Table VI.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 74.9%    76.6%    74.0%    64.2%    61.2%    75.8%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.2%    78.1%    69.1%    71.4%    --    76.6%   
Maine 75.6%    71.3%    82.3%    88.8%    --    76.2%   
Massachusetts 72.0%    73.3%    61.3%    71.9%    --    74.7%   
New Hampshire 80.6%    82.6%    79.0%    74.0%    --    80.8%   
Rhode Island 63.3%    63.1%    62.6%    66.5%    --    62.8%   
Vermont 65.0%    68.9%    75.0%    46.7%    --    66.4%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 71.9%    70.8%    75.2%    70.8%    --    71.4%   
New York 68.3%    68.9%    69.7%    63.9%    60.4%    68.9%   
Pennsylvania 70.5%    72.2%    85.6%    51.8%    --    69.8%   
East North Central:
Illinois 72.8%    79.2%    63.4%    38.5% * --    72.6%   
Indiana 84.0%    83.8%    94.7%    72.3%    --    83.5%   
Michigan 75.5%    77.3%    67.6%    73.1%    --    74.3%   
Ohio 72.2%    78.2%    60.4%    49.3%    --    74.4%   
Wisconsin 76.6%    80.1%    62.2%    77.7%    --    78.5%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    82.2%    63.5%    57.5%    --    76.1%   
Kansas 67.6%    68.0%    72.1%    56.8%    --    68.6%   
Minnesota 75.9%    82.3%    55.3%    64.3%    --    80.1%   
Missouri 77.8%    76.7%    96.4%    56.6%    --    78.6%   
Nebraska 69.8%    72.4%    70.6%    55.4%    --    71.8%   
North Dakota 53.5%    60.6%    34.2%    48.4%    36.5% * 56.1%   
South Dakota 73.6%    75.8%    73.2%    65.0%    --    73.0%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 78.7%    82.7%    81.6%    43.3%    --    81.3%   
District of Columbia 59.8%    63.1%    59.3%    51.4%    --    60.5%   
Florida 81.6%    78.8%    94.4%    90.9%    --    80.2%   
Georgia 84.5%    86.1%    80.8%    74.8%    --    85.3%   
Maryland 67.4%    70.7%    72.8%    36.0%    --    70.2%   
North Carolina 79.6%    82.1%    70.8%    73.3%    --    80.2%   
South Carolina 78.9%    81.9%    77.5%    53.7%    --    79.4%   
Virginia 75.3%    80.5%    63.8%    57.1%    --    75.1%   
West Virginia 78.2%    83.4%    79.4%    51.2%    --    77.9%   
East South Central:
Alabama 69.0%    72.6%    58.5%    56.7%    --    69.1%   
Kentucky 80.3%    79.5%    89.3%    70.9%    --    79.8%   
Mississippi 72.5%    78.3%    59.8%    64.7%    --    71.7%   
Tennessee 83.1%    81.5%    94.7%    69.1%    --    84.1%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 73.9%    76.8%    80.1%    53.6%    --    74.3%   
Louisiana 72.7%    76.2%    58.9%    55.4%    --    74.2%   
Oklahoma 69.0%    72.2%    55.0%    73.0%    50.0%    70.9%   
Texas 76.8%    80.4%    73.4%    57.8%    61.9%    78.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.7%    80.7%    77.7%    76.1%    --    83.0%   
Colorado 76.6%    77.3%    77.3%    69.0%    65.4%    78.4%   
Idaho 80.9%    79.1%    95.7%    62.4%    --    84.8%   
Montana 72.2%    66.6%    96.5%    64.8%    --    72.8%   
Nevada 71.3%    67.3%    89.1%    --    --    73.4%   
New Mexico 84.8%    84.8%    90.6%    78.4%    --    85.0%   
Utah 65.2%    60.3%    75.5%    83.9%    --    68.0%   
Wyoming 80.2%    81.8%    75.6%    76.4%    --    81.8%   
Pacific:
Alaska 81.3%    78.9%    85.5%    85.0%    --    83.1%   
California 75.6%    75.8%    74.4%    75.8%    53.9%    77.9%   
Hawaii 61.1%    62.4%    62.5%    46.4%    75.9%    59.6%   
Oregon 76.7%    74.9%    88.0%    78.9%    --    76.2%   
Washington 77.9%    82.6%    72.0%    58.9%    --    79.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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 few reported values in cell.

