United States

59.3%

39.6%

69.3%

84.5%

95.0%

99.2%

47.2%

96.8%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

30.9%

24.6%

59.9%

77.7%

87.7%

99.2%

29.1%

87.7%

Mining and manufacturing

77.7%

55.0%

83.5%

93.6%

99.1%

99.9%

68.2%

98.8%

Construction

47.1%

35.9%

75.8%

86.4%

90.1%

99.4%

44.6%

92.1%

Utilities and transp.

63.2%

39.6%

66.1%

89.2%

99.7%

97.7%

46.6%

97.4%

Wholesale trade

71.2%

52.2%

83.9%

95.4%

97.4%

99.5%

62.3%

98.0%

Fin. svs. and real est.

70.4%

42.3%

84.5%

95.9%

97.6%

99.9%

50.0%

99.5%

Retail trade

65.3%

36.9%

72.3%

88.5%

95.4%

98.8%

46.7%

97.5%

Professional services

61.0%

47.4%

78.0%

90.8%

97.2%

99.1%

53.7%

97.7%

Other Services

50.3%

31.5%

48.9%

70.5%

90.5%

99.0%

37.4%

93.4%

Unknown

6.4%

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6.6%

*

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6.4%

*

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

67.9%

46.2%

73.9%

86.2%

94.3%

99.3%

55.3%

97.0%

For profit, unincorporated

33.5%

28.7%

44.7%

65.0%

92.5%

94.4%

30.8%

89.4%

Nonprofit

60.4%

42.9%

73.6%

88.5%

98.0%

98.0%

50.5%

96.7%

Unknown

90.4%

1.3%

*

28.0%

*

95.6%

96.7%

100.0%

1.6%

*

99.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

36.8%

31.0%

57.0%

63.3%

88.5%

95.0%

34.9%

87.6%

5-9 years

46.5%

37.5%

61.6%

78.0%

94.1%

94.9%

42.8%

91.6%

10-19 years

54.4%

41.6%

67.4%

84.4%

92.6%

98.4%

48.7%

93.4%

20 or more years

70.5%

47.3%

78.9%

89.9%

96.5%

98.8%

57.9%

97.0%

Unknown

98.4%

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38.7%

*

88.7%

92.2%

99.9%

59.0%

99.2%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

95.1%

69.4%

75.1%

90.0%

95.4%

99.2%

78.8%

97.7%

1 location only

47.1%

39.2%

68.5%

81.1%

91.5%

92.6%

45.7%

89.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

21.2%

9.4%

22.7%

52.8%

81.3%

93.3%

12.7%

84.5%

25-49%

61.8%

36.3%

55.2%

73.5%

95.7%

99.9%

43.4%

96.3%

50-74%

57.3%

40.4%

64.6%

80.2%

95.9%

99.2%

46.3%

97.0%

75% or more

66.9%

47.4%

78.9%

91.3%

96.4%

99.5%

55.9%

98.0%

Union presence

No union employees

58.4%

39.9%

69.3%

84.9%

95.7%

99.1%

47.4%

96.8%

Has union employees

88.4%

62.6%

81.7%

92.5%

98.4%

99.8%

71.5%

99.3%

Unknown

46.2%

17.3%

39.2%

36.6%

55.5%

99.6%

20.2%

91.5%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

42.5%

25.4%

46.3%

73.5%

94.2%

96.4%

31.4%

92.7%

Less than 50% low wage

64.7%

50.2%

83.4%

92.4%

96.9%

99.4%

58.7%

97.4%

Unknown

78.6%

18.3%

31.5%

72.7%

89.9%

99.8%

22.9%

98.8%

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

United States

0.43%

0.53%

0.80%

0.67%

0.59%

0.25%

0.44%

0.30%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.23%

2.54%

5.41%

5.12%

5.82%

2.01%

2.23%

3.69%

Mining and manufacturing

1.57%

3.32%

3.63%

1.35%

0.39%

0.11%

2.10%

0.29%

Construction

0.80%

1.00%

2.32%

1.40%

3.68%

1.12%

0.68%

2.21%

Utilities and transp.

1.87%

2.90%

4.44%

3.11%

0.23%

1.37%

2.05%

0.79%

Wholesale trade

2.15%

3.66%

2.83%

1.51%

1.16%

0.46%

2.75%

0.85%

Fin. svs. and real est.

0.87%

1.83%

3.06%

2.70%

1.45%

0.05%

1.20%

0.23%

Retail trade

0.71%

1.46%

1.84%

1.65%

1.02%

0.45%

0.91%

0.40%

Professional services

0.98%

1.38%

1.45%

1.74%

1.23%

0.33%

1.08%

0.42%

Other Services

1.00%

1.11%

2.41%

1.97%

1.45%

0.43%

1.12%

0.68%

Unknown

2.59%

*

2.62%

*

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2.59%

*

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.51%

0.71%

0.83%

0.52%

0.81%

0.25%

0.56%

0.33%

For profit, unincorporated

0.72%

0.86%

3.09%

2.82%

2.38%

2.62%

0.79%

1.64%

Nonprofit

1.39%

1.79%

2.83%

2.87%

0.66%

1.68%

1.72%

0.85%

Unknown

1.32%

0.94%

*

13.60%

*

22.55%

1.18%

0.00%

1.06%

*

0.30%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.21%

1.24%

2.61%

3.35%

2.75%

1.69%

1.21%

1.53%

5-9 years

0.87%

1.41%

2.93%

1.99%

2.00%

1.76%

1.05%

1.39%

10-19 years

0.33%

0.82%

2.17%

1.28%

1.18%

0.56%

0.43%

0.55%

20 or more years

0.58%

0.93%

0.84%

0.60%

0.57%

0.50%

0.62%

0.46%

Unknown

0.35%

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13.27%

*

5.84%

2.28%

0.07%

9.59%

0.20%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.50%

5.97%

3.02%

1.56%

0.71%

0.25%

2.42%

0.32%

1 location only

0.52%

0.59%

0.99%

0.87%

1.23%

3.46%

0.53%

0.85%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

0.78%

0.65%

2.97%

4.68%

3.98%

3.80%

0.70%

2.98%

25-49%

1.61%

3.05%

3.92%

3.15%

1.51%

0.14%

2.18%

0.62%

50-74%

1.34%

1.66%

2.66%

1.67%

1.07%

0.27%

1.55%

0.47%

75% or more

0.37%

0.52%

1.33%

0.92%

0.28%

0.20%

0.41%

0.20%

Union presence

No union employees

0.39%

0.42%

0.83%

0.64%

0.62%

0.32%

0.36%

0.37%

Has union employees

1.05%

5.14%

4.69%

1.79%

0.82%

0.13%

2.82%

0.17%

Unknown

2.76%

3.13%

7.78%

10.92%

6.55%

0.17%

2.71%

2.34%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

0.87%

0.88%

1.62%

1.79%

1.11%

1.25%

0.90%

0.91%

Less than 50% low wage

0.61%

0.77%

1.01%

0.91%

0.55%

0.24%

0.57%

0.32%

Unknown

0.90%

2.02%

3.95%

5.17%

2.36%

0.12%

2.05%

0.21%

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.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.