Table III.A.2.h Percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2017
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 46.2%    33.2%   
Census division:
New England 62.6%    54.2%   
Middle Atlantic 52.9%    43.4%   
East North Central 41.7%    27.8%   
West North Central 37.1%    14.8%   
South Atlantic 56.6%    43.3%   
East South Central 42.6%    24.4%   
West South Central 42.8%    29.8%   
Mountain 26.6%    19.7%   
Pacific 58.8%    51.8%   
Government type and size:
State governments 72.0%    61.7%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 37.7%    27.2%   
   250-999 employees 65.7%    42.9%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 79.3%    62.9%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 81.1%    65.3%   
   10,000 or more employees 67.5%    57.0%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.

 

Table III.A.2.h Standard errors for percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2017
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 1.79%    1.65%   
Census division:
New England 5.05%    4.99%   
Middle Atlantic 5.09%    4.75%   
East North Central 4.83%    4.56%   
West North Central 4.90%    4.11%   
South Atlantic 4.54%    4.33%   
East South Central 4.41%    3.49%   
West South Central 4.56%    3.90%   
Mountain 3.84%    3.84%   
Pacific 5.87%    6.02%   
Government type and size:
State governments 1.82%    1.99%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 2.23%    2.08%   
   250-999 employees 2.87%    2.90%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 2.41%    2.95%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.74%    2.13%   
   10,000 or more employees 3.02%    3.08%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.