 

Table VI.A.2.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Ownership Age of firm
For profit, incorporated For profit, unincorporated Nonprofit Less than 5 years 5 or more years
United States 0.64%    0.75%    1.65%    1.93%    3.28%    0.65%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.91%    4.75%    9.78%    9.09%    --    3.86%   
Maine 3.74%    4.82%    7.65%    5.69%    --    3.77%   
Massachusetts 4.10%    4.73%    15.03%    8.43%    --    3.95%   
New Hampshire 3.25%    3.87%    8.60%    7.26%    --    3.22%   
Rhode Island 4.73%    5.56%    13.12%    10.64%    --    4.83%   
Vermont 4.02%    4.70%    11.24%    8.95%    --    4.07%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.63%    4.35%    7.91%    11.84%    --    3.71%   
New York 3.18%    3.95%    7.93%    7.54%    13.10%    3.30%   
Pennsylvania 3.03%    3.57%    6.27%    7.79%    --    3.11%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.68%    4.87%    12.54%    13.51% * --    4.74%   
Indiana 3.25%    3.88%    4.18%    11.32%    --    3.35%   
Michigan 3.57%    4.15%    11.92%    8.08%    --    3.70%   
Ohio 3.16%    3.58%    10.24%    8.59%    --    3.19%   
Wisconsin 3.98%    4.35%    12.30%    7.86%    --    3.85%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.85%    4.09%    12.85%    9.49%    --    3.93%   
Kansas 4.07%    4.67%    12.60%    11.29%    --    4.23%   
Minnesota 4.10%    3.66%    14.06%    11.94%    --    3.57%   
Missouri 4.11%    5.08%    3.59%    10.29%    --    4.05%   
Nebraska 4.34%    5.48%    8.91%    11.34%    --    4.45%   
North Dakota 4.11%    5.10%    8.26%    11.13%    13.05% * 4.40%   
South Dakota 4.13%    4.93%    12.39%    10.30%    --    4.21%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.93%    4.57%    9.35%    9.91%    --    3.54%   
District of Columbia 4.02%    5.55%    11.07%    7.45%    --    4.12%   
Florida 3.87%    4.67%    2.81%    5.44%    --    4.09%   
Georgia 2.88%    3.15%    9.31%    9.54%    --    2.75%   
Maryland 4.33%    5.30%    9.48%    9.99%    --    4.25%   
North Carolina 3.25%    3.56%    10.64%    9.15%    --    3.28%   
South Carolina 3.53%    3.82%    10.21%    12.81%    --    3.55%   
Virginia 3.68%    3.92%    11.28%    11.78%    --    3.79%   
West Virginia 3.39%    3.86%    7.44%    9.74%    --    3.42%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.78%    4.28%    11.60%    11.76%    --    3.89%   
Kentucky 3.39%    4.13%    7.89%    9.47%    --    3.46%   
Mississippi 4.04%    4.03%    10.50%    12.18%    --    4.14%   
Tennessee 2.87%    3.74%    2.51%    10.36%    --    2.87%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.88%    4.63%    8.32%    10.19%    --    3.95%   
Louisiana 4.34%    4.73%    13.45%    12.48%    --    4.31%   
Oklahoma 3.86%    4.47%    9.44%    11.89%    14.28%    3.95%   
Texas 2.50%    2.66%    6.50%    9.40%    10.70%    2.48%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.68%    4.50%    7.81%    10.45%    --    3.46%   
Colorado 4.18%    5.04%    9.67%    11.88%    14.34%    4.28%   
Idaho 3.86%    4.61%    3.80%    16.45%    --    3.66%   
Montana 4.88%    6.47%    2.53%    10.48%    --    4.91%   
Nevada 4.29%    5.11%    5.67%    --    --    4.40%   
New Mexico 2.65%    3.18%    4.87%    8.06%    --    2.66%   
Utah 4.64%    5.58%    10.81%    8.10%    --    4.67%   
Wyoming 3.90%    4.38%    11.44%    9.62%    --    3.77%   
Pacific:
Alaska 3.69%    4.89%    8.44%    5.81%    --    3.61%   
California 2.24%    2.64%    5.71%    5.83%    10.11%    2.17%   
Hawaii 3.50%    4.00%    9.49%    10.96%    10.20%    3.58%   
Oregon 4.00%    4.74%    7.47%    8.18%    --    4.07%   
Washington 3.92%    4.12%    10.97%    12.48%    --    3.82%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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 few reported values in cell.