United States

28.6%

49.5%

33.2%

19.6%

9.9%

4.7%

42.4%

7.6%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

54.4%

65.7%

31.3%

*

34.0%

29.2%

*

3.5%

*

57.3%

22.6%

*

Mining and manufacturing

27.7%

47.2%

30.3%

20.1%

13.6%

12.7%

36.5%

14.1%

Construction

43.8%

52.6%

36.8%

32.2%

16.8%

6.4%

*

46.0%

24.9%

Utilities and transp.

27.3%

33.3%

37.3%

20.5%

29.0%

19.9%

33.9%

20.7%

Wholesale trade

32.7%

52.0%

39.7%

15.0%

9.3%

*

11.1%

44.5%

10.3%

Fin. svs. and real est.

22.0%

54.4%

38.8%

15.1%

6.5%

2.2%

48.0%

3.4%

Retail trade

19.0%

46.1%

29.0%

14.6%

5.7%

*

1.9%

*

37.4%

3.7%

Professional services

33.9%

48.0%

30.0%

16.5%

10.9%

10.9%

42.1%

11.2%

Other Services

27.3%

49.8%

35.0%

22.7%

9.8%

1.7%

42.4%

7.0%

Unknown

100.0%

*

100.0%

*

*****

*****

*****

*****

100.0%

*

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

26.6%

50.1%

32.3%

19.0%

9.5%

4.8%

41.2%

7.3%

For profit, unincorporated

39.8%

47.4%

31.2%

19.7%

13.0%

*

2.2%

*

44.0%

10.4%

*

Nonprofit

35.1%

51.5%

41.9%

23.2%

10.9%

10.8%

*

46.6%

12.7%

Unknown

3.3%

100.0%

*

92.0%

*

*****

4.9%

*

2.9%

*

98.4%

3.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

36.1%

43.2%

25.4%

18.8%

12.5%

2.4%

*

38.5%

10.6%

5-9 years

38.3%

50.5%

30.8%

16.2%

10.1%

*

1.1%

*

43.6%

8.1%

10-19 years

34.8%

50.1%

29.4%

20.2%

9.5%

*

2.1%

*

42.1%

8.5%

20 or more years

29.2%

52.7%

38.7%

20.6%

10.0%

7.3%

44.2%

10.1%

Unknown

3.7%

*****

*****

3.0%

*

8.4%

3.4%

2.9%

*

3.7%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

8.7%

37.5%

28.9%

15.3%

9.4%

4.6%

25.5%

6.5%

1 location only

42.3%

49.8%

33.8%

22.4%

13.9%

11.6%

43.8%

18.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

26.2%

48.5%

36.7%

26.4%

10.4%

*

2.7%

*

42.8%

7.5%

25-49%

23.4%

46.6%

51.4%

27.4%

6.0%

*

1.1%

*

45.3%

5.0%

50-74%

28.6%

48.3%

32.6%

16.1%

10.0%

1.9%

*

42.2%

5.3%

75% or more

29.3%

50.1%

31.7%

18.8%

10.3%

5.8%

42.2%

8.4%

Union presence

No union employees

28.4%

48.8%

31.8%

17.4%

8.8%

2.5%

41.4%

6.0%

Has union employees

36.2%

78.4%

63.6%

51.9%

26.6%

16.6%

70.0%

20.4%

Unknown

15.1%

42.4%

40.6%

28.0%

*

5.6%

*

4.7%

*

41.0%

5.2%

*

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

26.5%

46.1%

32.0%

17.2%

8.1%

2.5%

39.0%

7.5%

Less than 50% low wage

36.4%

50.8%

33.4%

21.0%

11.7%

9.9%

43.6%

12.4%

Unknown

6.6%

43.4%

45.6%

16.3%

*

8.2%

*

3.4%

38.5%

3.9%

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%

0.94%

1.83%

0.58%

0.73%

0.51%

0.72%

0.22%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.94%

2.99%

9.93%

*

6.66%

10.54%

*

3.04%

*

3.43%

7.08%

*

Mining and manufacturing

0.93%

3.09%

3.38%

3.19%

2.62%

2.23%

2.09%

1.49%

Construction

1.83%

2.52%

2.28%

2.57%

3.50%

9.14%

*

2.22%

2.64%

Utilities and transp.

2.42%

4.50%

7.51%

5.84%

5.16%

4.38%

4.14%

2.98%

Wholesale trade

2.02%

4.14%

5.14%

3.28%

2.99%

*

3.04%

2.74%

1.79%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.79%

3.82%

6.48%

3.38%

1.84%

0.36%

3.39%

0.57%

Retail trade

1.07%

1.86%

3.17%

1.44%

1.78%

*

0.64%

*

1.34%

0.64%

Professional services

1.26%

1.80%

1.50%

1.34%

1.76%

2.82%

1.46%

1.74%

Other Services

1.17%

2.46%

2.82%

1.39%

1.04%

0.34%

2.02%

0.38%

Unknown

31.62%

*

31.62%

*

*****

*****

*****

*****

31.62%

*

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.46%

1.00%

2.18%

0.76%

0.84%

0.62%

0.72%

0.30%

For profit, unincorporated

2.03%

2.80%

3.79%

3.14%

5.48%

*

0.68%

*

2.28%

3.29%

*

Nonprofit

1.26%

2.17%

4.24%

2.54%

2.28%

4.56%

*

2.31%

1.75%

Unknown

0.91%

31.62%

*

29.11%

*

*****

3.59%

*

0.97%

*

29.33%

0.83%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.36%

1.99%

3.32%

2.36%

3.61%

0.96%

*

1.36%

1.58%

5-9 years

1.87%

3.03%

3.36%

2.87%

3.53%

*

0.58%

*

2.07%

1.92%

10-19 years

1.27%

1.89%

2.23%

1.75%

2.85%

*

1.00%

*

1.39%

0.81%

20 or more years

0.67%

0.85%

2.33%

0.78%

1.03%

0.88%

1.03%

0.36%

Unknown

0.33%

*****

*****

2.73%

*

1.92%

0.39%

10.27%

*

0.33%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.43%

8.48%

4.53%

0.95%

0.68%

0.51%

2.99%

0.29%

1 location only

0.66%

0.94%

1.65%

1.00%

1.44%

2.97%

0.70%

1.00%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.01%

4.08%

6.20%

3.73%

3.84%

*

2.00%

*

3.24%

1.80%

25-49%

2.01%

2.38%

5.83%

4.26%

2.00%

*

0.50%

*

2.96%

1.00%

50-74%

1.83%

3.29%

2.43%

2.94%

2.55%

0.63%

*

2.54%

0.77%

75% or more

0.40%

0.89%

2.06%

0.73%

0.83%

0.72%

0.72%

0.42%

Union presence

No union employees

0.41%

0.89%

1.80%

0.49%

0.63%

0.42%

0.73%

0.20%

Has union employees

2.72%

4.17%

6.20%

5.31%

3.99%

3.27%

2.69%

2.21%

Unknown

2.96%

9.35%

12.14%

13.02%

*

2.92%

*

2.05%

*

6.88%

2.00%

*

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

0.81%

1.54%

1.84%

1.19%

1.12%

0.59%

1.11%

0.70%

Less than 50% low wage

0.56%

0.93%

2.22%

0.98%

1.20%

1.58%

0.76%

0.86%

Unknown

0.52%

6.81%

10.12%

6.19%

*

2.68%

*

0.50%

5.85%

0.58%

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.