Table VII.B.2(2000) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees **

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50 %

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

 

United States

89.4%

93.0%

85.8%

74.1%

74.2%

91.5%

97.2%

New England:

Massachusetts

94.1%

97.0%

91.3%

80.3%

82.1%

95.4%

96.7%

New Hampshire

92.6%

95.0%

92.9%

83.5%

77.6%

94.5%

97.6%

Connecticut

93.3%

95.6%

85.9%

90.2%

87.9%

92.5%

98.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

91.5%

94.1%

87.9%

75.8%

81.7%

93.4%

95.1%

New Jersey

90.1%

93.4%

86.6%

74.5%

68.7%

94.7%

97.8%

Pennsylvania

92.4%

96.2%

88.2%

75.8%

78.2%

94.5%

98.3%

East North Central:

Ohio

92.3%

96.5%

86.0%

76.9%

80.1%

92.5%

98.9%

Indiana

89.9%

93.8%

88.2%

78.8%

75.2%

91.5%

99.5%

Illinois

91.7%

94.7%

90.3%

72.2%

77.4%

94.2%

97.1%

Michigan

91.1%

95.9%

78.7%

78.7%

76.9%

91.4%

98.7%

Wisconsin

90.2%

95.1%

92.4%

72.0%

77.2%

93.1%

98.3%

West North Central:

Minnesota

90.5%

95.6%

86.2%

77.9%

75.8%

93.2%

97.2%

Iowa

87.4%

93.4%

81.5%

67.3%

77.2%

88.7%

97.9%

Missouri

89.6%

93.6%

81.4%

69.4%

75.6%

91.4%

96.6%

Nebraska

84.4%

90.7%

81.6%

56.6%

64.0%

86.3%

96.0%

Kansas

89.9%

95.2%

89.6%

65.0%

70.5%

92.6%

98.0%

North Dakota

80.6%

90.7%

84.2%

52.4%

63.0%

87.8%

97.1%

South Dakota

79.2%

87.3%

80.8%

55.7%

60.2%

83.0%

96.9%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

89.4%

93.9%

91.5%

69.0%

70.5%

90.8%

96.6%

Virginia

86.4%

87.7%

91.8%

76.3%

75.9%

84.5%

98.5%

West Virginia

87.0%

90.4%

82.1%

70.9%

68.6%

90.6%

99.0%

North Carolina

90.8%

94.5%

84.3%

75.1%

79.9%

92.9%

96.4%

South Carolina

88.3%

92.2%

82.0%

69.3%

74.9%

89.9%

97.4%

Georgia

89.1%

90.8%

83.8%

85.4%

72.6%

89.5%

97.0%

Florida

89.0%

89.1%

92.2%

82.5%

79.4%

88.4%

96.9%

East South Central:

Kentucky

90.6%

94.1%

94.7%

70.6%

72.4%

92.9%

99.9%

Tennessee

89.9%

92.9%

77.3%

86.8%

75.5%

91.9%

97.6%

Alabama

89.8%

92.5%

88.0%

61.4%

77.5%

91.9%

99.0%

Mississippi

83.6%

88.6%

72.3%

52.4%

65.8%

86.3%

97.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

85.8%

90.6%

78.2%

67.4%

71.0%

88.3%

96.4%

Louisiana

84.7%

89.5%

79.9%

57.5%

71.1%

86.5%

96.8%

Oklahoma

83.0%

89.4%

63.3%

57.1%

63.8%

86.8%

95.7%

Texas

84.3%

88.1%

75.8%

66.6%

63.8%

88.0%

95.5%

Mountain:

Colorado

91.4%

94.3%

90.0%

67.5%

79.6%

90.5%

98.8%

New Mexico

82.2%

86.6%

82.1%

68.1%

65.0%

82.4%

97.6%

Arizona

88.2%

90.5%

92.7%

59.3%

69.9%

89.5%

97.9%

Utah

87.7%

95.2%

73.2%

72.8%

65.4%

90.9%

98.1%

Pacific:

Washington

88.5%

94.7%

80.6%

69.5%

67.2%

94.1%

97.8%

Oregon

87.8%

92.6%

79.4%

68.8%

70.5%

90.8%

96.8%

California

88.5%

92.4%

84.5%

74.1%

72.2%

91.2%

96.3%

States not shown separately

88.9%

94.1%

81.7%

68.5%

74.2%

92.4%

96.8%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

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

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

 

