United States

25.0%

26.8%

33.7%

36.3%

29.3%

20.6%

31.9%

23.6%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

20.0%

15.9%

*

15.0%

*

26.1%

*

45.6%

12.4%

16.6%

*

40.8%

Mining and manufacturing

20.9%

24.0%

36.5%

28.6%

24.5%

16.5%

30.9%

19.2%

Construction

33.2%

24.3%

33.8%

41.9%

29.7%

23.7%

32.3%

34.5%

Utilities and transp.

18.6%

50.4%

25.5%

46.7%

23.0%

14.1%

42.4%

16.4%

Wholesale trade

21.6%

15.8%

*

17.7%

38.6%

23.6%

*

14.3%

23.8%

20.9%

Fin. svs. and real est.

24.6%

26.9%

31.3%

33.2%

25.6%

23.8%

29.2%

24.3%

Retail trade

31.7%

25.8%

39.3%

51.0%

44.6%

20.4%

36.7%

29.8%

Professional services

25.3%

26.8%

41.2%

35.5%

33.0%

21.0%

34.5%

23.7%

Other Services

28.1%

29.5%

30.6%

33.6%

32.6%

25.3%

30.0%

27.7%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

24.7%

25.3%

34.2%

35.1%

30.0%

20.3%

31.7%

23.2%

For profit, unincorporated

32.2%

32.3%

35.0%

49.7%

32.3%

22.1%

34.9%

30.5%

Nonprofit

24.9%

25.4%

28.9%

35.8%

27.5%

21.9%

28.9%

24.4%

Unknown

21.0%

*****

*****

45.5%

*

17.9%

*

21.4%

*****

21.0%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

35.9%

33.0%

35.5%

45.9%

34.9%

31.1%

35.7%

36.1%

5-9 years

28.1%

23.4%

36.8%

32.2%

27.3%

21.0%

30.9%

25.4%

10-19 years

30.0%

28.7%

36.3%

40.9%

27.3%

22.5%

34.2%

27.2%

20 or more years

25.1%

20.2%

29.9%

34.4%

30.2%

20.3%

29.2%

24.4%

Unknown

20.6%

*****

*****

12.3%

*

25.2%

20.4%

11.7%

20.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

22.5%

21.3%

*

30.4%

40.6%

27.2%

20.6%

34.6%

22.1%

1 location only

32.3%

26.9%

34.0%

34.9%

33.7%

23.3%

31.5%

33.4%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

27.4%

20.1%

21.8%

*

33.8%

24.8%

34.6%

20.7%

31.9%

25-49%

34.9%

30.0%

16.8%

*

37.5%

33.3%

38.1%

25.3%

37.5%

50-74%

28.3%

35.7%

28.4%

44.7%

39.2%

22.5%

34.4%

26.8%

75% or more

24.4%

25.4%

34.9%

35.6%

28.5%

20.0%

32.0%

22.9%

Union presence

No union employees

28.9%

28.1%

34.4%

39.0%

32.7%

24.5%

33.4%

27.7%

Has union employees

14.3%

4.0%

*

19.5%

*

21.8%

17.9%

12.9%

10.1%

*

14.5%

Unknown

21.2%

29.5%

*

31.2%

35.3%

26.5%

19.7%

32.0%

19.9%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

37.9%

27.9%

28.8%

44.3%

40.8%

35.1%

35.6%

39.1%

Less than 50% low wage

25.7%

26.7%

34.1%

34.9%

27.4%

19.8%

31.4%

23.9%

Unknown

21.1%

21.2%

*

33.5%

*

29.3%

28.2%

20.6%

26.0%

21.0%

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.

*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

0.29%

1.61%

3.36%

1.32%

1.72%

0.54%

1.31%

0.41%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5.22%

6.70%

*

6.13%

*

8.87%

*

13.49%

3.64%

5.66%

*

10.56%

Mining and manufacturing

1.23%

5.59%

6.86%

3.75%

1.72%

0.98%

2.81%

0.99%

Construction

2.68%

4.34%

6.37%

4.79%

6.00%

4.44%

4.24%

5.16%

Utilities and transp.

2.22%

14.43%

7.46%

10.15%

4.90%

1.97%

8.73%

2.39%

Wholesale trade

2.24%

5.43%

*

2.19%

4.49%

8.10%

*

1.94%

2.25%

2.74%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.49%

3.61%

7.04%

5.46%

5.53%

0.89%

2.99%

1.41%

Retail trade

3.19%

2.95%

6.40%

1.74%

4.72%

4.99%

3.77%

4.33%

Professional services

1.07%

3.43%

5.13%

3.48%

2.41%

1.27%

2.74%

1.00%

Other Services

0.79%

4.12%

6.11%

3.27%

4.65%

1.51%

4.30%

1.70%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.49%

2.07%

3.54%

1.77%

1.71%

0.68%

1.27%

0.53%

For profit, unincorporated

3.45%

4.44%

6.57%

6.77%

5.34%

3.92%

4.30%

3.80%

Nonprofit

1.31%

4.30%

4.23%

3.80%

3.56%

1.43%

3.09%

1.61%

Unknown

1.26%

*****

*****

14.39%

*

6.77%

*

3.28%

*****

1.26%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.75%

4.74%

7.41%

7.06%

3.83%

5.48%

4.46%

3.94%

5-9 years

2.80%

5.26%

5.86%

6.66%

6.11%

4.37%

2.63%

3.97%

10-19 years

0.90%

3.68%

4.98%

3.23%

1.59%

1.05%

2.19%

1.02%

20 or more years

0.66%

1.95%

3.50%

1.49%

2.12%

0.85%

1.76%

0.75%

Unknown

0.85%

*****

*****

6.18%

*

3.35%

0.98%

3.27%

0.86%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.48%

6.48%

*

3.86%

3.29%

2.09%

0.54%

3.70%

0.51%

1 location only

0.95%

1.59%

3.90%

1.40%

1.94%

3.18%

1.43%

1.04%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.75%

4.74%

6.95%

*

9.82%

7.10%

5.28%

4.13%

4.40%

25-49%

1.64%

7.19%

5.31%

*

5.40%

4.85%

4.03%

7.05%

2.75%

50-74%

1.07%

5.84%

3.07%

4.86%

2.35%

1.59%

3.10%

1.43%

75% or more

0.40%

2.34%

3.58%

1.33%

1.75%

0.61%

1.24%

0.47%

Union presence

No union employees

0.50%

1.88%

3.40%

1.45%

1.93%

0.95%

1.37%

0.90%

Has union employees

0.98%

2.15%

*

10.16%

*

2.74%

2.49%

1.11%

4.02%

*

1.03%

Unknown

1.64%

10.64%

*

8.54%

10.26%

7.18%

1.75%

8.34%

1.84%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

1.94%

4.31%

5.59%

3.89%

3.16%

3.26%

4.13%

2.39%

Less than 50% low wage

0.74%

1.87%

3.68%

1.29%

2.10%

0.79%

1.10%

0.91%

Unknown

0.84%

7.02%

*

11.27%

*

6.32%

5.78%

0.93%

5.64%

0.87%

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.