Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2003) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003
 
 

 

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

82.9%

84.1%

74.8%

76.1%

70.7%

83.0%

86.1%
 
New England:
Connecticut

82.0%

82.8%

78.5%

81.7%

59.4%

81.5%

87.5%
Maine

81.0%

82.1%

77.0%

70.5%

69.7%

82.3%

83.1%
Massachusetts

82.5%

83.4%

77.9%

79.3%

70.2%

79.6%

88.1%
New Hampshire

80.0%

80.7%

78.3%

71.6%

72.2%

78.2%

85.9%
Rhode Island

83.3%

83.1%

82.5%

89.5%

65.1%

84.1%

89.6%
Vermont

75.9%

75.6%

76.8%

78.1%

68.5%

78.5%

72.8%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

79.1%

80.6%

73.4%

71.2%

60.9%

78.5%

83.7%
New York

84.4%

86.1%

72.8%

73.7%

71.0%

84.6%

86.7%
Pennsylvania

84.3%

86.0%

76.0%

77.1%

78.7%

84.2%

86.2%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

83.3%

84.0%

76.6%

80.2%

66.0%

82.1%

89.3%
Indiana

83.9%

85.2%

76.7%

74.9%

64.7%

82.4%

90.4%
Michigan

83.7%

84.6%

78.1%

81.3%

71.6%

82.3%

89.2%
Ohio

82.5%

84.7%

68.4%

73.0%

71.1%

81.9%

85.6%
Wisconsin

75.2%

75.4%

73.7%

74.0%

61.1%

77.9%

74.7%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

81.3%

82.6%

75.9%

74.5%

74.5%

78.2%

89.9%
Kansas

80.4%

81.5%

72.7%

78.2%

66.4%

81.8%

85.2%
Minnesota

83.9%

84.7%

78.0%

79.5%

71.8%

84.0%

85.1%
Missouri

82.2%

84.4%

72.6%

69.2%

65.0%

85.9%

80.6%
Nebraska

77.5%

78.7%

70.2%

81.1%

62.8%

77.3%

84.1%
North Dakota

82.2%

85.0%

67.1%

86.0%

74.7%

80.4%

89.6%
South Dakota

80.4%

81.3%

78.0%

72.3%

65.2%

82.5%

84.0%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

85.2%

86.8%

71.5%

79.4%

74.1%

83.9%

87.4%
District of Columbia

85.3%

86.7%

73.1%

70.4%

58.3%

84.7%

90.6%
Florida

82.0%

84.8%

63.4%

81.7%

61.1%

81.7%

88.7%
Georgia

84.3%

85.1%

83.6%

67.7%

77.6%

83.3%

86.6%
Maryland

79.0%

80.2%

74.0%

68.3%

65.8%

76.9%

84.8%
North Carolina

85.6%

87.8%

69.2%

72.0%

73.3%

88.0%

84.7%
South Carolina

86.1%

87.2%

79.2%

75.7%

73.9%

85.9%

91.3%
Virginia

80.8%

82.6%

69.9%

75.9%

73.6%

79.5%

85.3%
West Virginia

84.7%

85.8%

76.6%

76.2%

74.7%

85.6%

89.2%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

77.9%

79.3%

61.0%

75.0%

67.7%

78.9%

83.0%
Kentucky

83.8%

84.5%

80.5%

80.8%

73.4%

86.0%

87.0%
Mississippi

84.0%

84.7%

83.9%

66.0%

77.6%

83.5%

88.5%
Tennessee

82.3%

84.1%

63.5%

79.8%

65.5%

81.9%

87.4%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

79.0%

79.6%

83.5%

46.8%

56.6%

83.3%

84.7%
Louisiana

79.6%

81.6%

61.0%

68.8%

65.4%

80.4%

86.1%
Oklahoma

84.8%

85.9%

83.1%

66.2%

73.0%

84.8%

87.9%
Texas

85.1%

85.2%

83.7%

83.6%

76.6%

85.5%

87.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

81.5%

82.4%

75.2%

78.6%

63.5%

79.2%

87.8%
Colorado

79.0%

80.8%

72.4%

64.4%

77.5%

80.5%

77.0%
Idaho

86.0%

86.3%

81.4%

89.3%

74.0%

86.7%

88.5%
Montana

84.3%

85.8%

76.2%

83.1%

72.0%

84.6%

91.0%
Nevada

83.0%

84.2%

73.4%

80.5%

77.1%

82.6%

84.8%
New Mexico

78.9%

81.5%

65.9%

74.7%

56.9%

80.8%

86.1%
Utah

81.7%

83.0%

80.5%

68.1%

77.8%

81.3%

84.1%
Wyoming

85.3%

86.4%

79.5%

76.8%

75.0%

84.6%

89.5%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

88.0%

89.4%

82.7%

72.5%

68.9%

87.8%

91.8%
California

83.5%

84.1%

80.8%

74.7%

75.6%

84.5%

83.8%
Hawaii

87.8%

87.7%

90.2%

85.2%

87.0%

87.5%

89.0%
Oregon

86.9%

87.3%

81.6%

90.2%

76.4%

87.5%

88.7%
Washington

86.3%

87.7%

80.0%

74.1%

74.0%

87.9%

87.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003
 
 

