Less than 10 employees

10 - 24 employees

25 - 99 employees

100-999 employees

1000 or more employees

Less than 50 employees

50 or more employees

United States               

88.8%

   48.1%

   72.5%

   87.5%

   96.7%

   99.8%

   64.5%

   98.2%

Agric., fish., forest.          

60.3%

   34.4%

   57.3%

   68.2%

   77.5%

   100.0%

   41.7%

   88.3%

Mining and manufacturing 

96.5%

   57.3%

   84.9%

   94.7%

   99.1%

   100.0%

   81.2%

   99.3%

Construction                   

78.5%

   46.8%

   82.7%

   89.4%

   95.9%

   100.0%

   66.4%

   96.1%

Utilities and transp.

95.7%

   50.0%

   77.9%

   88.6%

   99.9%

   99.9%

   67.5%

   99.7%

Wholesale trade

92.2%

   62.5%

   81.3%

   93.5%

   99.7%

   99.9%

   76.3%

   99.4%

Fin. svs. and real est.

96.4%

   55.5%

   92.6%

   98.5%

   98.8%

   100.0%

   77.1%

   99.7%

Retail trade                  

87.9%

   43.8%

   72.5%

   88.7%

   97.8%

   99.9%

   61.7%

   98.8%

Professional services

92.6%

   63.3%

   83.0%

   94.1%

   97.6%

   99.9%

   75.1%

   99.0%

Other Services   

79.7%

   33.9%

   53.2%

   77.0%

   93.2%

   99.4%

   50.0%

   95.2%

For profit, incorporated      

90.9%

   55.3%

   74.8%

   87.3%

   96.1%

   99.9%

   69.8%

   98.2%

For profit, unincorporated 

65.6%

   34.4%

   55.9%

   84.4%

   96.2%

   99.6%

   45.6%

   95.7%

Nonprofit                       

90.7%

   47.9%

   76.8%

   90.2%

   98.6%

   99.9%

   66.6%

   98.6%

Unknown                         

98.8%

   2.7%

*

   100.0%

*

   100.0%

   98.4%

   99.4%

   67.2%

   99.3%

Less than 5 years             

62.2%

   38.0%

   51.3%

   78.3%

   95.2%

   99.2%

   48.0%

   92.2%

5-9 years                      

71.1%

   47.8%

   62.7%

   76.9%

   87.2%

   98.1%

   57.5%

   90.8%

10-19 years                   

78.2%

   48.4%

   74.6%

   85.1%

   93.2%

   99.5%

   64.1%

   94.0%

20 or more years              

92.8%

   52.1%

   80.6%

   92.2%

   98.5%

   99.9%

   72.3%

   98.9%

Unknown

99.5%

   76.4%

   54.7%

* 

   70.4%

   96.6%

   99.9%

   71.6%

   99.7%

2 or more locations           

98.7%

   86.5%

   81.5%

   90.6%

   97.6%

   99.8%

   85.9%

   99.2%

1 location only               

73.5%

   47.3%

   71.7%

   86.6%

   95.3%

   99.8%

   62.8%

   93.9%

Less than 25%                   

64.0%

   15.0%

   38.1%

   70.3%

   82.5%

   99.0%

   31.8%

   91.9%

25-49%                          

83.6%

   37.1%

   55.5%

   73.3%

   96.8%

   99.8%

   49.4%

   97.8%

50-74%                          

84.9%

   43.5%

   63.6%

   83.3%

   94.5%

   99.7%

   55.8%

   97.3%

75% or more                   

92.8%

   58.4%

   83.6%

   92.1%

   98.2%

   99.9%

   74.9%

   98.8%

No union employees 

86.4%

   48.2%

   72.7%

   87.8%

   96.6%

   99.8%

   64.5%

   97.8%

Has union employees   

99.1%

   76.3%

   92.4%

   93.6%

   99.6%

   100.0%

   87.8%

   99.8%

Unknown                         

91.1%

   17.7%

   32.3%

   53.6%

   84.4%

   99.9%

   28.1%

   97.6%

50% or more low wage 

72.0%

   28.0%

   48.6%

   75.0%

   92.7%

   99.4%

   43.7%

   93.4%

Less than 50% low wage 

91.4%

   61.2%

   87.2%

   94.9%

   98.9%

   99.9%

   77.4%

   99.1%

Unknown

96.6%

   31.7%

   42.5%

   67.6%

   93.6%

   99.9%

   42.2%

   99.2%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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 IC data prior to 2000.  See Technical Appendix

Less than 10 employees

10 - 24 employees

25 - 99 employees

100-999 employees

1000 or more employees

Less than 50 employees

50 or more employees

United States               

0.29%

   0.76%

   1.19%

   0.97%

   0.33%

   0.05%

   0.56%

   0.16%

Agric., fish., forest.          

