Table VII.B.3.b.(1).a(2008) 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, 2008

 

 

 

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%

  

 

United States

80.7%

81.7%

77.0%

71.2%

71.0%

82.8%

 

New England:

Connecticut

83.5%

83.7%

84.4%

68.8%

71.4%

84.8%

Maine

79.1%

81.4%

73.9%

57.2%

68.2%

82.1%

Massachusetts

80.7%

81.9%

82.2%

59.7%

63.0%

83.4%

New Hampshire

73.5%

74.2%

72.1%

67.8%

62.3%

75.2%

Rhode Island

79.9%

81.5%

76.8%

69.7%

72.6%

81.0%

Vermont

80.7%

81.5%

80.4%

70.7%

71.3%

81.9%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

76.8%

76.4%

85.1%

69.4%

53.7%

79.2%

New York

80.7%

82.0%

72.2%

70.9%

67.2%

82.6%

Pennsylvania

84.5%

85.0%

79.8%

84.8%

80.1%

85.1%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

82.0%

82.9%

77.1%

73.1%

69.7%

84.4%

Indiana

76.5%

79.2%

64.0%

60.6%

69.3%

78.0%

Michigan

81.8%

82.3%

81.3%

74.5%

70.1%

83.7%

Ohio

79.0%

80.8%

72.6%

64.4%

71.6%

80.8%

Wisconsin

77.7%

78.1%

76.9%

72.5%

71.2%

78.9%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

80.7%

82.0%

75.1%

63.8%

68.5%

83.2%

Kansas

81.1%

82.4%

75.2%

74.6%

69.4%

84.5%

Minnesota

80.0%

82.0%

71.6%

80.8%

67.4%

83.0%

Missouri

80.7%

81.0%

78.8%

79.4%

71.9%

83.2%

Nebraska

77.3%

77.5%

76.5%

74.7%

66.3%

80.0%

North Dakota

81.5%

83.5%

76.7%

71.8%

75.5%

83.1%

South Dakota

79.2%

80.4%

73.8%

69.8%

64.7%

82.5%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

80.9%

82.0%

72.6%

70.9%

70.2%

83.0%

District of Columbia

85.7%

86.2%

83.5%

75.3%

71.1%

86.7%

Florida

79.8%

81.0%

74.9%

68.9%

78.2%

80.2%

Georgia

81.2%

83.0%

72.3%

65.4%

72.7%

82.9%

Maryland

78.4%

78.5%

77.7%

76.9%

68.1%

79.9%

North Carolina

79.9%

80.0%

79.7%

76.0%

67.6%

82.7%

South Carolina

78.8%

80.9%

67.2%

72.3%

67.0%

83.3%

Virginia

78.8%

80.1%

63.9%

84.8%

69.4%

80.4%

West Virginia

77.4%

78.2%

73.9%

60.3%

62.7%

81.5%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

75.3%

76.1%

68.8%

74.5%

64.8%

77.9%

Kentucky

81.1%

82.7%

77.3%

61.0%

65.8%

85.1%

Mississippi

81.9%

83.1%

75.5%

61.6%

75.7%

84.1%

Tennessee

81.2%

82.3%

82.1%

57.6%

75.1%

83.1%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

80.6%

81.2%

77.2%

72.7%

70.1%

83.5%

Louisiana

81.7%

82.1%

82.0%

71.5%

74.7%

84.1%

Oklahoma

78.0%

78.0%

79.0%

72.5%

71.3%

81.1%

Texas

80.7%

82.1%

76.8%

61.9%

71.7%

83.2%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

78.9%

81.1%

74.4%

55.7%

64.6%

81.7%

Colorado

79.7%

79.5%

78.5%

91.8%

63.0%

82.6%

Idaho

79.5%

79.4%

73.4%

89.3%

68.3%

81.4%

Montana

82.8%

84.2%

76.3%

79.8%

79.1%

83.7%

Nevada

74.9%

74.4%

86.5%

51.5%

65.9%

78.0%

New Mexico

74.6%

76.2%

70.2%

68.1%

65.7%

77.9%

Utah

78.3%

78.1%

81.1%

72.3%

66.6%

80.0%

Wyoming

82.6%

83.5%

76.6%

65.3%

82.4%

82.6%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

81.7%

82.1%

79.1%

77.9%

64.8%

83.2%

California

83.8%

84.0%

83.0%

80.2%

75.7%

85.1%

Hawaii

88.7%

88.2%

91.3%

90.8%

87.3%

89.1%

Oregon

86.8%

87.3%

85.7%

82.8%

72.2%

89.1%

Washington

86.1%

88.4%

72.4%

71.1%

70.1%

88.0%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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(2008) 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, 2008