 

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

0.29%

0.37%

1.20%

1.26%

1.35%

0.47%

0.64%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.31%

1.55%

4.62%

6.57%

6.68%

1.30%

4.08%
Maine

2.07%

2.79%

4.94%

6.56%

4.92%

1.39%

7.05%
Massachusetts

1.26%

1.44%

4.08%

3.68%

10.16%

1.28%

1.87%
New Hampshire

1.32%

1.40%

3.97%

6.76%

6.14%

2.07%

2.06%
Rhode Island

1.05%

1.19%

2.41%

4.17%

4.88%

0.75%

2.19%
Vermont

2.99%

3.36%

4.98%

5.07%

5.34%

1.80%

6.36%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.36%

1.44%

4.22%

10.24%

8.62%

3.35%

2.68%
New York

0.87%

0.84%

3.35%

4.89%

4.10%

1.53%

1.93%
Pennsylvania

0.92%

1.31%

4.34%

3.40%

5.77%

1.77%

2.71%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

2.00%

2.19%

5.90%

5.56%

6.21%

2.01%

1.93%
Indiana

1.65%

2.08%

4.96%

4.98%

5.84%

2.14%

1.47%
Michigan

1.41%

1.40%

3.83%

4.83%

4.65%

1.35%

2.28%
Ohio

1.70%

0.87%

5.63%

5.24%

5.07%

1.64%

3.19%
Wisconsin

2.00%

2.32%

3.93%

4.74%

6.15%

1.51%

5.55%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.96%

1.73%

3.53%

9.24%

3.44%

1.74%

3.87%
Kansas

1.78%

2.26%

7.32%

11.75%

6.14%

1.31%

4.64%
Minnesota

0.92%

1.18%

4.48%

4.50%

5.47%

0.97%

2.29%
Missouri

1.52%

1.73%

3.78%

7.94%

5.88%

1.53%

3.29%
Nebraska

1.74%

2.54%

2.32%

4.16%

5.88%

0.92%

2.23%
North Dakota

2.11%

2.32%

6.17%

5.10%

4.19%

2.25%

2.67%
South Dakota

1.43%

1.57%

4.62%

5.01%

5.21%

2.29%

2.55%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.72%

1.44%

2.96%

10.73%

10.74%

1.40%

2.57%
District of Columbia

1.79%

1.80%

5.35%

9.27%

8.57%

2.54%

2.28%
Florida

2.04%

1.70%

6.22%

9.36%

4.92%

1.56%

2.08%
Georgia

1.50%

1.49%

5.26%

6.61%

4.05%

2.72%

2.33%
Maryland

1.89%

1.89%

5.30%

5.78%

8.33%

2.23%

4.03%
North Carolina

1.09%

1.30%

6.61%

9.00%

5.67%

0.94%

2.70%
South Carolina

0.99%

1.16%

6.00%

5.26%

3.13%

2.00%

2.01%
Virginia

0.81%

0.99%

6.90%

3.65%

4.01%

1.58%

2.00%
West Virginia

1.11%

1.40%

5.42%

6.42%

4.24%

1.81%

2.09%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

2.44%

2.62%

10.23%

6.41%

3.32%

3.57%

2.95%
Kentucky

1.26%

1.42%

3.06%

10.56%

2.95%

1.02%

2.91%
Mississippi

1.49%

1.40%

4.85%

9.75%

3.70%

1.82%

2.64%
Tennessee

1.86%

1.74%

6.81%

3.93%

6.07%

2.30%

2.57%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

2.65%

2.52%

5.29%

10.56%

7.08%

1.81%

3.69%
Louisiana

2.05%

1.44%

9.07%

7.65%

4.76%

2.19%

3.52%
Oklahoma

1.34%

1.59%

10.91%

10.15%

3.72%

2.57%

1.48%
Texas

0.98%

1.03%

3.42%

2.94%

3.70%

1.25%

1.01%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.45%

1.15%

4.44%

5.55%

5.44%

1.67%

2.92%
Colorado

2.51%

2.87%

5.26%

11.50%

4.03%

1.76%

5.72%
Idaho

1.40%

1.37%

5.88%

4.89%

4.40%

1.11%

3.77%
Montana

1.73%

1.14%

6.13%

4.79%

4.90%

1.42%

2.57%
Nevada

2.05%

1.67%

5.32%

4.40%

5.88%

2.80%

2.85%
New Mexico

1.93%

1.96%

3.81%

5.33%

4.13%

2.34%

2.13%
Utah

2.31%

1.94%

5.00%

7.82%

4.69%

2.94%

2.83%
Wyoming

2.15%

2.32%

3.63%

9.30%

4.39%

2.03%

10.11%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.69%

1.87%

6.98%

9.51%

7.71%

1.66%

2.65%
California

1.01%

1.02%

3.62%

4.94%

1.97%

1.21%

3.00%
Hawaii

1.08%

1.39%

3.04%

6.80%

2.96%

1.48%

1.76%
Oregon

1.77%

1.89%

9.88%

2.61%

3.93%

1.90%

2.16%
Washington

1.39%

1.49%

7.12%

11.05%

10.21%

1.52%

3.21%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.