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, 2020
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 76.4%    77.3%    76.5%    69.7%    61.7%    77.2%   
New England:
Connecticut 83.7%    83.5%    83.4%    84.5%    --    84.5%   
Maine 78.2%    80.9%    66.5%    74.9%    100.0%    76.8%   
Massachusetts 62.5%    68.4%    51.0%    40.4%    --    63.3%   
New Hampshire 76.4%    81.2%    72.5%    55.2%    --    76.2%   
Rhode Island 82.4%    82.5%    89.2%    72.8%    --    84.2%   
Vermont 77.2%    76.2%    68.9%    88.6%    --    76.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 76.4%    78.5%    77.0%    61.1%    --    76.0%   
New York 68.9%    69.3%    65.6%    70.0%    --    70.9%   
Pennsylvania 74.6%    79.1%    58.4%    67.6%    --    75.6%   
East North Central:
Illinois 82.3%    82.8%    91.4%    64.0%    --    82.4%   
Indiana 84.4%    83.6%    94.7%    72.3%    100.0%    83.8%   
Michigan 70.0%    67.1%    71.9%    85.0%    100.0%    69.3%   
Ohio 76.6%    80.2%    67.6%    62.7%    --    77.2%   
Wisconsin 80.9%    79.9%    98.1%    76.2%    --    81.3%   
West North Central:
Iowa 74.1%    77.0%    68.9%    65.2%    --    75.4%   
Kansas 70.9%    75.7%    53.2%    61.0%    --    72.3%   
Minnesota 73.4%    72.1%    95.5%    69.1%    --    74.9%   
Missouri 78.6%    81.0%    74.2%    71.9%    --    80.5%   
Nebraska 75.5%    76.9%    77.2%    59.1%    91.5%    74.3%   
North Dakota 70.3%    77.2%    50.2%    54.6%    83.8%    69.7%   
South Dakota 70.4%    69.9%    72.1%    69.6%    --    73.1%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 74.8%    72.7%    90.9%    67.5%    --    74.6%   
District of Columbia 61.1%    65.5%    55.2%    54.7%    --    62.6%   
Florida 77.9%    77.3%    77.8%    83.6%    --    82.1%   
Georgia 84.6%    87.7%    85.0%    58.9%    --    85.3%   
Maryland 66.9%    69.6%    64.5%    54.9%    --    70.0%   
North Carolina 74.5%    73.8%    96.6%    60.4%    --    75.3%   
South Carolina 86.1%    86.2%    91.3%    82.0%    100.0%    85.7%   
Virginia 72.3%    75.4%    77.6%    36.5% * --    75.6%   
West Virginia 81.8%    85.9%    78.2%    64.2%    100.0%    81.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 76.3%    77.6%    82.9%    57.3%    --    77.7%   
Kentucky 88.0%    89.9%    83.4%    82.9%    --    87.9%   
Mississippi 83.4%    81.8%    89.8%    82.7%    --    83.8%   
Tennessee 85.4%    85.0%    93.5%    72.1%    --    85.5%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 84.4%    87.6%    66.3%    93.7%    --    84.7%   
Louisiana 83.2%    84.1%    84.6%    72.9%    100.0%    82.4%   
Oklahoma 82.9%    85.9%    87.9%    52.6%    --    83.2%   
Texas 74.3%    75.5%    73.3%    67.7%    65.9%    74.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 82.5%    81.2%    89.0%    87.1%    --    83.3%   
Colorado 68.3%    67.9%    91.1%    54.0%    --    70.6%   
Idaho 78.5%    76.0%    97.8%    67.1%    --    80.5%   
Montana 78.8%    79.2%    81.8%    72.8%    --    78.9%   
Nevada 84.6%    85.5%    96.4%    --    100.0%    84.1%   
New Mexico 78.0%    74.0%    90.5%    90.8%    --    78.5%   
Utah 76.0%    74.9%    80.3%    76.8%    84.3%    75.2%   
Wyoming 80.4%    80.3%    88.7%    63.8%    --    82.3%   
Pacific:
Alaska 91.8%    93.0%    100.0%    84.4%    --    92.3%   
California 76.0%    75.4%    73.4%    83.7%    80.9%    75.6%   
Hawaii 78.8%    81.1%    75.5%    68.0%    85.0%    78.1%   
Oregon 80.4%    79.7%    91.3%    68.9%    --    81.0%   
Washington 74.8%    77.5%    60.9%    78.0%    --    77.5%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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, 2020