Table VII.B.2(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees **

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50 %

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

 

United States

0.33%

0.27%

0.75%

0.75%

0.73%

0.28%

0.22%

New England:

Massachusetts

0.62%

0.51%

4.37%

2.87%

5.64%

0.50%

1.29%

New Hampshire

0.96%

1.13%

3.96%

4.93%

3.40%

1.49%

2.22%

Connecticut

0.82%

0.82%

5.96%

4.18%

3.12%

1.16%

0.55%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.90%

0.97%

3.26%

5.69%

2.67%

1.04%

2.57%

New Jersey

1.90%

1.42%

3.25%

9.01%

6.66%

1.04%

1.03%

Pennsylvania

0.62%

0.57%

6.03%

3.68%

2.21%

0.55%

0.79%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.01%

0.76%

2.45%

2.49%

2.96%

1.06%

0.84%

Indiana

1.02%

0.87%

6.09%

5.57%

3.13%

0.61%

0.27%

Illinois

1.35%

1.33%

2.23%

5.37%

2.75%

1.18%

1.32%

Michigan

1.24%

0.74%

6.47%

6.66%

4.58%

1.40%

0.67%

Wisconsin

1.19%

0.72%

1.93%

5.03%

4.55%

0.41%

0.58%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.16%

0.49%

4.36%

2.52%

6.11%

0.95%

0.68%

Iowa

1.16%

1.09%

4.96%

7.50%

3.40%

1.89%

0.62%

Missouri

0.96%

0.95%

3.58%

3.52%

2.94%

2.10%

1.19%

Nebraska

1.87%

2.14%

5.36%

5.96%

3.09%

2.50%

2.71%

Kansas

1.88%

1.13%

2.91%

7.68%

3.59%

1.01%

2.07%

North Dakota

2.36%

2.10%

3.71%

5.26%

5.25%

1.95%

0.77%

South Dakota

1.43%

1.37%

3.63%

4.64%

4.13%

2.57%

1.78%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.42%

1.08%

5.14%

4.93%

5.60%

0.95%

1.05%

Virginia

2.37%

4.29%

3.97%

7.08%

4.38%

4.73%

1.31%

West Virginia

1.77%

1.71%

5.67%

3.00%

2.93%

1.14%

0.79%

North Carolina

1.46%

1.18%

5.32%

5.22%

3.12%

1.31%

1.56%

South Carolina

1.49%

1.23%

2.44%

9.68%

3.45%

1.70%

1.35%

Georgia

2.09%

2.16%

10.68%

8.40%

5.47%

1.98%

3.09%

Florida

1.71%

1.37%

5.70%

7.00%

3.33%

3.33%

0.63%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.91%

1.30%

5.30%

7.44%

4.07%

0.95%

0.11%

Tennessee

1.03%

1.30%

7.01%

10.83%

6.17%

1.24%

1.35%

Alabama

1.45%

1.47%

9.62%

7.21%

3.11%

1.30%

8.06%

Mississippi

2.63%

1.71%

7.53%

8.96%

7.17%

2.11%

1.60%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.12%

0.92%

3.01%

5.78%

4.02%

1.30%

1.22%

Louisiana

1.31%

1.49%

7.59%

8.55%

3.71%

3.03%

2.69%

Oklahoma

1.91%

1.77%

9.32%

8.19%

3.95%

1.89%

2.56%

Texas

1.39%

1.18%

3.67%

4.20%

4.52%

0.90%

1.17%

Mountain:

Colorado

1.70%

1.89%

3.31%

4.81%

6.71%

1.74%

0.53%

New Mexico

2.90%

1.48%

12.33%

8.94%

3.18%

2.99%

1.13%

Arizona

2.53%

1.81%

3.94%

8.70%

6.54%

2.34%

0.60%

Utah

2.74%

0.97%

6.85%

7.54%

6.45%

1.17%

1.34%

Pacific:

Washington

1.94%

1.99%

5.50%

5.21%

8.59%

1.56%

1.24%

Oregon

1.15%

1.14%

7.85%

5.01%

5.52%

1.21%

1.37%

California

0.73%

0.53%

4.93%

4.61%

2.17%

0.96%

0.90%

States not shown separately

0.62%

0.56%

3.95%

4.30%

3.70%

0.98%

1.66%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

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

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.