 

 

 

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%

  

 

United States

0.26%

0.23%

0.97%

1.71%

0.87%

0.13%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.80%

1.06%

3.47%

8.69%

5.99%

1.19%

Maine

2.11%

2.41%

6.60%

9.32%

5.79%

2.82%

Massachusetts

1.14%

1.86%

3.91%

4.64%

4.89%

1.03%

New Hampshire

1.85%

1.98%

3.61%

4.66%

4.62%

1.59%

Rhode Island

1.27%

1.43%

2.79%

4.33%

2.56%

1.12%

Vermont

1.64%

1.91%

4.59%

9.87%

3.04%

1.63%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.82%

1.86%

5.19%

10.29%

6.52%

1.75%

New York

1.28%

1.25%

2.89%

4.62%

5.81%

0.93%

Pennsylvania

1.17%

1.24%

1.94%

3.47%

3.41%

1.14%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.34%

1.47%

2.97%

6.67%

4.27%

1.34%

Indiana

1.31%

1.24%

5.68%

7.29%

4.12%

1.35%

Michigan

1.07%

1.54%

3.02%

5.11%

3.86%

0.99%

Ohio

1.30%

1.81%

4.19%

5.38%

4.12%

1.68%

Wisconsin

0.98%

0.93%

3.04%

7.49%

3.24%

0.86%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

0.74%

1.11%

4.18%

7.73%

3.59%

1.44%

Kansas

1.29%

1.45%

4.48%

5.10%

3.46%

1.31%

Minnesota

2.14%

2.22%

4.31%

3.44%

2.84%

2.18%

Missouri

1.79%

2.10%

6.63%

6.06%

3.97%

1.39%

Nebraska

1.29%

1.35%

3.31%

4.55%

2.64%

1.45%

North Dakota

1.25%

1.52%

3.12%

4.73%

3.08%

1.19%

South Dakota

2.08%

2.41%

2.24%

4.33%

4.30%

1.35%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.58%

1.47%

9.96%

6.59%

3.50%

1.82%

District of Columbia

1.78%

1.82%

3.76%

6.90%

6.71%

1.73%

Florida

1.61%

1.74%

7.25%

7.34%

3.35%

1.45%

Georgia

1.22%

1.26%

5.48%

6.36%

5.50%

0.98%

Maryland

1.31%

1.31%

3.87%

4.89%

4.74%

0.94%

North Carolina

1.84%

1.89%

4.93%

8.90%

4.11%

1.98%

South Carolina

1.92%

1.91%

4.52%

8.65%

4.12%

1.36%

Virginia

1.13%

1.32%

5.54%

6.75%

3.70%

1.26%

West Virginia

1.35%

1.31%

4.15%

10.13%

3.88%

1.36%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

0.98%

1.64%

6.98%

6.59%

2.77%

1.37%

Kentucky

1.08%

1.53%

4.63%

9.23%

5.29%

1.67%

Mississippi

2.03%

2.33%

10.01%

7.84%

3.63%

3.04%

Tennessee

1.47%

1.01%

4.06%

10.19%

4.79%

0.92%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.44%

1.47%

6.21%

10.30%

3.34%

1.64%

Louisiana

1.54%

1.67%

9.35%

7.22%

2.09%

1.62%

Oklahoma

1.84%

2.13%

7.99%

6.69%

4.03%

1.47%

Texas

1.74%

1.86%

4.64%

4.51%

2.39%

1.88%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.16%

2.19%

5.23%

9.89%

6.13%

1.70%

Colorado

1.78%

1.97%

7.48%

10.20%

5.19%

1.22%

Idaho

2.74%

2.84%

4.12%

10.86%

5.14%

3.14%

Montana

1.53%

1.62%

5.26%

4.09%

3.86%

1.69%

Nevada

1.83%

2.08%

2.95%

12.56%

4.36%

2.57%

New Mexico

2.60%

2.94%

5.40%

5.18%

3.42%

2.57%

Utah

2.70%

2.87%

2.83%

6.17%

3.70%

2.92%

Wyoming

1.70%

1.87%

4.14%

9.26%

2.76%

1.90%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

2.05%

2.21%

10.28%

8.32%

7.24%

2.01%

California

0.61%

0.85%

1.72%

2.83%

1.77%

0.84%

Hawaii

0.93%

0.93%

2.57%

3.69%

3.14%

0.65%

Oregon

1.10%

0.75%

6.35%

14.58%

6.07%

0.72%

Washington

1.97%

1.48%

6.63%

6.15%

5.27%

1.79%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.