United States

112,021,085

12.9%

8.9%

14.0%

17.9%

46.2%

28.9%

71.1%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1,137,257

32.0%

16.6%

15.1%

11.2%

25.0%

57.6%

42.4%

Mining and manufacturing

16,835,991

3.6%

5.0%

13.7%

24.0%

53.7%

15.4%

84.6%

Construction

6,246,359

27.4%

20.0%

25.4%

18.8%

8.3%

61.4%

38.6%

Utilities and transp.

4,873,347

10.0%

3.5%

7.6%

12.5%

66.3%

16.9%

83.1%

Wholesale trade

5,982,350

11.8%

11.3%

16.9%

20.1%

40.0%

31.7%

68.3%

Fin. svs. and real est.

11,236,960

9.2%

4.1%

7.5%

12.6%

66.5%

16.9%

83.1%

Retail trade

15,011,648

12.6%

9.1%

13.3%

11.7%

53.4%

28.1%

71.9%

Professional services

23,911,982

15.5%

9.2%

10.7%

18.9%

45.7%

29.6%

70.4%

Other Services

26,777,023

14.8%

10.5%

18.3%

19.6%

36.8%

34.8%

65.2%

Unknown

8,169

94.0%

6.0%

*

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100.0%

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

83,742,551

9.7%

9.0%

14.8%

16.8%

49.6%

26.2%

73.8%

For profit, unincorporated

10,578,705

43.0%

13.3%

13.0%

16.3%

14.4%

63.7%

36.3%

Nonprofit

13,598,558

12.8%

7.6%

14.2%

29.0%

36.4%

26.5%

73.5%

Unknown

4,101,271

0.6%

0.0%

*

0.3%

*

8.1%

91.0%

0.6%

99.4%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

8,932,407

44.3%

18.6%

18.5%

10.3%

8.4%

74.1%

25.9%

5-9 years

7,841,608

29.2%

18.2%

21.6%

19.9%

11.0%

59.4%

40.6%

10-19 years

18,196,838

21.5%

15.6%

22.5%

20.8%

19.6%

48.6%

51.4%

20 or more years

51,440,937

8.4%

7.8%

15.8%

24.8%

43.2%

23.5%

76.5%

Unknown

25,609,296

0.0%

*

0.1%

*

0.7%

4.2%

95.0%

0.5%

99.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

68,451,183

0.3%

1.3%

5.2%

19.1%

74.2%

3.6%

96.4%

1 location only

43,569,901

32.8%

20.9%

28.0%

16.2%

2.2%

68.6%

31.4%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

7,733,457

25.1%

13.2%

17.3%

14.9%

29.5%

48.7%

51.3%

25-49%

8,498,310

13.2%

9.6%

17.6%

16.7%

42.9%

30.8%

69.2%

50-74%

14,303,904

17.3%

9.8%

13.3%

16.2%

43.3%

34.2%

65.8%

75% or more

81,485,414

11.0%

8.3%

13.5%

18.7%

48.6%

25.8%

74.2%

Union presence

No union employees

89,089,947

15.4%

10.6%

16.1%

19.1%

39.0%

34.1%

65.9%

Has union employees

17,079,019

2.6%

2.2%

6.8%

15.1%

73.4%

7.6%

92.4%

Unknown

5,852,118

5.8%

3.2%

4.7%

9.1%

77.2%

11.1%

88.9%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

25,384,688

19.8%

13.1%

21.9%

23.2%

22.0%

44.0%

56.0%

Less than 50% low wage

52,253,991

16.6%

12.2%

18.2%

23.2%

29.8%

37.8%

62.2%

Unknown

34,382,406

2.2%

0.8%

1.9%

6.0%

89.0%

4.0%

96.0%

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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

*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

1,750,278

0.35%

0.13%

0.30%

0.54%

0.99%

0.45%

0.45%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

132,481

3.81%

2.41%

2.10%

2.24%

5.78%

6.05%

6.05%

Mining and manufacturing

498,850

0.38%

0.37%

0.54%

1.06%

1.56%

1.26%

1.26%

Construction

238,071

0.98%

1.49%

1.23%

1.97%

1.84%

1.16%

1.16%

Utilities and transp.

438,117

2.85%

0.64%

0.83%

2.65%

3.53%

2.52%

2.52%

Wholesale trade

344,167

0.84%

0.69%

1.88%

2.27%

3.12%

1.89%

1.89%

Fin. svs. and real est.

477,047

0.70%

0.45%

0.88%

1.70%

2.51%

1.48%

1.48%

Retail trade

488,746

0.24%

0.40%

0.79%

0.70%

1.21%

0.87%

0.87%

Professional services

824,808

1.32%

0.53%

0.63%

0.75%

2.07%

1.51%

1.51%

Other Services

544,721

0.62%

0.58%

0.64%

1.35%

1.67%

1.01%

1.01%

Unknown

2,784

14.13%

10.09%

*

*****

*****

*****

10.54%

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,469,264

0.37%

0.21%

0.44%

0.58%

1.13%

0.54%

0.54%

For profit, unincorporated

328,715

2.70%

0.86%

1.28%

1.30%

1.99%

2.44%

2.44%

Nonprofit

362,634

1.12%

0.47%

0.83%

2.01%

2.23%

1.26%

1.26%

Unknown

325,291

0.10%

0.03%

*

0.17%

*

2.39%

2.51%

0.11%

0.11%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

315,306

1.76%

1.51%

1.64%

0.72%

1.27%

0.96%

0.96%

5-9 years

272,794

1.28%

1.29%

1.58%

2.03%

1.53%

1.61%

1.61%

10-19 years

429,873

0.95%

0.79%

0.98%

1.44%

1.19%

1.20%

1.20%

20 or more years

1,323,931

0.38%

0.16%

0.44%

0.77%

1.28%

0.53%

0.53%

Unknown

1,093,048

0.01%

*

0.04%

*

0.10%

0.58%

0.53%

0.13%

0.13%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,933,261

0.04%

0.12%

0.25%

0.78%

0.83%

0.12%

0.12%

1 location only

624,123

0.45%

0.45%

0.45%

0.87%

0.18%

0.74%

0.74%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

352,319

2.05%

1.16%

1.00%

1.85%

2.91%

2.55%

2.55%

25-49%

230,322

0.33%

0.96%

0.97%

1.35%

1.75%

1.42%

1.42%

50-74%

558,583

0.91%

0.50%

1.11%

1.10%

2.24%

1.29%

1.29%

75% or more

1,412,727

0.44%

0.19%

0.43%

0.73%

1.17%

0.56%

0.56%

Union presence

No union employees

1,205,143

0.34%

0.16%

0.38%

0.51%

0.97%

0.42%

0.42%

Has union employees

735,046

0.59%

0.16%

0.56%

1.50%

1.99%

0.89%

0.89%

Unknown

580,426

0.61%

0.60%

1.19%

2.67%

3.33%

0.90%

0.90%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

391,232

0.77%

0.40%

0.98%

0.60%

1.16%

1.21%

1.21%

Less than 50% low wage

913,634

0.44%

0.33%

0.54%

0.94%

1.12%

0.42%

0.42%

Unknown

1,153,344

0.56%

0.09%

0.15%

0.69%

0.90%

0.59%

0.59%

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.