United States

29.1%

10.5%

14.9%

27.1%

37.8%

65.0%

13.1%

53.5%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

11.2%

6.0%

*

14.8%

*

15.8%

*

29.8%

*

92.2%

8.2%

43.7%

Mining and manufacturing

30.6%

12.5%

23.0%

34.0%

34.7%

62.8%

20.0%

47.0%

Construction

15.3%

9.9%

13.1%

30.4%

33.2%

58.4%

12.6%

38.7%

Utilities and transp.

36.2%

7.6%

*

9.3%

*

37.2%

52.1%

67.4%

12.0%

60.1%

Wholesale trade

24.6%

8.8%

16.4%

22.4%

34.3%

64.1%

12.5%

47.5%

Fin. svs. and real est.

45.1%

8.6%

16.4%

30.3%

48.1%

77.5%

12.1%

68.7%

Retail trade

29.8%

8.6%

11.7%

20.4%

26.0%

53.7%

10.4%

45.8%

Professional services

24.7%

9.9%

16.1%

30.2%

45.4%

73.9%

12.3%

59.0%

Other Services

30.5%

14.5%

12.7%

25.6%

37.1%

64.0%

15.3%

50.9%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

30.7%

9.8%

14.4%

26.9%

33.9%

65.9%

13.1%

54.0%

For profit, unincorporated

14.4%

9.1%

13.6%

23.3%

41.9%

53.1%

10.0%

44.7%

Nonprofit

28.3%

17.4%

19.4%

30.8%

47.2%

58.5%

18.7%

46.7%

Unknown

61.4%

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55.9%

62.9%

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61.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

14.7%

10.0%

14.5%

25.7%

46.5%

64.5%

11.4%

50.9%

5-9 years

16.7%

10.8%

17.0%

21.5%

36.4%

53.9%

12.8%

38.4%

10-19 years

19.1%

9.7%

13.4%

27.3%

31.5%

65.9%

12.3%

43.4%

20 or more years

32.0%

11.2%

15.3%

27.5%

38.2%

74.8%

14.3%

54.5%

Unknown

57.5%

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48.1%

44.8%

58.7%

60.4%

57.4%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

51.5%

17.5%

17.9%

28.2%

37.6%

65.0%

21.8%

55.3%

1 location only

13.8%

10.3%

14.4%

26.4%

39.8%

58.6%

12.4%

35.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

25.7%

11.4%

0.3%

*

11.8%

31.4%

60.4%

9.3%

44.2%

25-49%

29.5%

6.9%

14.1%

12.4%

29.2%

57.7%

8.8%

46.9%

50-74%

24.7%

11.3%

14.0%

27.9%

35.6%

51.8%

12.8%

45.1%

75% or more

30.2%

10.5%

15.7%

29.8%

40.1%

68.8%

13.7%

56.7%

Union presence

No union employees

26.0%

10.1%

14.1%

26.1%

36.7%

60.2%

12.6%

49.1%

Has union employees

64.2%

23.8%

34.6%

44.1%

54.7%

88.0%

29.9%

80.1%

Unknown

51.4%

7.0%

*

6.0%

*

15.5%

*

36.3%

*

72.2%

7.0%

*

68.5%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

21.7%

8.8%

11.0%

19.6%

29.7%

58.7%

10.4%

39.1%

Less than 50% low wage

23.2%

10.8%

15.9%

30.3%

42.6%

77.9%

13.7%

54.7%

Unknown

57.5%

15.1%

*

21.5%

*

35.8%

45.2%

62.1%

21.4%

60.5%

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

0.41%

0.31%

1.07%

0.57%

1.06%

1.35%

0.27%

0.99%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1.60%

2.18%

*

5.58%

*

6.11%

*

11.76%

*

7.69%

1.99%

8.24%

Mining and manufacturing

1.77%

2.89%

2.14%

2.71%

1.93%

2.98%

2.19%

1.74%

Construction

1.15%

1.79%

2.59%

4.01%

7.10%

9.70%

1.34%

3.61%

Utilities and transp.

2.96%

2.62%

*

3.90%

*

4.37%

7.71%

6.04%

1.91%

5.23%

Wholesale trade

1.10%

1.62%

3.14%

5.03%

2.88%

4.43%

1.04%

2.81%

Fin. svs. and real est.

2.08%

1.53%

3.56%

4.24%

3.09%

2.24%

1.81%

2.06%

Retail trade

1.02%

1.36%

1.37%

1.59%

1.98%

1.72%

0.93%

1.72%

Professional services

1.11%

0.83%

2.07%

4.01%

2.72%

4.03%

0.75%

2.03%

Other Services

1.40%

0.95%

2.23%

2.87%

2.74%

3.84%

0.86%

2.43%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.57%

0.67%

1.16%

0.65%

1.11%

1.36%

0.50%

1.00%

For profit, unincorporated

1.16%

0.83%

3.21%

5.17%

4.15%

8.35%

0.99%

4.82%

Nonprofit

1.41%

1.79%

3.12%

3.81%

2.82%

4.84%

1.78%

2.24%

Unknown

4.57%

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13.15%

4.97%

*****

4.60%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.30%

1.23%

3.08%

4.27%

7.09%

8.73%

1.27%

4.95%

5-9 years

1.07%

1.05%

2.48%

2.51%

5.84%

7.94%

1.01%

4.07%

10-19 years

0.73%

1.15%

1.54%

2.07%

2.23%

5.08%

0.58%

2.16%

20 or more years

0.69%

1.05%

1.17%

1.52%

1.25%

2.88%

0.72%

1.61%

Unknown

1.54%

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10.58%

5.11%

1.62%

15.00%

1.59%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1.02%

4.91%

3.12%

1.92%

1.27%

1.35%

1.36%

1.12%

1 location only

0.33%

0.27%

1.11%

0.93%

1.68%

5.94%

0.33%

0.90%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.71%

2.56%

0.37%

*

2.96%

3.93%

5.95%

1.88%

3.67%

25-49%

1.61%

1.80%

3.65%

2.23%

2.72%

3.09%

1.76%

2.20%

50-74%

0.79%

1.10%

2.39%

2.34%

2.14%

2.23%

1.11%

1.56%

75% or more

0.57%

0.45%

1.31%

0.94%

1.52%

1.65%

0.38%

1.06%

Union presence

No union employees

0.48%

0.30%

1.11%

0.78%

1.25%

1.54%

0.22%

1.21%

Has union employees

1.10%

4.74%

5.93%

4.71%

5.03%

1.36%

2.68%

1.28%

Unknown

4.79%

3.09%

*

2.90%

*

10.86%

*

11.04%

*

4.94%

3.03%

*

4.67%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

0.83%

0.98%

2.19%

2.19%

1.62%

2.53%

0.80%

1.16%

Less than 50% low wage

0.68%

0.40%

1.07%

0.86%

1.20%

2.10%

0.44%

1.37%

Unknown

1.42%

5.57%

*

7.92%

*

5.19%

5.75%

1.43%

3.65%

1.34%

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.