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 0.71%    0.83%    1.83%    2.00%    3.90%    0.71%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.02%    3.68%    8.28%    6.46%    --    3.01%   
Maine 3.59%    4.35%    12.18%    6.20%    0.00%    3.71%   
Massachusetts 4.64%    4.99%    13.99%    10.56%    --    4.80%   
New Hampshire 4.15%    4.78%    11.18%    11.08%    --    4.27%   
Rhode Island 3.61%    4.35%    5.91%    11.86%    --    3.53%   
Vermont 3.71%    4.54%    13.55%    5.07%    --    3.78%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.86%    4.43%    9.98%    11.73%    --    3.96%   
New York 2.88%    3.49%    7.89%    7.08%    --    2.89%   
Pennsylvania 3.35%    3.79%    11.66%    6.77%    --    3.36%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.41%    2.81%    4.34%    9.40%    --    2.44%   
Indiana 3.07%    3.77%    3.34%    11.89%    0.00%    3.17%   
Michigan 4.20%    5.09%    11.00%    5.68%    0.00%    4.26%   
Ohio 3.53%    3.83%    10.72%    11.30%    --    3.60%   
Wisconsin 4.02%    4.89%    2.00%    8.44%    --    4.11%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.79%    4.34%    10.83%    11.03%    --    3.81%   
Kansas 4.69%    5.39%    11.17%    16.22%    --    4.84%   
Minnesota 4.25%    4.83%    4.33%    12.24%    --    4.26%   
Missouri 3.44%    3.74%    11.47%    8.34%    --    3.22%   
Nebraska 4.22%    5.05%    9.95%    11.33%    8.34%    4.44%   
North Dakota 3.89%    4.15%    10.82%    10.80%    11.04%    3.99%   
South Dakota 4.86%    6.22%    10.32%    11.84%    --    4.92%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 4.59%    5.68%    4.91%    10.67%    --    4.68%   
District of Columbia 4.49%    5.99%    10.32%    9.20%    --    4.58%   
Florida 4.02%    4.70%    11.68%    8.26%    --    3.66%   
Georgia 3.42%    3.29%    9.63%    15.38%    --    3.35%   
Maryland 5.03%    5.93%    14.53%    12.31%    --    4.90%   
North Carolina 4.03%    4.89%    2.78%    9.61%    --    4.08%   
South Carolina 3.30%    3.89%    8.16%    8.62%    0.00%    3.38%   
Virginia 3.95%    4.41%    9.41%    12.42% * --    3.79%   
West Virginia 2.94%    2.91%    8.96%    9.59%    0.00%    2.96%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.91%    4.49%    9.61%    11.66%    --    3.92%   
Kentucky 3.02%    2.98%    11.07%    9.85%    --    3.08%   
Mississippi 3.51%    4.49%    5.64%    7.85%    --    3.53%   
Tennessee 2.93%    3.75%    2.90%    9.37%    --    2.99%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 3.80%    3.63%    13.89%    4.46%    --    3.88%   
Louisiana 3.70%    4.07%    8.91%    17.01%    0.00%    3.83%   
Oklahoma 3.56%    3.80%    5.85%    14.14%    --    3.67%   
Texas 3.16%    3.85%    6.24%    11.63%    12.99%    3.25%   
Mountain:
Arizona 4.15%    4.96%    6.55%    8.58%    --    4.07%   
Colorado 5.62%    6.52%    6.09%    14.77%    --    5.76%   
Idaho 4.51%    5.40%    1.89%    17.69%    --    4.19%   
Montana 4.51%    5.31%    11.76%    12.93%    --    4.63%   
Nevada 4.63%    4.71%    2.73%    --    0.00%    4.77%   
New Mexico 3.80%    4.63%    6.54%    7.35%    --    3.80%   
Utah 4.75%    5.84%    8.40%    13.30%    10.62%    5.06%   
Wyoming 3.55%    4.32%    6.91%    12.00%    --    3.33%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.26%    2.55%    0.00%    6.34%    --    2.21%   
California 2.86%    3.37%    6.80%    8.08%    9.51%    2.97%   
Hawaii 3.76%    4.26%    9.00%    16.77%    14.06%    3.84%   
Oregon 3.71%    4.47%    6.03%    11.25%    --    3.69%   
Washington 4.32%    4.63%    13.89%    8.39%    --    4.23%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.