4.62%

   3.38%

   7.75%

   8.87%

   8.25%

   0.00%

   2.95%

   6.15%

Mining and manufacturing 

0.19%

   3.13%

   2.59%

   1.11%

   0.62%

   0.00%

   1.71%

   0.21%

Construction                     

1.67%

   2.99%

   1.83%

   1.78%

   1.41%

   0.00%

   1.87%

   1.17%

Utilities and transp.

0.91%

   4.06%

   4.55%

   3.48%

   0.13%

   0.06%

   2.96%

   0.39%

Wholesale trade

0.59%

   4.89%

   3.55%

   1.53%

   0.17%

   0.05%

   1.95%

   0.15%

Fin. svs. and real est.

0.31%

   2.14%

   2.28%

   0.61%

   0.76%

   0.01%

   2.05%

   0.12%

Retail trade                  

0.44%

   1.69%

   2.20%

   2.54%

   0.63%

   0.04%

   1.07%

   0.28%

Professional services

0.44%

   1.15%

   1.74%

   1.01%

   0.62%

   0.06%

   0.84%

   0.24%

Other Services                      

0.97%

   1.21%

   3.23%

   1.86%

   1.40%

   0.24%

   1.50%

   0.47%

For profit, incorporated      

0.32%

   0.71%

   1.37%

   0.85%

   0.48%

   0.05%

   0.79%

   0.17%

For profit, unincorporated    

1.31%

   1.34%

   3.07%

   3.86%

   1.08%

   0.23%

   1.07%

   0.77%

Nonprofit                       

0.65%

   2.76%

   2.55%

   2.13%

   0.59%

   0.05%

   1.58%

   0.36%

Unknown                         

0.32%

   1.66%

*

   31.62%

*

   18.26%

   1.06%

   0.32%

   17.94%

   0.31%

Less than 5 years

1.18%

   2.44%

   4.03%

   3.10%

   2.88%

   0.93%

   2.25%

   2.02%

5-9 years                      

1.31%

   1.86%

   2.50%

   3.09%

   3.91%

   2.61%

   1.03%

   1.58%

10-19 years                   

0.63%

   1.96%

   1.59%

   1.12%

   1.18%

   0.38%

   1.23%

   0.87%

20 or more years              

0.38%

   1.43%

   1.47%

   0.81%

   0.28%

   0.03%

   1.37%

   0.13%

Unknown

0.10%

   20.15%

   17.22%

*

   12.44%

   2.03%

   0.07%

   13.59%

   0.11%

2 or more locations           

0.10%

   5.50%

   3.73%

   1.41%

   0.53%

   0.05%

   2.16%

   0.08%

1 location only               

0.52%

   0.84%

   1.24%

   1.06%

   0.71%

   0.49%

   0.72%

   0.65%

Less than 25%                   

1.76%

   2.27%

   5.56%

   3.32%

   3.50%

   0.36%

   1.66%

   1.24%

25-49%                          

0.97%

   3.64%

   4.33%

   2.89%

   1.60%

   0.09%

   2.43%

   0.54%

50-74%                          

0.73%

   2.56%

   2.78%

   2.26%

   1.86%

   0.30%

   1.49%

   0.56%

75% or more                   

0.29%

   1.20%

   0.78%

   0.65%

   0.27%

   0.04%

   0.61%

   0.18%

No union employees            

0.34%

   0.87%

   1.13%

   1.10%

   0.35%

   0.07%

   0.61%

   0.20%

Has union employees             

0.18%

   4.69%

   2.85%

   2.38%

   0.35%

   0.04%

   2.39%

   0.12%

Unknown                         

0.99%

   3.14%

   6.87%

   9.85%

   6.14%

   0.08%

   2.84%

   0.59%

50% or more low wage          

0.81%

   1.67%

   1.83%

   2.56%

   1.07%

   0.23%

   0.90%

   0.90%

Less than 50% low wage        

0.30%

   1.12%

   0.70%

   0.50%

   0.34%

   0.11%

   0.63%

   0.11%

Unknown

0.47%

   3.40%

   7.27%

   3.87%

   2.74%

   0.06%

   2.29%

   0.17%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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 IC data prior to 2000.  See Technical Appendix