   
Washington 78.0%    57.8%    92.8%    92.1%    93.7%    82.7%    71.0%    87.0%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 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(2013) 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, 2013
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 0.39%    1.06%    0.83%    0.84%    0.57%    0.85%    0.64%    0.56%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.63%    6.49%    8.41%    4.06%    2.83%    8.05%    4.31%    6.12%   
Maine 4.04%    8.62%    5.97%    5.26%    1.42%    4.82%    5.43%    3.85%   
Massachusetts 3.18%    7.17%    8.93%    9.24%    4.78%    7.73%    4.56%    3.80%   
New Hampshire 2.93%    9.11%    5.58%    3.28%    2.03%    5.87%    4.90%    4.31%   
Rhode Island 4.01%    7.65%    8.05%    5.06%    6.48%    8.13%    5.13%    3.56%   
Vermont 3.10%    6.80%    8.71%    3.85%    4.21%    4.42%    4.22%    1.64%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.23%    4.89%    7.24%    5.79%    0.88%    5.09%    3.15%    3.80%   
New York 1.86%    4.75%    4.49%    3.75%    2.72%    2.38%    3.43%    2.00%   
Pennsylvania 1.70%    3.45%    5.41%    6.09%    7.12%    2.84%    1.89%    2.61%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.89%    7.80%    5.20%    4.05%    2.28%    4.20%    4.29%    2.73%   
Indiana 3.00%    10.80%    5.97%    3.07%    2.97%    3.60%    6.45%    2.43%   
Michigan 3.49%    7.34%    6.03%    9.14%    1.44%    5.76%    5.11%    3.41%   
Ohio 2.46%    7.01%    7.60%    3.61%    5.18%    4.81%    4.59%    3.30%   
Wisconsin 2.70%    10.41%    9.98%    4.17%    3.93%    1.52%    4.58%    1.60%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.30%    4.53%    13.49%    3.88%    4.79%    3.66%    4.29%    2.42%   
Kansas 1.87%    7.11%    7.29%    4.93%    3.76%    7.76%    4.45%    5.12%   
Minnesota 4.00%    8.98%    10.03%    4.87%    3.20%    5.53%    6.51%    2.66%   
Missouri 4.05%    7.86%    10.09%    5.78%    3.47%    3.04%    7.20%    2.52%   
Nebraska 2.71%    5.35%    10.12%    6.72%    2.96%    6.81%    4.10%    3.14%   
North Dakota 3.38%    8.80%    8.35%    6.22%    5.26%    5.65%    4.55%    3.97%   
South Dakota 3.11%    7.63%    5.04%    5.73%    1.14%    3.85%    4.60%    2.00%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.56%    8.58%    10.63%    6.64%    6.67%    5.62%    4.34%    3.41%   
District of Columbia 2.90%    7.01%    8.67%    8.71%    9.33%    6.10%    4.36%    5.30%   
Florida 2.30%    7.69%    4.86%    3.98%    1.95%    3.02%    5.67%    2.49%   
Georgia 2.92%    9.48%    8.49%    4.61%    3.55%    6.44%    5.47%    3.80%   
Maryland 3.00%    7.18%    10.71%    5.01%    5.67%    8.79%    3.10%    5.45%   
North Carolina 3.17%    9.14%    13.59%    2.90%    4.19%    3.83%    6.86%    2.16%   
South Carolina 3.84%    12.89%    10.84%    3.36%    4.57%    4.61%    8.44%    3.74%   
Virginia 3.33%    3.46%    4.76%    7.18%    4.98%    6.76%    2.75%    5.35%   
West Virginia 2.32%    4.79%    14.20%    4.64%    4.39%    4.41%    4.44%    2.09%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.09%    10.36%    10.44%    8.30%    4.62%    3.21%    5.64%    2.78%   
Kentucky 3.67%    9.53%    10.82%    5.14%    4.77%    2.01%    5.82%    2.42%   
Mississippi 3.20%    11.01%    10.05%    2.82%    4.27%    5.36%    6.41%    3.40%   
Tennessee 2.16%    8.28%    11.55%    6.05%    4.03%    3.90%    3.09%    2.85%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.34%    9.84%    12.93%    3.03%    5.64%    5.45%    5.09%    3.71%   
Louisiana 2.09%    9.31%    10.76%    3.81%    4.26%    4.59%    4.44%    3.50%   
Oklahoma 3.74%    7.14%    10.98%    3.57%    2.03%    4.80%    4.91%    3.68%   
Texas 2.49%    6.54%    9.83%    2.89%    4.74%    4.31%    5.44%    3.47%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.91%    8.59%    11.64%    3.86%    5.63%    4.24%    7.24%    2.63%   
Colorado 3.25%    7.73%    11.26%    5.23%    5.36%    2.77%    5.32%    2.08%   
Idaho 2.85%    6.46%    4.36%    5.71%    4.20%    5.35%    4.84%    2.77%   
Montana 3.10%    9.48%    10.91%    4.17%    3.69%    3.40%    4.68%    1.80%   
Nevada 3.56%    8.94%    0.00%    10.84%    5.36%    4.47%    5.99%    3.03%   
New Mexico 2.94%    6.63%    6.55%    6.90%    1.79%    6.53%    3.79%    4.11%   
Utah 3.59%    9.18%    13.76%    3.09%    2.30%    7.87%    4.52%    5.58%   
Wyoming 3.88%    9.90%    8.64%    4.58%    5.23%    3.74%    6.21%    2.76%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.90%    12.07%    3.27%    3.48%    2.84%    5.81%    5.39%    4.18%   
California 2.25%    5.21%    3.86%    2.88%    1.11%    3.88%    3.27%    2.50%   
Hawaii 3.83%    5.81%    5.89%    4.73%    4.26%    5.77%    4.39%    3.18%   
Oregon 3.61%    7.58%    4.54%    5.43%    2.02%    6.08%    5.02%    3.83%   
Washington 3.40%    8.36%    4.27%    3.54%    1.87%    6.06%    6.01%    4.09%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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